BOONE, N.C.- The Appalachian State Volleyball team will conclude its stretch of three-straight weekends on the road when it heads to the James Madison University Classic this weekend.

The Mountaineers (5-5) will begin play at the JMU Classic with a match against Georgetown tomorrow at 5 p.m. E.T. before facing East Tennessee State and James Madison on Saturday at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., respectively.

ASU finished last weekend with a 1-2 record at the Morehead State Invitational. The Apps dropped consecutive 3-1 decisions to Morehead State and Western Michigan in the first day of competition before picking up a come-from-behind win over George Mason last Saturday.

Appalachian senior outside hitter Anna Wagner (Lincoln, Neb./Florida Gulf Coast/Lincoln East) was named to the Morehead State Invitational all-tournament team after leading the team with 40 kills in three matches (3.33 kills per set) over the weekend.

As a team, the Apps hit .240 while holding their opponents to just .199 and forced 73 attack errors from their opponents. Kasey Sauls (Prairie Village, Kan./Shawnee Mission East) finished the weekend with 89 assists (7.42 per set).

Appalachian State enters the weekend ranked in the top 100 in the nation in three statistical categories while Wagner ranks in the top 100 in kills per set (3.72). As a team, the Apps rank 70th in hitting percentage (.242), 82nd in kills per set (13.15) and 84th in assists per set (12.18)

James Madison Classic
• This weekend's JMU Classic is the last of four regular season tournaments for Appalachian. ASU finished a combined 4-5 in its first three tournaments.
• The JMU Classic marks the end of nine-straight road matches for the Apps after playing their first four matches of the season at home.
• Appalachian has one the last match in each of the past two tournaments it has played in and was victorious in its first two matches of the Appalachian Invitational to start the season.
• While it is still early in the season, the 2011 Mountaineers are on pace to record the fourth-best hitting percentage in school history (.242) and are already 71 points above last season's percentage.

Scouting the Opposition
Georgetown • 5-5
• The Hoyas are coming off a 3-2 loss to George Washington on Tuesday of this week. Georgetown held a 2-1 advantage in the match before dropping the final three sets in its second-straight loss.
• The squad began the season with a 4-2 record in its first six matches including wins over George Mason, North Florida, Wake Forest and Virginia Commonwealth. The Hoyas have lost three of their past four matches including two at the Hilton Garden Inn Invitational in Berkeley, Calif., this past weekend.
• Georgetown features four players with 80 or more kills this season including a pair of 100-plus kill players in outside hitters Brooke Bachesta (101) and Alex Johnson (102).

East Tennessee State • 6-5
• The Lady Bucs enter the weekend after winning three-straight matches at last weekend's Country Inn & Suites Invitational at Chattanooga. ETSU defeated the host Mocs and picked up wins over UNC Asheville and Tennessee Tech.
• ETSU's three wins last weekend came on the heels of four-straight losses at the MTSU Blue Raider Bash the previous weekend. The Lady Bucs managed to win just two sets in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and were shutout by Middle Tennessee State and Missouri.
• Sophomore outside hitter Megan Devine, last year's Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year, leads the Lady Bucs with 170 kills (4.36 k/s) this year. She has also tallied 93 digs and 18 blocks on the season.

James Madison • 7-2
• The Dukes come into the weekend as winners in seven-straight matches and have dropped just one set in their past five matches.
• JMU began the season 0-2 with losses to Dayton and Green Bay. This weekend marks the second tournament that the Dukes have hosted in the past three weeks.
• James Madison will rely heavily on outside hitters Natalie Abel (103 kills) and Holly Wall (89 kills) to lead their offense. The Dukes' defense has held opponents to a hitting percentage of just .162.

ASU vs. the Tournament Field
• Appalachian holds winning records all-time against both ETSU (67-49-18) and JMU (4-3-1) but has never faced Georgetown.
• The Mountaineers' 134 matches against the Lady Bucs are the second-most against a single school in program history. The only team ASU has faced more is archrival Western Carolina (71-45-26).
• The Apps have not faced James Madison since 1994 and picked up a win over East Tennessee State last season.