Ladies Finish Season This Weekend With Two Matches

The Centenary volleyball team will finish its season this weekend with a pair of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference matches in a league crossover hosted by Southwestern University beginning with a contest on Friday at 7 p.m. against the host Pirates inside the Robertson Center.

Junior S Kristi Hinze (Shepherd, Texas) and the Ladies will finish their season this weekend in Georgetown, Texas. PHOTO: Isabell Gonzales
Junior S Kristi Hinze (Shepherd, Texas) and the Ladies will finish their season this weekend in Georgetown, Texas. PHOTO: Isabell Gonzales
November 7, 2024

Georgetown, Texas - The Centenary volleyball team will finish its season this weekend with a pair of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference matches in a league crossover hosted by Southwestern University beginning with a contest on Friday at 7 p.m. against the host Pirates inside the Robertson Center.

Live stats and live video are available for the match at the links below:

STATS: https://southwesternpirates.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFz2fpYZe9Y

The Ladies (1-23, 0-13 SCAC) enter the match aiming to snap a 13-match losing streak and are 0-8 in road matches this season. The Pirates (18-5, 8-3 SCAC) are 8-1 at home this season.

Centenary nearly ended its losing streak at home on Sunday but eventually fell in a five-set heartbreaker to the University of Dallas in its annual Senior Day match inside the Gold Dome. The Ladies won the first set by a score of 25-21 and led 21-20 in set two, but the Crusaders went on a 5-0 run to finish the set and tie the match.

Centenary responded with a 25-18 win in set three but Dallas evened the match with a 25-17 win in set four. The Ladies held an 11-8 lead in set five and were just four points from clinching the match, but the Crusaders finished on a 7-0 run to claim the decisive fifth set and clinched the match.

The Ladies are averaging 7.36 kills per set, 6.66 assists/set, 1.09 blocks/set, 1.20 aces/set, and 13.43 digs/set. Centenary, hitting .032 % for the season, has 91 aces, 506 assists, 34 solo blocks, 1,021 digs, and 559 kills.

Ladies' Season Statistical Leaders:

Aces: Junior S Kristi Hinze (Shepherd, Texas) – 32

Assists: Hinze – 398

Blocks (Solo): Sophomore MB Bailee Henderson (Monroe, La.) – 15

Digs: Junior LB Daly Nagot (Benton, La.) – 244

Kills: Sophomore OH Alyssa Gatlin (Spring, Texas) – 112

Hinze is among the leaders in the conference in both aces per set (0.43) and assists/set (5.31) and is averaging 5.69 assists per set in conference play and has totaled 239 assists in league matches.

The Ladies will close the weekend and their season with a match versus Trinity University on Saturday at 2 p.m.

See the Ladies' complete schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wvball/2024-25/schedule

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