CONWAY, Ark. – The streaking Central Arkansas Sugar Bears will look to keep their SLC winning streak alive over the next three days on the road as they will face the Houston Baptist Huskies (15-12, 7-5 SLC) tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. and the Sam Houston State Bearkats (13-11, 9-3 SLC) on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Sugar Bears (12-13, 6-6 SLC) will hope to continue their SLC climb as the Huskies sit at No. 5 and the Bearkats at No. 4.
 
Senior Abbie Harry continues to headline the Central Arkansas offense as she ranks second in SLC in total kills (351), points (393.5) and third in kills per set (3.62) and points per set (4.06). Junior Emily Doss will look to reclaim the lead in total digs as she currently sits at No. 3 in the SLC with 460 (12 behind Corpus Christi's Carissa Barnes).  
 
MEET (AGAIN) THE HOUSTON BAPTIST HUSKIES
 
The Houston Baptist Huskies will welcome the Sugar Bears to Houston, Texas and will look to finish 2-0 against Central Arkansas on the year after winning the first match 3-1 on September 26 to open SLC play. The Huskies will look to avoid back-to-back home losses after falling to SLC-leading Stephen F. Austin on November 2 that halted a three-game winning streak.
 
The Huskies will enter the match leading the SLC in total attacks (3,639) and digs (1,712) while ranking second in total blocks (198.5), attacks per set (37.13), digs per set (17.47) and opponent hitting percentage (.177).
 
Junior setter Morgan Dewyer highlights the Houston Baptist offense as she ranks second in the SLC in aces per set (0.45), service aces (42) and assists (842) while ranking third in assists per set (9.05). Sophomore six-foot middle blocker Ebonie Ballesteros will look to continue her defensive dominance at the net as she ranks second in blocks per set (1.09) and total blocks (100). On the attack, junior Mikayla Vivens leads the Huskies with 318 kills while sophomore Kelly Colwell follows behind with 249.
 
MEET (AGAIN) THE SAM HOUSTON STATE BEARKATS
 
The Sam Houston State Bearkats will welcome the Sugar Bears to Huntsville, Texas and will face second-place Northwestern State tomorrow night before the Saturday matinee with Central Arkansas. The Bearkats will also look to finish 2-0 against the Sugar Bears on the year after taking the first match 3-2 on September 28.
 
The Bearkats will enter tomorrow's match leading the SLC in kills per set (13.44) and team attacks per set (38.25) while ranking second in team kills (1,277), digs (1,538) assists (1,163), total attacks (3,634) and assists per set (12.24).
 
Junior outside hitter Ashley Lewis highlights the Sam Houston offense as she ranks first in the SLC in total attacks (1,076) and second in attacks per set (11.33), kills per set (3.66) and points per set (4.13). Lewis also leads the team in kills with 348. On the defensive end, sophomore Kaira Hunnicutt ranks second in total blocks (100) while senior Addison Miller ranks second in digs (468).
 
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH JOHN NEWBERRY ON THE TRIP
 
"We are excited about the opportunity to play Houston Baptist and Sam Houston again. Our team is completely different now than when we played both teams opening up our conference season. Both of our opponents are seated right above us in the conference standings. We are expecting both of these games to be very competitive and an all-out fight to the end.
 
We have been working hard to tweak a few areas that we have leaked some points in. We have reduced some errors. In order for us to win against both solid teams, our passing and hitting efficiency will need to be the best it has been this whole season.
 
We are also very excited about the opportunity to play in front of a lot of family. Half of our team is from the Houston area. UCA has always had a strong fan base when it comes to playing teams in the Houston area."
 
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