Thursday, October 8
Nacogdoches, TX
6:00 PM
Stephen F. Austin
vs
UIW
PREVIEW: Ladyjacks Return Home for Dig Pink Match Against UIW Before a Saturday Clash with HCU
10/7/2026 10:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
NACOGDOCHES, Texas- The Stephen F. Austin volleyball program returns to the Pressure Cooker for their annual Dig Pink match against UIW before hosting Houston Christian in a Saturday afternoon match.
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WHERE TO TUNE IN
• Both matches will be broadcasted on ESPN+ with Greg Miller and Brittany Castledine on the call.
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SCOUTING UIW
• The Cardinals head to East Texas with a 5-8 record and a 3-1 conference record. UIW split last weekend's matches with losing to UTRGV in four set before sweeping Corpus.
• Kitana Tuufuli leads the UIW offense with 166 kills and averages 3.32 kills per set. In the match against Corpus, Tuufuli earned her 1,000th career kill. She is also sixth in the conference in kills per set.
• Calissa Allison returned for the Cardinals and leads the team with 310 assists and averages 6.33 assists per set. She is sixth in assists per set and eighth in total assists.
• Two other Cardinals join Allison in the ten-plus aces club this season.
• Defensively, Ashton Rogers leads the defense with 231 digs and averages 4.62 per set. She is fourth in the conference in digs per set.
• Sofia Grimm and Vanessa Eregie lead the net presence for the Cardinals with 37 and 31 blocks this season, respectively. Eregie is third in the conference with a .350 attack percentage.
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SCOUTING HCU
• The Huskies enter this week with a 2-14 record and an 0-4 conference record. HCU will face Lamar on Thursday night before heading to the Piney Woods.
• Four Huskies have recorded over 100 kills this season, led by Katy Barger who has 176 kills.
• Enisilina Savelio leads the 5-1 offense for the Huskies with 570 assists and averages 9.05 assists per set. She is second in the conference in total assists and third in assists per set.
• Bianca Byerly leads the back line with 257 digs.
• Allana Archie and Malaya Balina-Ayers lead HCU with 43 blocks. Archie is also fifth in the conference with a .314 attack percentage.
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HEAD COACH DEBBIE HUMPHREYS
"We're gonna be who we are," said Coach Humphreys "When we go out there, we know what things we're good at. We're going to try to do them at a high level. We know what things we need to work on, even in the midst of our, our own practice, we've got to stay aggressive, with the offense while we're working on getting better on the defensive side. And then as your defense gets better, that forces your offense to get better. As your passing gets better, it forces your serving to get better. So we kind of deal with that throughout a season in our own gym. But, uh, you know, the thing about the matches this week, UIW's a pretty low error team. They're gonna make us earn our points. It's a great matchup. I think they're more similar to us than any other team that we play in conference, so we're really looking forward to that matchup. And then HCU, you know, they, they've got some big scoring opportunities as well, um, coming from different places, and we're gonna have to be super aggressive in that one also."
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HIGH FLYING OFFENSE
• Last week the Ladyjacks ranked seventh in the nation in aces per set (2.86) and 16th in total aces (20).
• SFA also ranked 42nd in kills per set (14.57) and were only second in the conference to UTRGV.
• Kyanna Creecy's six aces last weekend ranked 30th nationally and third in the conference.
• The Ladyjacks led the conference last week with a .310 attack percentage which ranked 33rd in the nation.
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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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WHERE TO TUNE IN
• Both matches will be broadcasted on ESPN+ with Greg Miller and Brittany Castledine on the call.
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SCOUTING UIW
• The Cardinals head to East Texas with a 5-8 record and a 3-1 conference record. UIW split last weekend's matches with losing to UTRGV in four set before sweeping Corpus.
• Kitana Tuufuli leads the UIW offense with 166 kills and averages 3.32 kills per set. In the match against Corpus, Tuufuli earned her 1,000th career kill. She is also sixth in the conference in kills per set.
• Calissa Allison returned for the Cardinals and leads the team with 310 assists and averages 6.33 assists per set. She is sixth in assists per set and eighth in total assists.
• Two other Cardinals join Allison in the ten-plus aces club this season.
• Defensively, Ashton Rogers leads the defense with 231 digs and averages 4.62 per set. She is fourth in the conference in digs per set.
• Sofia Grimm and Vanessa Eregie lead the net presence for the Cardinals with 37 and 31 blocks this season, respectively. Eregie is third in the conference with a .350 attack percentage.
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SCOUTING HCU
• The Huskies enter this week with a 2-14 record and an 0-4 conference record. HCU will face Lamar on Thursday night before heading to the Piney Woods.
• Four Huskies have recorded over 100 kills this season, led by Katy Barger who has 176 kills.
• Enisilina Savelio leads the 5-1 offense for the Huskies with 570 assists and averages 9.05 assists per set. She is second in the conference in total assists and third in assists per set.
• Bianca Byerly leads the back line with 257 digs.
• Allana Archie and Malaya Balina-Ayers lead HCU with 43 blocks. Archie is also fifth in the conference with a .314 attack percentage.
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HEAD COACH DEBBIE HUMPHREYS
"We're gonna be who we are," said Coach Humphreys "When we go out there, we know what things we're good at. We're going to try to do them at a high level. We know what things we need to work on, even in the midst of our, our own practice, we've got to stay aggressive, with the offense while we're working on getting better on the defensive side. And then as your defense gets better, that forces your offense to get better. As your passing gets better, it forces your serving to get better. So we kind of deal with that throughout a season in our own gym. But, uh, you know, the thing about the matches this week, UIW's a pretty low error team. They're gonna make us earn our points. It's a great matchup. I think they're more similar to us than any other team that we play in conference, so we're really looking forward to that matchup. And then HCU, you know, they, they've got some big scoring opportunities as well, um, coming from different places, and we're gonna have to be super aggressive in that one also."
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HIGH FLYING OFFENSE
• Last week the Ladyjacks ranked seventh in the nation in aces per set (2.86) and 16th in total aces (20).
• SFA also ranked 42nd in kills per set (14.57) and were only second in the conference to UTRGV.
• Kyanna Creecy's six aces last weekend ranked 30th nationally and third in the conference.
• The Ladyjacks led the conference last week with a .310 attack percentage which ranked 33rd in the nation.
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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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