RECAP: Ladyjacks Sweep Away Cardinals

Thursday, October 29

Nacogdoches, TX

6:00 PM

Stephen F. Austin

15-9,9-2Southland

Lamar

8-16,5-6Southland

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Lamar University	17	15	23	0
SFA	25	25	25	3

Game Notes (PDF)

Team celebrating block vs Lamar (10.29.26)

10/29/2026 9:48:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Kyanna Creecy ties her career high with nine blocks and passes Sabrina Burns for ninth in career blocks.

By: Amanda Paver, Assistant Director of Communications

NACOGDOCHES, Texas- Stephen F. Austin (15-9, 9-2 Southland) defeated Lamar University (8-16, 5-6 Southland) 3-0 on Thursday. The sweep included a third set turn after SFA went from down 18-14 to ahead 20-18 before closing the set 25-23.

After the Cardinals pulled within 3-2, SFA scored the next seven points to move ahead 10-2, with Jordan Henderson starting the run with a kill, Brinkley Reeves adding a service ace and Kyanna Creecy contributing on three blocks. SFA kept the set moving in its favor as Caroline Kahle, Molly Cravens and Avery Koonsen added kills, and Aniston Collins served an ace to make it 19-8. The Cardinals put together late points, but SFA reached set point at 24-15 on a service error and finished the set 25-17 on a kill by Creecy.

SFA opened the second set with three straight points, getting consecutive kills from Koonsen after a Cardinals setting error, and stayed in front after two early kills brought the Cardinals within 3-2. SFA built the advantage to 8-3 with kills by Henderson, Katherine Holtman and Kahle, then reached 12-4 behind two blocks involving Creecy, Kahle and Cravens, plus a Kahle kill and a Cardinals error. Koonsen, Henderson and Holtman helped SFA keep extending the margin through the middle of the set, with a Henderson-Holtman block contributing to an 18-8 lead and Holtman adding a kill for 20-11 after the Cardinals scored two straight points. Cravens and Creecy supplied late kills as SFA moved to 24-14, and after the Cardinals answered, Cravens closed the set with a kill for a 25-15 win.

SFA built an early 5-1 lead, but the Cardinals answered behind three kills and an ace to tie the third set at 5-5. After the teams traded points into an 11-11 tie, the Cardinals scored five straight to move ahead 16-11 and later held an 18-13 lead. SFA responded with seven consecutive points, getting kills from Cravens, Koonsen and Creecy along with a Creecy block assist and a Cardinals attack error to move in front 20-18. The Cardinals tied the set again at 22-22 and 23-23, but Holtman put SFA at set point before Kahle finished the 25-23 set win with a kill. SFA achieved a .269 hitting percentage, surpassing its season average of .240.

PLAYERS OF THE MATCH
• Kyanna Creecy- 9 total blocks (led team), tied her career high in blocks, surpassed 400 career blocks, passed Sabrina Burns (2009-12) for ninth in career blocks, 5 kills with no errors on 7 attempts, .714 hitting percentage
• Jordan Henderson- 9 kills (tied team lead), .500 hitting percentage, 2 block assists
• Avery Koonsen- 9 kills (tied team lead), 11 digs
• Aniston Collins- 18 assists (led team), 10 digs
• Izzy Orton- 12 digs (led team), 11 assists

NEXT UP
Up next, the SFA volleyball team travels to Beaumont, Texas, to face the Cardinals on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 1 p.m.

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