HOUSTON – HBU will see its first action at home when it hosts UC Riverside, Bethune-Cookman, and ULM at the Molly Howard Gerwig Memorial Tournament Friday and Saturday in Sharp Gym.
The tournament begins with HBU home opener against UC Riverside at 10 a.m. Friday, followed by Bethune-Cookman vs. ULM at 12:30 p.m. UC Riverside will return against ULM at 4 p.m., and to finish the Friday action, HBU will take on Bethune-Cookman at 6 p.m. Saturday's action begins with Bethune-Cookman facing UC Riverside at 11 a.m., then to wrap up the tournament, HBU will match up against ULM at 2:00 p.m.
The Huskies (2-1) are coming off a sweep of Texas Southern on Saturday. The offense is guided by redshirt freshman setter
Grace McLaughlin who is averaging 10.90 assists per set, with sophomore middle blocker
Audrey Pearce averaging 3.80 points per set and 2.20 kills per set. Senior outside hitter
Anna Gadway has 27 kills with ten assists. Junior outside hitter
Sara Arroyo is leading the team with 33 kills and has scored 35.5 points this season. Junior libero
Kaley Feris (.929 receiving percentage) and sophomore outside hitter
Alexia Jones (.893 receiving percentage) are leading the defensive stats with 26 digs each. Senior middle blocker
Jada Allen has 26 points with 25 kills, and freshman outside hitter
Shelby O'Neal has 19 points with 18 kills.
UC Riverside (1-2) is led by Isabella Scarlett with 33.5 points with 29 kills. Jasmine Moore averages 3.20 points per set with 27 kills leading the way for Bethune-Cookman (0-3). Tessa Gerwig leads ULM (0-3) with 2.15 kills per set.
All HBU matches can be viewed this weekend on ESPN+.
Friday, Sept. 2
HBU vs. UC Riverside – 10 a.m.
Bethune-Cookman vs. ULM – 12:30 p.m.
UC Riverside vs. ULM – 4 p.m.
HBU vs. Bethune-Cookman – 6 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 3
Bethune-Cookman vs UC Riverside – 11 a.m.
HBU vs. ULM – 2:00 p.m.
