SFA To Host Islanders On Senior Night
11/5/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Nov. 5, 2012
SFA (19-10, 9-6 SLC) vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (18-9, 10-5 SLC)
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 • 6:30 p.m. (CST)
Shelton Gym (600) • Nacogdoches, Texas
Video: None • Live Stats: www.sfajacks.com
FOR STARTERS
The Ladyjacks will close out the home portion of its schedule on Tueday when they host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Shelton Gym. SFA split a pair of matches last week, knocking off North Texas before falling to Northwestern State on the road on Friday.
SFA currently stands alone in sixth place in the Southland Conference, but is just one game behind the Islanders in the standings. TAMUCC already has one win over SFA this year, a 3-0 decision in Corpus Christi on Oct. 6.
SFA vs THE ISLANDERS
vs TAMUCC, SFA leads 9-3
The last time: TAMUCC 3, SFA 0 • Oct. 6, 2012 • Corpus Christi
LIVE STATS: Tuesday's match can be followed via Gametracker at www.sfajacks.com
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SENIOR NIGHT: The Ladyjacks will honor its senior class of Sabrina Burns and Madison Hanlan on Tuesday before its match vs the Islanders. The pair has each earned academic all-district honors twice with Burns in the all-time top 10 in blocks and Hanlan second all-time at SFA in digs.
THE RISTER MOVES: SFA shook things up at the setter spot on Wednesday vs North Texas, starting junior Amanda Rister. The moved worked as Rister doled out 28 assists and picked up 10 digs for her first career double-double, but more importantly led the Ladyjacks to a 3-0 win over the Mean Green in the final non-conference match of the season.
UGLY WIN: In SFA’s 3-0 win over the Mean Green on Wednesday, the Ladyjacks managed to hit just .095 as a team. That was the fifth time this season SFA has hit under .100 in a match, but the first time it has come out with a victory despite it. In fact, it was just the second time since 2006 that the Ladyjacks have won a match when hitting less than .100, the last coming on Oct. 20, 2010 when they beat Sam Houston despite .098 for the match.
HANLAN RECORD: Madison Hanlan had a career afternoon last week at Nicholls, totaling 47 digs against the Colonels, a new SFA school record. That mark is six better than former all-America libero Stephanie Figgers' record of 41 set in 2006, and also the most digs by any Southland Conference player since McNeese's Jessica Strama had 62 in 2006. In addition, it is also the second-most digs by any player in the country this season according to the AVCA.
WEEKLY DOMINATION: With Madison Hanlan's latest player of the week award it gives SFA six weekly honors from teh conference, the most by any league institution this season. Hanlan and freshman Cara Leslie each have two weekly honors this year, while Jill Ivy and Sabrina Burns each have one as well.
NOT YOUR AVERAGE JILL: Jill Ivy had a career-high 22 kills in a five-set win over Nicholls. It was the second time this year and third time in her career the sophomore has had at least 20 kills in a match, while the 22 vs Nicholls was the most by any Ladyjack since 2006.
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