Tuesday, October 31
Nacogdoches, Texas
6:30 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin
vs
Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
Halloween Night Clash in Shelton Gym Pits SFA Against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
10/30/2017 3:00:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
SFA holds one game lead over Central Arkansas for top spot in Southland with four regular season matches to go
Match 29
Stephen F. Austin (23-5, 11-1 Southland) vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10-13, 7-5 Southland)
Tuesday, Oct. 31 | 6:30 p.m. | Shelton Gym (600) | Nacogdoches, Texas
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Stephen F. Austin (23-5, 11-1 Southland) vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10-13, 7-5 Southland)
Tuesday, Oct. 31 | 6:30 p.m. | Shelton Gym (600) | Nacogdoches, Texas
Live Stats | Watch (ESPN3/ESPN app) | SFA Match Notes
THE FULL ROTATION
• Armed with a one game lead for first place in the Southland Conference standings, the Stephen F. Austin volleyball team starts a grueling three-match week with a Halloween night meeting with two-time defending league titleholder Texas A&M-Corpus Christi inside Shelton Gym. First serve between the Ladyjacks and Islanders has been set for 6:30 p.m. and the match will be streamed live nationwide on ESPN3 and the ESPN app and the match will also serve as the team's Dig Pink match to promote awareness of breast cancer. Fans in attendance will receive the opportunity to receive free pink t-shirts and SFA's Purple Haze Association will be on hand throughout the Halloween night match in order to help conduct a number of Halloween-themed activities which include a costume contest and face painting.
• Winners of nine matches in a row, SFA is trying to accomplish something on Tuesday which has only been done on four other occasions in the history of the program - survive the entire month of October without a loss. The Ladyjacks' most recent undefeated October came in 2014 when they won all nine matches en route to the program's most recent Southland Conference crown. Other seasons in which the Ladyjacks posted a perfect record in the month included 2006 (10-0), 2005 (10-0) and 1995 (9-0). In each of those seasons, SFA captured a Southland Conference regular season title.
• The Ladyjacks' nine-match winning streak is tied with Minnesota for the 16th-longest active streak in all of NCAA Division I volleyball. It's also SFA's second-longest undefeated run of the 2017 campaign as earlier in the season the team racked up eleven victories in a row.
• Headed into Tuesday night's tilt, SFA remains on top of the Southland Conference standings in terms of team attack percentage. SFA leads the 13-team league and ranks 21st nationally with an attack percentage of .269 and in Southland Conference matches SFA is hitting at a league-leading clip of .309. That makes the Ladyjacks one of only 12 NCAA Division I volleyball teams from around the nation that have posted a team attack percentage of .300 or better in conference play.
• Two of the top five leaders in attack percentage in the Southland Conference wear SFA colors. Junior Makenzee Hanna leads the 13-team league with an attack percentage of .363 and sophomore Danae Daron ranks fourth in the league with a mark of .326. In Southland Conference-only matches, Hanna's attacking clip of .406 ranks second among all league players to freshman Anyia Williams who is attacking at a rate of .471. Daron is also included in the list of top ten most accurate hitters in Southland-only play as her attack percentage in conference matches sits at .327. SFA is the only team in the league to have three players in the top ten in terms of attack percentage in Southland Conference-only matches.
• Since dropping a 3-1 decision to Baylor on Sept. 21, 2016, SFA has won 17 straight matches inside Shelton Gym. That stretch started with a 3-0 Southland Conference victory over Sam Houston State on Sept. 24, 2016, and in all the Ladyjacks have won 14 matches in a row against Southland Conference opposition inside Shelton Gym. SFA's last loss to a league opponent inside its home facility came on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, when Incarnate Word claimed a 3-2 victory.
SCOUTING TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATISTICS
• A 3-2 setback at the hands of the Ladyjacks on Saturday, Oct. 14 in Corpus Christi, Texas, was the starting point of a stretch of three consecutive five-set losses for the Islanders who returned to the win column last Thursday evening by downing Houston Baptist in three sets. Currently, the Islanders sit in a tie with McNeese for sixth place in the Southland Conference standings.
• After starting their Southland Conference road schedule with three straight wins, the Islanders have dropped four league road tilts in a row. Three of those losses have come in five sets and in all the Islanders have seen five of their 12 Southland matches in 2017 go a full five sets.
• Senior Brittany Gilpin continues to lead Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on the offensive side of things by averaging a team-bets 3.17 kills per set. Gilpin is one of nine Southland Conference players who are averaging 3.00 kills per set or more and she is one of two players on the Islanders' roster who have accumulated 200 or more digs this season. She ranks second on the squad with an average of 2.69 digs per set.
• One of the most versatile players in the Southland Conference, Kristyn Nicholson operates the Islanders' offense from the setter position but is a legitimate threat in both the service game and on the attack as well. Aside from dishing out a team-best 9.43 assists per set, Nicholson leads the team and ranks third in the 13-team Southland with 0.37 service aces per set. Her 32 total aces are the fourth-most in the league and on the attack she averages 1.64 kills per set on the strength of an attack percentage of .274.
• Madison Woods racked up four service aces in the first meeting between the Ladyjacks and Islanders - the most by an individual against the Ladyjacks this season - and her back-row defense is among the best in the league. Woods averages a team-best 4.47 digs per frame which is also the fifth-best digs per set average in the 13-team conference.
LAST TIME OUT
• For the second time in 2017, junior Makenzee Hanna posted an attack percentage of .700 or higher in a match and helped SFA claim a 3-0 victory over Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, La., Saturday afternoon.
• Hanna tied a season high by punching down a match-best 12 kills and did not commit an attack error on 17 swings to finish with an attack percentage of .706. The junior completed her 15.5-point outing - a season-high - by racking up six total blocks. Her 12 total kills were half as many as Southeastern Louisiana finished with as a team.
• Senior libero Lexus Cain scooped up a match-high 21 digs, pushing her career total to 1,514 and making her one of only seven players in the history of the program who have totaled 1,500 or more digs in a career. It was Cain's seventh match with 20 or more digs this season.
• Danae Daron and Corin Evans each delivered nine kills and helped SFA finish with an attack percentage of .350. The Ladyjacks' defense limited Southeastern Louisiana to a hitting percentage of .066 in the league tilt.
COMING UP NEXT
One last road trip looms for the Ladyjacks following their Halloween night showdown with the Islanders. SFA begins a two-match road swing in which the squad will travel almost 700 miles by heading northwest to Abilene, Texas, for a Thursday evening bout with Abilene Christian with the opening serve between the two Southland Conference combatants set for 6:00 p.m.
• Armed with a one game lead for first place in the Southland Conference standings, the Stephen F. Austin volleyball team starts a grueling three-match week with a Halloween night meeting with two-time defending league titleholder Texas A&M-Corpus Christi inside Shelton Gym. First serve between the Ladyjacks and Islanders has been set for 6:30 p.m. and the match will be streamed live nationwide on ESPN3 and the ESPN app and the match will also serve as the team's Dig Pink match to promote awareness of breast cancer. Fans in attendance will receive the opportunity to receive free pink t-shirts and SFA's Purple Haze Association will be on hand throughout the Halloween night match in order to help conduct a number of Halloween-themed activities which include a costume contest and face painting.
• Winners of nine matches in a row, SFA is trying to accomplish something on Tuesday which has only been done on four other occasions in the history of the program - survive the entire month of October without a loss. The Ladyjacks' most recent undefeated October came in 2014 when they won all nine matches en route to the program's most recent Southland Conference crown. Other seasons in which the Ladyjacks posted a perfect record in the month included 2006 (10-0), 2005 (10-0) and 1995 (9-0). In each of those seasons, SFA captured a Southland Conference regular season title.
• The Ladyjacks' nine-match winning streak is tied with Minnesota for the 16th-longest active streak in all of NCAA Division I volleyball. It's also SFA's second-longest undefeated run of the 2017 campaign as earlier in the season the team racked up eleven victories in a row.
• Headed into Tuesday night's tilt, SFA remains on top of the Southland Conference standings in terms of team attack percentage. SFA leads the 13-team league and ranks 21st nationally with an attack percentage of .269 and in Southland Conference matches SFA is hitting at a league-leading clip of .309. That makes the Ladyjacks one of only 12 NCAA Division I volleyball teams from around the nation that have posted a team attack percentage of .300 or better in conference play.
• Two of the top five leaders in attack percentage in the Southland Conference wear SFA colors. Junior Makenzee Hanna leads the 13-team league with an attack percentage of .363 and sophomore Danae Daron ranks fourth in the league with a mark of .326. In Southland Conference-only matches, Hanna's attacking clip of .406 ranks second among all league players to freshman Anyia Williams who is attacking at a rate of .471. Daron is also included in the list of top ten most accurate hitters in Southland-only play as her attack percentage in conference matches sits at .327. SFA is the only team in the league to have three players in the top ten in terms of attack percentage in Southland Conference-only matches.
• Since dropping a 3-1 decision to Baylor on Sept. 21, 2016, SFA has won 17 straight matches inside Shelton Gym. That stretch started with a 3-0 Southland Conference victory over Sam Houston State on Sept. 24, 2016, and in all the Ladyjacks have won 14 matches in a row against Southland Conference opposition inside Shelton Gym. SFA's last loss to a league opponent inside its home facility came on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, when Incarnate Word claimed a 3-2 victory.
SCOUTING TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI | ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATISTICS
• A 3-2 setback at the hands of the Ladyjacks on Saturday, Oct. 14 in Corpus Christi, Texas, was the starting point of a stretch of three consecutive five-set losses for the Islanders who returned to the win column last Thursday evening by downing Houston Baptist in three sets. Currently, the Islanders sit in a tie with McNeese for sixth place in the Southland Conference standings.
• After starting their Southland Conference road schedule with three straight wins, the Islanders have dropped four league road tilts in a row. Three of those losses have come in five sets and in all the Islanders have seen five of their 12 Southland matches in 2017 go a full five sets.
• Senior Brittany Gilpin continues to lead Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on the offensive side of things by averaging a team-bets 3.17 kills per set. Gilpin is one of nine Southland Conference players who are averaging 3.00 kills per set or more and she is one of two players on the Islanders' roster who have accumulated 200 or more digs this season. She ranks second on the squad with an average of 2.69 digs per set.
• One of the most versatile players in the Southland Conference, Kristyn Nicholson operates the Islanders' offense from the setter position but is a legitimate threat in both the service game and on the attack as well. Aside from dishing out a team-best 9.43 assists per set, Nicholson leads the team and ranks third in the 13-team Southland with 0.37 service aces per set. Her 32 total aces are the fourth-most in the league and on the attack she averages 1.64 kills per set on the strength of an attack percentage of .274.
• Madison Woods racked up four service aces in the first meeting between the Ladyjacks and Islanders - the most by an individual against the Ladyjacks this season - and her back-row defense is among the best in the league. Woods averages a team-best 4.47 digs per frame which is also the fifth-best digs per set average in the 13-team conference.
LAST TIME OUT
• For the second time in 2017, junior Makenzee Hanna posted an attack percentage of .700 or higher in a match and helped SFA claim a 3-0 victory over Southeastern Louisiana in Hammond, La., Saturday afternoon.
• Hanna tied a season high by punching down a match-best 12 kills and did not commit an attack error on 17 swings to finish with an attack percentage of .706. The junior completed her 15.5-point outing - a season-high - by racking up six total blocks. Her 12 total kills were half as many as Southeastern Louisiana finished with as a team.
• Senior libero Lexus Cain scooped up a match-high 21 digs, pushing her career total to 1,514 and making her one of only seven players in the history of the program who have totaled 1,500 or more digs in a career. It was Cain's seventh match with 20 or more digs this season.
• Danae Daron and Corin Evans each delivered nine kills and helped SFA finish with an attack percentage of .350. The Ladyjacks' defense limited Southeastern Louisiana to a hitting percentage of .066 in the league tilt.
COMING UP NEXT
One last road trip looms for the Ladyjacks following their Halloween night showdown with the Islanders. SFA begins a two-match road swing in which the squad will travel almost 700 miles by heading northwest to Abilene, Texas, for a Thursday evening bout with Abilene Christian with the opening serve between the two Southland Conference combatants set for 6:00 p.m.
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