Senior Lael Ceriani helps lead her team into this upcoming game.
Courtesy of ECUPirates.comBehind the leadership of its seniors, the East Carolina University volleyball team is set to take on the defending American Athletic Conference champions, Southern Methodist University, and will look to prove preseason voters wrong with an early-statement victory.
ECU will face SMU at home on Friday night for its third AAC game of the season. After playing two mid-level teams in the conference, the Pirates will get their first taste of a top AAC opponent, as the Mustangs were ranked fourth in the AAC preseason polls.