Following the LSU volleyball team’s upset victory against then-No. 6 Florida last Sunday, the Tigers (13-4, 7-1) are working to keep their focus as they prepare to hit the midway point of Southeastern Conference play.”The senior leadership of this team kicked in practice this week,” said LSU coach Fran Flory.  “The best part of the win was that we didn’t celebrate like we had just won the national championship or won something we didn’t expect to win. Sure, we were excited, but ultimately, it’s one conference win.”The Tigers now move on to face Arkansas (10-10, 4-5) and Ole Miss (8-11, 2-7) this weekend in the PMAC.Arkansas, the Tigers’ first opponent this weekend, has a lineup that consists of just two seniors.  The Razorbacks have no juniors, three sophomores and seven freshmen.Arkansas coach Robert Pulliza said his team had as many as five freshmen on the court at a time during the Razorbacks’ 3-0 loss to Ole Miss on Wednesday.  But the Razorbacks have won three of their last five SEC matches despite the youth.”Because of our youth, we rely on a team effort,”  Pulliza said.  “On any given day, somebody different can step up.  We just don’t have that senior or junior that is our lead player.”Ole Miss is almost as young as Arkansas with only one senior and three juniors on the roster.In the match versus Arkansas on Wednesday, the Rebels were led in kills by freshman outside hitter Whitney Craven, who tallied 16, and sophomore outside hitter Katie Norris with 11.Ole Miss has won its last two conference games after losing the first seven.Pulliza said his team will face a stiff challenge in LSU on Friday.”[LSU] is a very physical team,” Pulliza said. “They’re a team that has really good team chemistry and [LSU senior middle blocker Brittnee] Cooper is one of the best athletes in the country.”Pulliza went on to say Cooper brings attributes to the court that his team doesn’t see in every match.”You don’t stop Cooper,” Pulliza said.  “You just hope that she doesn’t hurt you as bad as she can.”Friday night’s match is LSU’s “Dig Pink” match. The match teams up LSU Athletics and LSU University Recreation with the Side-Out Foundation to raise money and awareness for breast cancer as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.Leading the charge from LSU is Dr. K.C. White, Dean of Students.  White, a breast cancer survivor, will lead a 1-mile “Victory Walk” on Friday at 5:30.  The walk begins at UREC and ends at the PMAC.”This is an opportunity to raise awareness, to generate support and rally behind a lot of great things to find not only a victory as it relates to volleyball, but also a cure for breast cancer,” White said.LSU senior setter Sam Dabbs said the team is excited to go play for more than just a win on the court.”We’ve been raising money for the past couple weeks, asking our friends, parents and teachers to donate money to the cause,” Dabbs said.  “We did it last year, and we did a great job of raising a lot of money.  Our goal is around $3,000 to raise for the program.”—-Contact Rob Landry at [email protected]