CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Austin Peay State University's volleyball team faces West Georgia and UT Arlington for the first time in the 2026 season with a 5 p.m., Thursday match against West Georgia, and an 11 a.m., Saturday match against UT Arlington at home in the Winfield Dunn Center.
Austin Peay (10-13, 2-8 United Athletic Conference) continues conference play after falling to Little Rock 3-2, this Saturday and Central Arkansas at home 3-1, last Wednesday, and a dropping a road test against North Alabama 3-2, (Oct. 16). Previously in conference play, the Governors opened their season on the road with a 3-1 win against Little Rock (Sept. 24) and fell to Central Arkansas 2-3 (Sept. 26) as well as Abilene Christian 3-0 (Oct. 1). The Governors earned their first home conference win against Tarleton State 3-2 (Oct. 3) and fell to Eastern Kentucky 3-0 (Oct. 6) in Richmond, North Alabama 3-2 (Oct. 8) and Abilene Christian 3-0, (Oct. 15) at home.
West Georgia (4-18, 0-10 UAC) recently fell to UT Arlington at home 3-1 (Oct. 17), Tarleton State (Oct. 22), and Abeline Christian (Oct. 24) 3-1 on the road. Brooke McCall leads the Wolves in kills (267), Giorgia Mandotti in digs (354) and aces (36), Anežka Ouředníková in assists (517), and Milena Ćetković in blocks (61).
UT Arlington (10-12, 4-6 UAC), will play Eastern Kentucky Oct. 29 on the road before meeting the Govs. UT Arlington hosted Tarleton State and North Alabama at home and defeating Tarleton State 3-1 Tuesday and falling to North Alabama 3-1 Saturday. The Mavericks are ranked sixth in the conference standings. The 2026 meeting between the Governors and the Mavericks will be the first historical meeting.
Senior Reagan Anderson ranks 25th in Division I and second in the conference with 39 service aces across 80 sets. Anderson also is 28th in the nation for digs per set (4.63) and fifth in the conference for digs. Malena Benz ranks third in the conference for hitting percentage with .334 on 395 total attacks across 89 sets. Nicole Okojie is fifth in the conference for blocks with 93 blocks in 85 sets.
The Governors lead the conference in attack percentage in five sets in their 3-2 win over Tarleton State with a .372 percent on 67 kills and 137 total attacks.
Match Points
• The last meeting between the Governors and West Georgia (Nov. 15, 2025) was a 3-2 home win.
• Historically the Governors are 1-2 against West Georgia.
• Last time out against the Wolves, Taly Cloyd set the seventh all-time record for single match kills (27).
• Austin Peay and UT Arlington will meet for the first time historically in the 2026 season.
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