Ladyjacks Cage Wildcats at Home For Sixth Straight Victory, 3-0

Thursday, September 30

Nacogdoches, Texas

6:30 PM

Stephen F. Austin

11-3,2-0WAC

Abilene Christian

6-6,0-1WAC

Abilene Christian

SFA

Ladyjacks Cage Wildcats at Home For Sixth Straight Victory, 3-0

9/30/2021 9:08:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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NACOGDOCHES, Texas -- The SFA volleyball team used a balanced team effort to best in-conference foe Abilene Christian in straight sets on Thursday night, 3-0. The 'Jacks won by scores of 25-21, 25-13, 25-21 to improve to 11-3 overall and extend their winning streak to six matches and their home record to 7-0.

SET ONE
SFA would take a 22-18 lead late in the opening set after 20 minutes of back and forth play in which neither side could fashion or hold a substantial lead. After the two teams traded points, a kill from Valeria Rosado and a block at the net from Kayla Grant gave SFA the 25-21 victory in the opening frame. Rosado paced the 'Jacks with five kills in the set.

SET TWO
SFA would get off to a quick 5-1 lead in the second set off of kills from Ielan Bradley and a service ace from Rosado. ACU closed the gap to 7-5 over the next few points, only to have SFA rattle off an 8-1 run to pull ahead 15-6. SFA continued to extend the lead out to a set-high 12 points for the first time on a Leah Powell kill to go ahead 22-10, and from there the 'Jacks closed out the set with kills from Payton Cerny, Rosado and an attack error by ACU.

SET THREE
Aft a close start to the third set, ACU turned a 10-9 deficit into a 13-10 lead with four quick points, prompting an SFA timeout. A Wildcat service error out of the timeout started a 3-0 run for SFA, aided by a Ariana Pagan service ace and a Powell kill to tie the set up at 13 apiece. Another Wildcat lead of four points was evaporated by strong play from SFA, tying the match up at 19-19 and forcing ACU to take a timeout. Rosado gave SFA the late lead with back-to-back service aces out of the timeout, and after a kill by Leah Powell the Wildcats were forced to take another timeout, trailing 22-19. Winning the first point of the timeout wasn't enough for ACU, as SFA retook the momentum with a Kayla Grant block and a kill by Bradley, then finished the match off with a kill from Mitchell to win, 25-21.

LADYJACK NOTABLES
• Rosado had 12 kills and Bradley nine for SFA, who hit .295 in the match.
• Rosado also added four service aces while Pagan added two.
• Kayla Grant posted five blocks, Cerny had four and Mitchell had one.
• Maddy Borque totaled a team-high 14 assists, while Trinity Funderburk chipped in 12.
• Pagan's 13 digs were a team-high, while Rosado and Funderburk each added eight.