Heading into the Confernce USA tournament as the east divison No. 3 seed, the Marshall Thundering volleyball team will face the west division No. 2 seed UTEP in Hattiesburg, Mississippi at 3 p.m. Thursday.
Marshall finished the regular season with a 10-4 record overall and an 8-4 record in C-USA.
UTEP (9-6, 8-4) is coming off four straight sweeps agaisnt Louisiana Tech and Southern Miss.
Although Marshall has not swept its past four matches, the Herd is on a four-game win streak of its own, sweeping the last two matches against Old Dominion.
Marshall junior libero Sarah Schank, who was named to the C-USA All-Academic Team Tuesday, leads the Herd in digs, with 263.