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HOUSTON – After 11 matches away from home, HBU returns for its first two Southland Conference volleyball matches of the season against New Orleans Thursday, followed by Nicholls Saturday at Sharp Gym.
Sophomore outside
Mikayla Vivens has 11 double-doubles this season, leading the Huskies (7-7) with 3.21 kills per set to go along with 3.42 digs per set. Freshman outside hitter
Catherine Drapela has stepped in for the injured
Kelly Colwell and averaged 1.95 kills per set. Sophomore right side
Ashtyn Richey, sophomore middle blocker
Megan Patillo and senior middle blocker
Kayla Davenport are each averaging more than 1.50 kills per set. Senior setter
Madison O'Brien paces the offense with 9.18 assists per set and junior libero
Hannah Lewis anchors the defense with 3.90 digs per set.
Brianna Vega leads the Privateers (6-8) with 2.34 kills per set, followed by Blessing Dunn with 2.19 to go with 3.09 digs per set. Kaitlyn Grice is just shy of two kills per set with 1.96 and puts up 1.26 blocks per set. Sarah Thomas leads UNO with 6.83 assists per set and Alexa Spartz averages a team-leading 3.25 digs per set.
Nicholls (2-11) is led by Katie Jones with 2.68 kills per set and Brieanna Hill with 2.21. Jade Piper averages 5.83 assists per set and Emily Venable comes up with 3.86 digs per set.
Thursday's match begins at 7 p.m., then a 1 p.m. first serve Saturday. The DNA Husky Sports Network video broadcasts with
Russ Reneau (Thursday) and Chase Hernandez (Saturday) are available on HBUHuskies.com and YouTube.
