RECAP: Ladyjacks Sweep Away Lions in Commerce

Wednesday, October 21

Commerce, TX

6:30 PM

Stephen F. Austin

13-9,7-2Southland

East Texas A&M

9-13,3-6Southland

Team	1	2	3	Final F
SFA	25	26	25	3
East Texas A&M	22	24	18	0

Game Notes (PDF)

Team celebrating point at ETAMU (10.21.26)

Photo by: Elayna Felder | ETAMU Athletics

10/21/2026 8:58:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Amanda Paver, Assistant Director of Communications

COMMERCE, Texas- Stephen F. Austin (13-9, 7-2 Southland) won 3-0 over East Texas A&M (9-13, 3-6 Southland) on Wednesday, taking the sets 25-22, 26-24, 25-18. SFA finished with a 10-1 advantage in service aces and hit .280 with 42 kills.

After the teams traded points early, SFA used consecutive Aniston Collins service aces to move ahead 5-3 and later stretched the margin to 11-8 on a Caroline Kahle ace. The Lions answered from 12-9 down with four straight kills to take a 13-12 lead, and the set stayed tight through Avery Koonsen's kill at 15-15 then an SFA service error that put the Lions ahead 16-15. SFA turned that deficit into a 20-17 lead with an ETAMU attack error, a Kyanna Creecy ace, Jordan Henderson kill and a Madi Zorn ace around an exchange of service errors. Kahle and Molly Cravens added kills to keep SFA ahead, Koonsen's kill made it 24-21, and Katherine Holtman closed the set 25-22 with a kill from Collins.

SFA built a 6-2 lead in the second set with kills from Cravens and Avery Koonsen, a block by Cravens and Henderson, and a Brinkley Reeves service ace. The Lions erased the early gap with four straight points to move ahead 8-7, later used a three-point stretch to take a 15-12 lead and pushed the margin to 22-17. SFA pulled back within 22-21 on a Holtman kill, a Cravens kill, a Cravens-Henderson block and a Henderson solo block, but the Lions reached set point at 24-21 on a kill. SFA held off four set points, getting kills from Henderson, Koonsen and Cravens around two Lions attack errors to come back and win the set 26-24.

SFA built an early 7-3 lead in the third set, with Koonsen recording two kills and Reeves serving back-to-back aces during the opening stretch. The Lions worked back to a 12-11 lead after a kill, an ace and an SFA attack error, but Kahle answered with a kill, before Henderson put SFA back in front. The Ladyjacks pushed ahead 16-13 on Cravens' kill and another Reeves ace. After the Lions closed within 18-16, SFA scored four straight behind Holtman's kill, Koonsen's ace, Creecy's kill and a block by Kahle and Creecy, then finished the set 25-18 on Henderson's kill.

PLAYERS OF THE MATCH
• Jordan Henderson- 8 kills with 1 error on 12 attempts, .583 hitting percentage, 6 total blocks, including 2 solo
• Caroline Kahle- 15 digs, Surpassed 1,000 career digs, 7 kills with 1 error on 15 attempts
• Avery Koonsen- 9 kills with no errors on 26 attempts, .346 hitting percentage, 10 digs
• Madi Zorn- 21 assists
• Brinkley Reeves- 4 service aces

NEXT UP
The Ladyjacks host the Northwestern State Demons for Homecoming Saturday, Oct. 24, at noon in the Pressure Cooker.

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