GAME NOTES: UCA/UIW/ACU
10/29/2013 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 29, 2013
Stephen F. Austin vs Central Arkansas
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013
6:30 p.m. (CST) Shelton Gym (600)
Nacogdoches, Texas
Radio: None • Live Stats: www.sfajacks.com
Stephen F. Austin at Incarnate Word
Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013
7:00 p.m. (CST) McDermott Convocation Center
San Antonio, Texas
Radio: None • Live Stats: www.cardinalathletics.com
Stephen F. Austin at Abilene Christian
Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013
2:00 p.m. (CST) Moody Coliseum
Abilene, Texas
Radio: None • Live Stats: www.acusports.com
FOR STARTERS
The Stephen F. Austin Ladyjack volleyball team continues their journey towards their 18th 20-win season under head coach Debbie Humphreys. SFA, after opening Southland Conference play with a pair of sweeps over New Orleans and Southeastern Louisiana, split their last home contests over the weekend. The Ladyjacks will look to get back on track against Central Arkansas before starting a four-game road stretch.
SFA is 3-9 all-time against the Sugar Bears. The Ladyjacks fell to UCA 0-3 (14-25, 16-25, 11-25) earlier this season in Conway, Ark. The Ladyjacks dropped both meetings verse the Sugar Bears in 2012.
Following the match verse the UCA, SFA will travel to Incarnate Word Oct. 31. The Ladyjacks are 0-0 all-time against the Cardinals. Incarnate Word is 10-10 on the season, 5-6 in the SLC.
SFA will cap off the week at Abilene Christian, Saturday Nov. 2. The Ladyjacks are 0-0 all-time against the Wildcats. Abilene Christian is 6-13 on the season, 2-9 in the SLC.
SFA vs THE SUGAR BEARS
vs UCA, SFA behind 3-9 The last time: SFA 0, UCA 3 • 10/5/2012 • Conway, Ark
SFA vs THE CARDINALS
vs. UIW, SFA 0-0 (First Meeting)
SFA vs THE WILDCATS
vs. ACU, SFA 0-0 (First Meeting)
LIVE STATS: Tonights match can be followed via Live Stats on www.sfajacks.com.
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ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks returned to Shelton Gym Tuesday, Sept. 10, after opening the 2013 season with seven matches on the road. SFA knocked off Louisiana Tech 3-2 in the home opener before traveling to Fort Worth for the TCU Nike/Molten Invitational. The Ladyjacks went 2-2 across the two-day round-robin tournament. SFA fell to TCU and Ole Miss on the opening day, before rebounding with a pair of wins verse Grambling State and Houston. The match verse TCU was broadcast on FOX Sports Southwest.
HELLO, WIN COLUMN: The Stephen F. Austin Ladyjack volleyball team opened the 2013 season winning its season-opening tournament for a third consecutive year. The Ladyjacks knocked off Troy in five sets, before sweeping Jackson State and tournament host Southern Miss, in the USM Invitational. Following the trip to Hattiesburg, SFA went to Louisiana-Monroe and swept the Warhawks. The three-set, three-match sweep is the first Ladyjacks since the 2009 season.
OLSON NAMED SLC DEFENSIVE POW: Sophomore libero OJ Olson was named the Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week for the opening week of the 2013 season. Olson averaged 4.73 digs per set in helping SFA to a perfect 3-0 weekend mark and the tournament championship at the Southern Miss Invitational. The Cedar Park, Texas, native was named MVP of the tournament for her efforts.
LADYJACKS PICKED 3RD/5TH IN PRESEASON POLLS: The Stephen F. Austin Ladyjack volleyball team was picked third and fifth in the Southland Conference preseason polls conducted by league coaches and sports information directors. The Ladyjacks finished fourth in the regular season in 2012, being narrowly defeated by regular season and eventual SLC tournament champion Central Arkansas.
PRESEASON ALL-SLC: Junior Jill Ivy and Tori Bates were named to the preseason All-Southland Conference volleyball team announed by league officials Aug. 20. Ivy was an automatic selection to the first team, after receiving league honors in 2012, while Bates was named to the second team. Bates earned honorable mention All-SLC as a freshman.
Jill Ivy: Junior Jill Ivy delivered on a preseason selection in 2012, being named to the All-Southland Conference first team at the end of the regular season as well as an all-tournament team member. The Katy, Texas, native, led the team and finished sixth in the conference with 400 kills, averaging 3.03 per set, and finishing second with 96 blocks as a sophomore. Ivy recorded 10 kills or more in 26 of the 34-match season.
"PAIGE" TURNER: Junior Paige Holland has been a steady presence in the Ladyjack rotation in her first two years with the program. Holland appeared in every set as a freshman and all but two as a sophomore for SFA. The Magnolia, Texas, native, has averaged 9.34 assists per set in her career. Holland led the team and finished eighth in the conference with 8.53 sets per set as a sophomore and currently ranks sixth all-time in school history with 2,392 assists entering 2013.
WINNING: Stephen F. Austin Ladyjack head volleyball coach Debbie Humphreys enters her 26th season in Nacogdoches as one of the most successful coaches in the game today. The four-time Southland Conference Coach of the Year put together her 17th 20-win season in 2012, pushing her career win total to 556, which ranks among the top 25 active head coaches in the country.
BACK TO WHERE IT STARTED: SFA enters its third season in it's second stint in the Shelton Gym. The Ladyjacks spent 12 seasons at William R. Johnson Coliseum before returning to Shelton Gym in 2011. The Ladyjacks won three SLC titles at Shelton Gym from 1988 to 1998.
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