Abilene Christian Wildcats (12-10, 9-1 SLC) at HBU Huskies (11-13, 4-6 SLC)
Thursday, Oct. 25 – 7 p.m.
Watch – Live Stats – Game Program
Sam Houston State at HBU
Saturday, Oct. 27 – 1 p.m.
Watch – Live Stats – Game Program
HOUSTON – HBU faces Abilene Christian in Southland Conference volleyball on the Huskies' Dig Pink Night Thursday at 7 p.m. at Sharp Gym.
The Husky Sports Network YouTube broadcast with
Russ Reneau and live stats will be available on HBUHuskies.com.
Dig Pink is a nationwide movement to provide meaningful and impactful experiences for athletes while inspiring and empowering them to come together in support of the stage IV breast cancer community. Each year, hundereds of teams across the country, and some overseas, participate in Dig Pink. Through programs like Dig Pink, the Side-Out Foundation is harnessing the power and influence of sport to impact change by funding Side-Out's very own clinical trial – The Side-Out Protocoal. For more information, please visit side-out.org.
Sophomore outside hitter
Mikayla Vivens leads the conference in double-doubles, ranking third in the league with 3.33 kills per set and 11
th with 3.26 digs per set for the Huskies (11-13, 4-6 SLC). Senior setter
Madison O'Brien ranks second in the SLC with 9.32 assists per set, with senior middle blocker
Kayla Davenport, sophomore right side
Ashtyn Richey, sophomore middle blocker
Megan Patillo and freshman outside hitter
Catherine Drapela each averaging more than 1.7 kills per set. Junior libero
Hannah Lewis anchors HBU defensively with 3.90 digs per set, with O'Brien chipping in 2.56 and freshman defensive specialist
Cici Collins 2.25 per set.
ACU (12-10, 9-1) has won six-straight matches, led by Jacey Smith with 2.93 kills and 2.25 digs per set. Katelyn Mueller adds 2.88 kills and 2.83 digs per set and Lauren Walker averages 2.26 kills per set. Kendall Bosse leads the conference with 10.22 assists per set and Lillian Drever ranks second with 4.54 digs per set.
HBU will wrap up its four-match homestand against Sam Houston State Saturday at 1 p.m. at Sharp Gym.
