Friday, Sept. 7
HBU vs. UTSA, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 8
HBU vs. Cornell, 2:30 p.m.
HBU at Rice, 6 p.m.
Live Stats
HOUSTON – HBU faces UTSA Friday, then Cornell and host Houston Saturday in non-conference volleyball at the Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup at the UH Athletics/Alumni Center.
The Huskies (5-3) are led by sophomore outside hitter
Mikayla Vivens, who ranks second in the Southland Conference with 3.52 kills per set and also averages 3.04 digs per set. Redshirt freshman outside hitter
Kelly Colwell adds 3.07 kills per set, sophomore middle blocker
Megan Patillo averages 1.92, while sophomore right side
Ashtyn Richey and senior middle blocker
Kayla Davenport each average 1.86. Senior setter
Madison O'Brien leads the league with 9.48 assists per set and junior libero
Hannah Lewis ranks fourth with 4.04 digs per set.
Brianna McCulloch averages 3.70 kills per set for UTSA, with Kirby Smith chipping in with 3.05 kills and 3.91 digs per set. Amanda Gonzales dishes out 10.57 assists per set and Shelby Williams is tied with Smith for the team lead in digs.
Carla Sganderlia leads Cornell (2-1) with 3.10 kills per set, with Sophia Beaudoin, Avery Hanan, Jada Stackhouse, Jillienne Bennett and Lauren Stubbs averaging at least two kills per set. Lily Barner comes up with 4.54 digs per set for the Big Red.
Houston (8-0) is off to an undefeated start behind the play of Megan Duncan, who leads the Cougars with 3.59 kills per set. Gabi Zelaya adds 2.58 kills per set and Kendall Haywood and Silvia Pertens each average at least two kills per set. Katie Karbo anchors UH defensively with 5.06 digs per set.
Live stats are available for each match on uhcougars.com.
