Stephen F. Austin
9-6,4-0Southland
Southeastern Louisiana
11-5,3-1Southland
Ladyjacks Demolish Lions at Home in Outstanding Offensive Performance
10/4/2025 3:18:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Izabella Ortiz draws her first start of the season and leads the ‘Jacks with 12 kills and a .688 hitting percentage.
NACOGDOCHES, Texas- The Stephen F. Austin volleyball program looked to complete their revenge tour against the Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions.
SFA scored the first four points of the match then jumped out to an 11-5 lead. A 5-1 spurt later in the set that featured three kills from Katherine Holtman extended the 'Jacks lead to 21-12. From there the Ladyjacks cruised to a 25-17 first set victory.
The 'Jacks once again got out to a hot start in the second set by winning the first five points of the set, capped off by an ace from Caroline Kahle. SFA went on another five-point spurt that included two aces from Holtman, a kill from Kyanna Creecy and a kill from Zoe Gun, 12-3. The Ladyjacks did not take their foot off the gas as they continued the offensive pressure and secured a dominant 25-13 second set victory.
With the Lions cornered, SLU jumped out to their first lead of the match early in set three, 5-3. However, that did not last long as the 'Jacks countered with a mini run to retake the lead, 6-5. Later in the set, SFA went on a 5-0 scoring run to take a 13-8 lead. Back-to-back aces from Gun extended the 'Jacks lead to 17-10. SFA won four of the final six points with three of those points being kills from Izabella Ortiz and the final kill of the match coming off the hands of Holtman, 25-18.
POSTGAME NOTES
• SFA wins the 50th matchup between these two primer volleyball programs in the Southland and secures their 40th win against SLU.
• SFA snaps SLU's four-game win streak against the 'Jacks and the Lady Lions 36 conference game win streak.
• Izabella Ortiz draws her first start of the 2025 season against the team that she suffered a season-ending injury against last season.
• SFA defeats the Lady Lions who snapped their 35-game home winning streak last season and suffered three five-set losses to last season.
• This is the fourth time the 'Jacks have recorded double-digit aces in a single match.
• The high-powered 'Jacks offense hit over .250 every set and finished with a .330 hitting percentage.
• SFA defeated SLU in all the major stat categories; points (61-35), kills (43-29), aces (11-2), blocks (7-4), assists (39-27), digs (47-33).
• Ortiz paced the team with 12 kills and hit .688 while also recording three blocks.
• Holtman followed with 10 kills, two aces, and one block.
• Jayden Flynn led the offense with 21 assists while Zoe Gun recorded 15 assists.
• Gun led the team with three aces while Holtman, Camryn Hill, Ilana de Assis, and Caroline Kahle each recorded two.
• Jordan Henderson led the team with four blocks followed by three from Ortiz and Kyanna Creecy.
• Camryn Hill led the back line with 13 digs while Kahle recorded 12 and de Assis recorded 10.
UP NEXT
SFA will head to Louisiana for a two-game road trip. The 'Jacks will head to Thibodaux to face off against the Nicholls Colonels on Thursday, October 9 before traveling to Lake Charles for a matchup with the Cowgirls of McNeese on Saturday, October 11.
TICKET INFORMATION
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