Stephen F. Austin
Southeastern LA
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11/11/2026 10:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
NACOGDOCHES, Texas- The Stephen F. Austin volleyball team will hit the road for their final two matches of the 2026 regular season against Southeastern Louisiana on Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. and LSU-New Orleans on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
WHERE TO TUNE IN
• Thursday's match will be broadcasted on ESPN+.
• Saturday's match at LSU-UNO will NOT be broadcasted.
• Greg Miller will be on SFA Volleyblog for both matches this weekend.
WHAT'S AT STAKE
• With a win Thursday at Southeastern Louisiana AND a UIW loss to UTRGV, the Ladyjacks will clinch at least a share of the regular season title.
• If SFA and UIW both win Thursday, it will come down to Saturday's matches. If both teams win or both teams lose, SFA and UIW will share the regular season title.
• If UIW loses to TAMU-CC on Saturday and SFA wins, the Ladyjacks will be outright champions. If SFA loses to LSU-UNO and UIW wins, then UIW will be outright champions.
SCOUTING SLU
• The Lions have been on a tear since playing the Ladyjacks to open conference play as they went 12-2 overall in conference play this season.
• Last weekend they did a home and home series with their travel partner LSU-UNO where they won both matches against the Privateers.
• Kyra McKelvey leads the team and the conference with 367 kills this season and is fourth in the conference with 3.50 kills per set.
• Ashley Richardson runs the SLU offense with 735 assists this season and averages 8.17 assists per set, both marks are good for fourth in the conference.
• Two Lions have recorded more than 30 aces this season, Melina Gonzalez has 31 aces while Gracie Brown has 30.
• Three Lions have recorded at least 200 digs this season.
• Brown and Keira Beverly lead the SLU net presence with 81 blocks each, followed closely by McKelvey who has 78.
• McKelvey has been named SLC Offensive Player of the Week three times this season, Brown has been named Offensive and Defensive Player of the Week once, and Richardson has been named SLC Setter of the Week once this season.
SCOUTING LSU-UNO
• The Privateers enter this week with a 3-24 overall record and a 1-13 SLC record.
• Armie Hall leads the team with 309 kills this season and averaged 3.29 kills per set.
• Defne Eciroglu and Mariana Franco run the 6-2 offense for LSU-UNO with 393 and 283 assists respectively.
• Rylie Hallman leads the team with 17 aces this season.
• Mia Lopez holds down the back line for the Privateers with 303 digs and averages 3.37 per set.
• Nyakuak Lual is a monster at the net with 83 blocks this season and averages 0.95 per set.
HEAD COACH DEBBIE HUMPHREYS
[SLU's] just a very good team, said Coach Humphreys They're really good at showing you variety. So, hitters will hit the ball in all different locations. They'll mix in their off-speed. They'll be aggressive. They don't just do the same things over and over again. So, for us, it's just going to be being super disciplined as blockers, super disciplined as floor defenders, and even more important is making sure we're being very aggressive on offense to keep them out of having all their options. I can promise you we are not looking past LSU New Orleans. Right now, Southeastern's the focus because it is the next match on the schedule. But as soon as we're done with Southeastern, uh, that match on Thursday night, it'll be 100% about New Orleans. They are super scrappy. They're athletic. They're aggressive. We struggled to get any separation between us and them, uh, first time we played them. Now, granted, we're a very different team, but so are they. But they're doing some really good things, and we will shift our focus to them later in the week.
TWO WINS, ONE BIG COMEBACK
• The Ladyjacks rallied from an 11-10 deficit in the fifth set against McNeese before taking four of the final five points to win, 15-12.
• Molly Cravens recorded a career-high 19 kills against the Cowgirls, while Avery Koonsen added 16 kills and 20 digs.
• SFA followed with a dominant Senior Day sweep of Nicholls, hitting .309 and holding the Colonels to a .115 hitting percentage.
• The Ladyjacks recorded 14 service aces against Nicholls, tying their season high. Caroline Kahle led the way with four aces, while Avery Koonsen added three.
• SFA remains tied for first place in the Southland Conference standings with two regular-season matches remaining.
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