THIBODAUX, La. – The Nicholls State University women's volleyball team will look to get back on track in road contests at HCU (Oct. 22) and UIW (Oct. 24). First serve from Houston is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. while Saturday's match in San Antonio will begin at 1 p.m.
NICHOLLS COURT | 9-12, 2-6 SLC
The Colonels enter the week on a three-match slide after dropping home matches against Northwestern State and East Texas A&M last week. Nicholls is currently in 10th place in the SLC standings ahead of HCU and LSU New Orleans.
The Red & Gray offense is spearheaded by
Kera Arrington who has 200 kills. She is one of 10 players in the SLC that have reached 200 while middle blocker
Harper Holden leads the league in hitting percentage (.373) with 101 kills and only 19 errors. Senior setter
Isabella Padilla has the fourth most assists in the league with 537. The Colonel defense is anchored by libero
Natalia Navarro who has the fourth most digs in the SLC (335) and
Maya Schirmer who has 69 blocks.
HCU COURT | 3-17, 1-7 SLC
The Huskies enter the week on a one match losing streak after splitting contests against LSU New Orleans (W, 3-0) and Southeastern (L, 1-3). HCU is currently 11th in the SLC standings after picking up its lone conference victory over LSU New Orleans.
HCU's offense is led by Katy Barger who has 220 kills. Enisillna Savelio serves as the primary setter as she has 736 assists. Bianca Byerly anchors the defense with 316 digs while Malaya Ayers-Balina and Allana Archie had 53 and 50 blocks, respectively.
UIW COURT | 8-9, 6-2 SLC
Last week, the Cardinals split contests as they lost a five-set thriller against Southeastern before sweeping LSU New Orleans. UIW currently tied for third place in the league standings with SFA. The Cardinals will host McNeese on Thursday before the Colonels come to town.
UIW's offense is spearheaded by Kitana Tuufuil who has 203 kills. The Cardinals' offense has a pair of setters with Calissa Allison totaling 403 assists while Victoria Hall adds 251. Ashton Rogers anchors the defense with 307 digs while Sofia Grimm has 55 blocks.
SERIES HISTORY
The Colonels have lost 10 consecutive matches against the Huskies with their last victory in the series coming in 2019. The Colonels have lost five consecutive matches to the Cardinals with the last victory coming in 2022.
