Box Score HOUSTON – The HCU volleyball squad opened their last weekend of the regular season at home versus the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders.
The Huskies started the match red-hot, going on an early 13-1 scoring run to take a massive 13-2 lead. The Islanders attempted to mount a comeback late in the set, but the Huskies held strong to win the first set 25-15. In the second set, TAMUCC rallied back with a strong attack, shifting the momentum and winning the set 25-15. Both teams kept an even score throughout most of the third set, until a four-point HCU scoring run extended the HCU lead to 20-14 and carried the Huskies to another set win with a score of 25-19. Islanders battled back in a closely contested fourth set that gave them a narrow 25-21 win, forcing a fifth set. The Huskies and Islanders kept a close score throughout the entire fifth set, with both teams looking for a scoring run to win the match. A final push from the Islanders ended in a three-point rally and won the Islanders the set 18-16, giving them the 3-2 win.
In the hard-fought match tonight, the Huskies saw a career-best performance from
Sa'Myah Medford, who added 21 kills on a .426 hitting percentage.
Enisilina Savelio also had an impactful performance for the Huskies, taking home a 49-assist and 14-dig statline on the night.
The HCU volleyball squad will close out the 2026 regular season on Saturday, Nov. 14 at home versus UTRGV, with the fisrt serve at 1 pm.
