INDIANAPOLIS --- For a second straight week, the Tusculum College volleyball team leads the nation in blocking according to the latest installment of the NCAA Division II statistics.

The Pioneers (19-7, 7-1 in South Atlantic Conference) are averaging 3.41 blocks per game. Tusculum is also ninth in team hitting percentage (.269) and 47th in match won-lost percentage (.731).

Individually, senior outside hitter Vivian Lacy (Palm Bay, Fla.) is ninth in the country averaging 4.86 kills per game. Senior setter Mariana Rezende (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) is 50th in NCAA II in assists per game (11.39 apg), while junior Heather MacArthur (Salt Lake City, Utah) is 35th in blocking (1.23 bpg).

The Pioneers are back in action Friday when they host SAC front-runner Wingate University (21-1, 7-0 SAC) for a 7 p.m. match. Tusculum has won their last 11 matches, while Wingate is riding a 12-match winning streak. The last team to defeat TC was Wingate in a five-game thriller last month.