Volleyball Hits The Road For Three Matches This Weekend
The Centenary volleyball team is on the road this weekend as the Ladies will play three Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference matches as part of a league crossover against Schreiner University, Texas Lutheran University, and Concordia University and hosted by McMurry University inside Kimbrell Arena.
Abilene, Texas - The Centenary volleyball team is on the road this weekend as the Ladies will play three Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference matches as part of a league crossover against Schreiner University, Texas Lutheran University, and Concordia University and hosted by McMurry University inside Kimbrell Arena.
The Ladies (1-14, 0-6 SCAC) will face Schreiner and Texas Lutheran on Saturday at 1 and 4 p.m. respectively, followed by a contest against Concordia on Sunday at Noon.
Live stats and live video links and a full schedule of the weekend matches is available below:
https://mcmurrysports.com/sports/2024/10/1/scac-crossover.aspx
Centenary was swept by the University of St. Thomas Celts in a doubleheader at home on Sunday preceded by a loss to Colorado College in conference play on Saturday. The Ladies, 0-7 in road/neutral contests so far this season, will be making their second trip to Abilene this season after falling to McMurry back on Sept. 21.
Ladies' Season Statistical Leaders:
Aces: Junior S Kristi Hinze (Shepherd, Texas) – 22
Assists: Hinze – 214
Blocks (Solo): Sophomore MB Bailee Henderson (Monroe, La.) – 10
Digs: Junior LB Daly Nagot (Benton, La.) – 152
Kills: Sophomore OH Alyssa Gatlin (Spring, Texas) – 68
The Ladies are averaging 7.04 kills per set, 6.34 assists/set, 0.91 blocks/set, 1.30 aces/set, and 12.36 digs/set. Centenary, hitting .020 % for the season, has 61 aces, 298 assists, 19 solo blocks, 581 digs, and 331 kills.
Hinze is among the leaders in the conference in both aces per set (0.48 – fourth) and assists/set (4.65 – 10th). She was impressive in the Ladies' three weekend matches as she totaled 45 assists, 26 digs, three kills, and a pair of aces versus Colorado College and St. Thomas. Hinze had 37 assists and 24 digs alone on Sunday in a DH against the Celts including an impressive 19 assists and 17 digs in game two of the twin bill.
Freshman OH Aaliyah Barnett (Dickinson, Texas) had a solid match on Sunday in the first half of the DH against the Celts with six digs, six kills, and one assist while Henderson finished with two digs, two kills, and a solo block. Sophomore OH Mackenzie Haley (Orange, Texas) tallied six kills and freshman LB Charlie Wedding (Longview, Texas) posted three digs.
Nagot added a pair of assists to go with her team-high 13 digs, Hinze had seven digs and two kills along with her team-best 18 assists, Gatlin also had one assist and led the team in both aces and kills, and sophomore MB Reign McArthur (Midlothian, Texas) chipped in one assist and one kill to go with her team-high two solo blocks.
Senior OH/DS Kiara Liedy (Sugar Land, Texas) made her season debut in the second match of Sunday's DH as she has been out due to injury and had an ace, an assist, and two digs. Sophomore LB/DS Yadneli Molina (Vinton, La.) had two digs and an ace and Wedding had three digs.
The Ladies will play 10 of their final 12 matches this season away from home including the next eight in a row.
The SCAC divides its volleyball members into two divisions: Blue and Gold. Centenary competes in the Blue Division with Austin College, Colorado College, the University of Dallas, McMurry University, and the University of St. Thomas.
The Gold Division includes Concordia, Schreiner, Southwestern University, Texas Lutheran and Trinity University.
The league has adopted a change in format this season as the top eight teams will qualify for the postseason conference tournament. Teams within their division will play a double round robin, teams outside of their division will play a single round robin, giving Blue Division teams a 15-game conference schedule and Gold Division teams a 14-game schedule.
Following the completion of the regular season, the top three teams from each division, plus the next two best conference records (regardless of division), will compete in a single-elimination tournament, November 15 and 16, to determine the conference's automatic qualifier into the NCAA Tournament. Austin College and University of Dallas will both host quarterfinal matches on Friday, followed by both of Friday's semifinal matches as well as Saturday's championship match contested at Austin College.
See the Ladies' complete schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wvball/2024-25/schedule
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