Volleyball Splits Final Regular Season Road Weekend

NASHVILLE, Tenn. / HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Rust College volleyball program were swept in the Music City to begin the weekend but paid it forward with a sweep of their own over Oakwood on Sunday afternoon as the ladies concluded its GCAC road slate.

• Score (Saturday)

  • Fisk - 3

  • Rust – 0

    • 9-25, 23-25, 15-25

• Score (Sunday)

  • Rust - 3

  • Oakwood – 0

    • 25-18, 25-17, 25-16

• Records

  • Rust (9-22, 7-8 Gulf Coast)

  • Fisk (18-11, 12-3 Gulf Coast)

  • Oakwood (7-13, 5-10 Gulf Coast)

• Location

  • Nashville, Tennessee - Henderson A. Johnson Gymnasium

  • Huntsville, Alabama - Ashby Auditorium

• Fisk Series History (Since 2021)

  • Fisk Leads 7-0 (0%)

• Oakwood Series History (Since 2021)

  • Rust Leads 5-1 (83.3%)

• Fisk Winning Streak (Since 2021)

  • Fisk (W7) | Rust's Last Win: N/A

• Oakwood Winning Streak (Since 2021)

  • Rust (W1) | Oakwood's Last Win: October 4, 2023 (3-2)

Rust Top Performers:

• Gabriella Gabriel put on a serving clinic on Sunday in northern Alabama, averaging two aces per set by collecting a half-dozen while leading the Cats with seven (1.17 p/s) over the weekend.

• The Waco, Texas native also topped the team in assists (24, 4.00 p/s) on top of racking up 20 digs (3.33 p/s) in addition to eight kills (1.33 p/s).

• Deja Campbell fronted the offense at 15 kills (2.50 p/s) with five digs and assists as well.

• Annie Narvaez played hwe usual excellent defense with a Bearcat-best 37 digs (6.16 p/s) and the libero even tallied her fourth career kill at OU.

Next:

• For the final time in 2023, the Bearcats will be inside the friendly confines of the W.A. McMillan Center against Tougaloo at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.

• For most teams, the last home game of the regular season would ge Senior Night, but this iteration of Head Coach Zuzana Arnstrong's squad does not have a single student-athlete graduating.