Volleyball 11/14/2025 5:19:00 PM

Volleyball Playing for Southland Conference Title Saturday at East Texas A&M

COMMERCE, Texas – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros volleyball team will be playing for a Southland Conference (SLC) championship Saturday when they face the East Texas A&M (ETAMU) Lions at 11 a.m. at The Field House.

UTRGV (19-7, 14-1) heads into the regular season finale on a 13-match winning streak. A win would guarantee at least a share of the conference title. UTRGV could claim the title outright and the #1 seed in the conference tournament if Stephen F. Austin loses to Lamar in a 12 p.m. match in Nacogdoches. The Vaqueros are chasing their first conference title since 2022, when they won the regular season championship in the Western Athletic Conference.

Head-to-Head History
• UTRGV is 4-3 all-time against the Lions in a series dating back to 1987.
• UTRGV has won the last four matches between these programs, including the first round match played in Edinburg in a 3-0 victory.

Last Time Out
•  UTRGV extended its winning streak to lucky No. 13 with a 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-12) sweep at Northwestern State on Thursday. The Vaqueros have now won eight of their 14 conference matches via sweep. Junior middle blocker Aaliyah Snead led UTRGV with seven kills on an errorless .700 hitting percentage with four blocks.Junior outside Nadine Zech also had seven kills while redshirt sophomore middle blocker Julianna Bryant and outside hitters Martina Franco and Dimitra Nanou all recorded five. Bryant had a career-high seven blocks while hitting .500 on her birthday. Junior setter Isabella Costantini tallied 27 assists and 15 digs for her eight double-double.
• East Texas A&M lost Thursday to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 3-1 (25-15, 14-25, 25-22, 25-13). Gracie Campbell and Nevaeh Smith led the offense with 13 and 10 kills, respectively. Four players reached double-digit digs in the defensive match, led by libero Jade Washington tallying 21 digs.

Complete match notes can be found here:

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