SAC TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
ROCK HILL, S.C. – The Catawba women's volleyball team will face Anderson in the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Quarterfinals on Tuesday, November 10th, at the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center, with first serve scheduled for 11:30 a.m.
The Catawba Indians enter the SAC Championship Tournament as the No. 8 seed after a 14-12 regular season record and 10-12 in conference play, clinching the postseason berth with an impressive 3-1 win over Lincoln Memorial on Saturday.
Catawba will take on top-seeded Anderson (27-3, 21-1 SAC), who finished the regular season with 13 straight wins, including victories in 23 of their last 24 matches. The Trojans boast the conference's top attack, hitting a .285 mark as a team while holding opponents to a .148 hitting percentage.
The winner will advance to the SAC Championship Tournament Semifinals on Wednesday, November 11th at 4:30 p.m. in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Catawba By The Numbers:
Fifth-year head coach Brenn Ferguson enters her second postseason at the helm of Catawba. Under Ferguson's leadership, the 2026 team earned 14 victories, the program's most in a decade. She led Catawba to impressive victories, twice over second-seeded Tusculum and a 3-0 sweep at Wingate, the program's first win over the Bulldogs since 2008. Her Catawba Indians exhibit a quality serve, averaging 1.71 aces per set, the fourth-highest mark in the SAC.
The blue and white's attack is led by Lillie Kate Rogers, Rebekah Ayers and Maggie Ayers. The trio became Catawba's first to each surpass 250 points in a season since 2015, doing so in four fewer matches. Rogers leads the team in both kills (263) and aces (32). The junior became the first Catawba Indian to record over 300 points since 2015. Rebekah tallied 231 kills in her freshman campaign and is second on the team with 47 blocks. Maggie is Catawba's most efficient hitter, recording 242 kills on a .233 hitting percentage, breaking the program's freshman record.
Riley Hill is the anchor of Catawba's defense, earning SAC Defensive Player of the Week honors six times in her career, twice in 2026. The senior libero notched 451 digs this season, bringing her career total to 1,700, good for sixth-most in program history. Freshman middle blocker Maddie Henning has provided quality defense at the net, denying 59 attacks in 77 sets, among the conference's best freshman marks.
The Catawba Indians will seek their first South Atlantic Conference Championship Tournament victory since 2011, when they made a run to the Championship match.
