Thursday, October 15
Edinburg, TX
6:30 PM
Stephen F. Austin
at
UTRGV
PREVIEW: SFA Hits the Road to South Texas for Showdowns with UTRGV and TAMU-Corpus Christi
10/14/2026 10:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
NACOGDOCHES, Texas- The Stephen F. Austin volleyball program will travel to South Texas to face UTRGV on Thursday night followed by a Saturday afternoon matchup at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
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WHERE TO TUNE IN
• Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+.
• Greg Miller will be on the call on sfavolleyblog.net.
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SCOUTING UTRGV
• UTRGV is 10-7 on the season and in first place in the Southland with a perfect 6-0 record. The Vaqueros have only dropped one set in conference play so far this season.
• Ema Petkovic and Martina Franco lead UTRGV with 221 and 206 kills each. Petkovic leads the conference in that category while Franco is third.
• Petkovic is also deadly from the service line with 41 aces this season which is 11 more than the next highest in the conference and ranked sixth nationally.
• Freshman setter, Lana Rnjak leads the 5-1 offense for the Vaqueros with 573 assists which is third in the conference, while her 9.55 assists per set leads the conference. Rnjak has been named SLC Setter of the Week three times this season.
• Five Vaqueros have recorded at least 100 digs this season, led by 140 from Celianiz Cabranes.
• Juliana Bryant leads the net defense for UTRGV with 66 blocks this season and averaged 1.10 blocks per set which lands her in second behind SFA's Kyanna Creecy.
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SCOUTING TAMUCC
• TAMU-Corpus Christi enters this week with a 6-11 record and a 4-2 conference record. The Islanders split last weekend with a 3-1 win over ETAMU followed by a 3-1 loss to Northwestern State.
• A trio of Islanders lead the offense with at least 100 kills, led by 173 kills from Kenna Buchanan.
• Ava Hight and Virgina Van Der Werff run the 6-2 offense for TAMUCC with 336 and 219 assists, respectively.
• Five Islanders have recorded at least 10 aces this season, led by 16 from Brooklyn Jaeger.
• Jaeger is the only Islander with at least 200 digs this season at 257.
• Kaitlyn Aleshire leads the block for Corpus with 31 on the season.
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HEAD COACH DEBBIE HUMPHREYS
"Two totally different styles of volleyball," said Coach Humphreys "Those are both really fun places to play. RGV and Corpus both, they pack fans in there. It's gonna be loud. You know, they're rivalry matches, so it's gonna be fun, and you're probably gonna see a lot of scores that are really close again."
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KOONSISTENCY
• Freshman Avery Koonsen averages a double-double through her first 19 collegiate matches.
• She has 196 kills and 206 digs this season which averages out to 10.32 kills per match and 10.84 digs per match.
• Koonsen joins Sophia Johnson at Georgia State and Abby Zimmerman at Cal as the only three freshmen to average a double-double.
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WHERE TO TUNE IN
• Both matches will be streamed on ESPN+.
• Greg Miller will be on the call on sfavolleyblog.net.
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SCOUTING UTRGV
• UTRGV is 10-7 on the season and in first place in the Southland with a perfect 6-0 record. The Vaqueros have only dropped one set in conference play so far this season.
• Ema Petkovic and Martina Franco lead UTRGV with 221 and 206 kills each. Petkovic leads the conference in that category while Franco is third.
• Petkovic is also deadly from the service line with 41 aces this season which is 11 more than the next highest in the conference and ranked sixth nationally.
• Freshman setter, Lana Rnjak leads the 5-1 offense for the Vaqueros with 573 assists which is third in the conference, while her 9.55 assists per set leads the conference. Rnjak has been named SLC Setter of the Week three times this season.
• Five Vaqueros have recorded at least 100 digs this season, led by 140 from Celianiz Cabranes.
• Juliana Bryant leads the net defense for UTRGV with 66 blocks this season and averaged 1.10 blocks per set which lands her in second behind SFA's Kyanna Creecy.
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SCOUTING TAMUCC
• TAMU-Corpus Christi enters this week with a 6-11 record and a 4-2 conference record. The Islanders split last weekend with a 3-1 win over ETAMU followed by a 3-1 loss to Northwestern State.
• A trio of Islanders lead the offense with at least 100 kills, led by 173 kills from Kenna Buchanan.
• Ava Hight and Virgina Van Der Werff run the 6-2 offense for TAMUCC with 336 and 219 assists, respectively.
• Five Islanders have recorded at least 10 aces this season, led by 16 from Brooklyn Jaeger.
• Jaeger is the only Islander with at least 200 digs this season at 257.
• Kaitlyn Aleshire leads the block for Corpus with 31 on the season.
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HEAD COACH DEBBIE HUMPHREYS
"Two totally different styles of volleyball," said Coach Humphreys "Those are both really fun places to play. RGV and Corpus both, they pack fans in there. It's gonna be loud. You know, they're rivalry matches, so it's gonna be fun, and you're probably gonna see a lot of scores that are really close again."
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KOONSISTENCY
• Freshman Avery Koonsen averages a double-double through her first 19 collegiate matches.
• She has 196 kills and 206 digs this season which averages out to 10.32 kills per match and 10.84 digs per match.
• Koonsen joins Sophia Johnson at Georgia State and Abby Zimmerman at Cal as the only three freshmen to average a double-double.
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FOLLOW THE LADYJACKS
For all the latest information on SFA Volleyball, visit SFAjacks.com. For up-to-the-minute updates, follow the Ladyjacks on X, Instagram and Facebook.
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