SFA To Face 'Runners And Islanders At Home
9/29/2010 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 29, 2010
UTSA (7-9, 1-1 Southland) - 7:00 p.m., Sept. 30
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (6-9, 0-2 Southland) - 2:00 p.m., Oct. 2
UTSA & Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Game Notes
FOR STARTERS
SFA split its two matches to open up Southland Conference play last week at Northwestern State and Central Arkansas.
This week SFA finally gets to spend its first weekend of the year at home after five straight weekends on the road to start the season.
SFA vs THE ROADRUNNERS
vs UTSA, SFA leads 30-7
The last time: SFA 3, UTSA 1 • Nov. 20, 2009 • San Antonio
SFA vs THE ISLANDERS
vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, SFA leads 7-0
The last time: SFA 3, TAMUCC 1 • Oct. 5, 2009 • Corpus
FOLLOW THE LADYJACKS
LIVE STATS: Live stats will be available for both matches this week at www.sfajakcs.com.
LIVE VIDEO: Live video is also available for both matches.
UP NEXT
The Ladyjacks will get a chance to play both at home and on the road next week when they travel to the host of this year's Southland Conference Tournament - Sam Houston State.
Following that tournament preview, SFA will return home for a Saturday match with Southeastern Louisiana.
KUEPKER NEARING TOP 10: In a program filled with successful liberos, building up big totals in the dig column is not uncommon; however, breaking into the program's top 10 in digs is tough to do. Senior Laurel Kuepker is about to do just that, needing just three more digs to pass Julie Goodson for 10th all-time at SFA in digs. With 71 more this season she would tie for eighth at the school, with seventh place still a far 222 digs past that mark.
DARON MAKES RETURN: Senior outside hitter Arielle Daron missed all of pre-conference play with a wrist injury, but made her return to the court on Thursday at Northwestern State. She delivered nine kills against the Demons, then continued to knock the rust off two days later at Central Arkansas when she delivered 10 kills at Central Arkansas, swinging at a .304 clip.
MIKSCH STEPPING UP: The Ladyjacks have been searching for answers on the outside, but junior Melissa Miksch has been able to give the team plenty of consistency in the last 10 maches. The Austin native is third on the team in kills per set (2.16) and tied for second in digs (2.71) in the last eight matches. In that span she has reached double-figure digs five times, and double-figure kills five times with SFA putting up a 4-1 record in those matches.
LOW FIVE TO HIGH FIVE: After going just 1-6 in five-set matches in 2009, SFA has already been pushed to the limit four times in 2010, and already the Ladyjacks have responded in a positive way. SFA pulled out a five-set win over Butler at the Baylor Classic and then once again in the home opener against ULM. Most recetly the Ladyjacks pulled off a five-set comeback, erasing a 2-0 deficit to win in five over Wisconsin-Green Bay over the weekend.
AT THE TOP OF TEXAS: Since 2004, no Division I school in the state of Texas has had more wins than the SFA Ladyjacks. SFA has picked up 164 wins in the last six seasons, just as many as the perennially powerful University of Texas.
STRIVING FOR SEVEN: SFA posted a 24-13 record in 2010 for its sixth consecutive 20-win season, but the team is still years behind the all-time record for consecutive 20-win seasons. From 1992-99 SFA put together eight straight 20-win seasons, which also ties UT-Arlington's run of eight staight from 1982-89 for the Southland Conference record. SFA has its work cut out for it this season, needing to win 12 of its final 14 matches this season to reach the 20-win mark before the beginning of the Southland Conference Tournament.
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