FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Nanooks volleyball team returns home for two home matches against the Central Washington Wildcats and Northwest Nazarene Nighthawks. These are the Nanooks' first home matches since Oct. 1.

Thursday, Oct. 15
vs. Central Washington | 7 p.m.
Fairbanks | Alaska Airlines Gymnasium 

Saturday, Oct. 17
vs. Northwest Nazarene | 2 p.m.
Fairbanks | Alaska Airlines Gymnasium

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Last Time Out
The Nanooks return to Fairbanks after two matches at Saint Martin's and Western Oregon last week. The Nanooks fell in both, losing to the Saints 3-0 and to the Wolves 3-0. Alaska looks to snap a three-match slide with their last win coming on Sept. 26 over the Western Washington Vikings.

Staff & Faculty Appreciation Night
The Nanooks welcome all UAF staff and faculty out for Thursday's match. All staff and faculty who show their Polar Express ID card will get in for free and the first 50 in attendance will receive a free $5 gift card to the game day sponsor, Bucko's Coffee! 

Go Pink with the 'Nooks! 
Saturday will be a pink out as the Nanooks welcome BCDC of Alaska and their game day sponsor Kinross Alaska. Get there early as there will be plenty of pink giveaways available in the Patty Center lobby, and there will be specialty t-shirts available for purchase! 

#NookNotes

• The Nanooks lead the GNAC in team digs with 1139 this season. That ranks 88th in the nation. They also rank first in service aces with 127. That puts them 94th in NCAA DII. 
• Cynphany Henderson continues to lead the GNAC with her one triple-double this season. She is fifth in the nation as two others have five triple-doubles this season. 
• Henderson also is third in the GNAC with 448 assists. She is fifth with 6.89 assists per set.
• Cori Leavitt leads the Nanooks with 193 kills, good for sixth in the conference. Haylee Lyons follows in seventh place in the GNAC with 178 kills. 
• Tessa Onaga leads the GNAC with 306 digs. That is good for 87th in NCAA DII. Her 4.50 digs per set is second in the conference and 75th in the nation. 
• Leavitt is eighth in hitting percentage and points per set. She is hitting .291 this year and has 3.29 points per set. Her 2.84 kills per set ranks ninth in the GNAC. 
• Presley Engelauf is fourth in the GNAC with 62 total blocks and is 14th with 0.90 blocks per set. 
• Peri Hoshock is sixth in the GNAC with 0.98 blocks per set, also good for 77th in the nation. 
• Kellan Flynn follows Onaga in digs with 218, good for ninth in the conference. She is picking up 3.16 per set, good for 11th in the GNAC. 

Meet the Opponents
#21 Central Washington Wildcats (11-4, 7-2 GNAC)
Head Coach: Lauren Herseth
The Wildcats come into Fairbanks riding a seven-match winning streak and 21-set winning streak. They have swept their way through conference play since Sept. 17, including a sweep of the Nanooks in Ellensburg on Sept. 19. This run also comes after winning just one set in their GNAC openers, losing to SFU 3-1 and being swept by WWU. The Nanooks look to play spoilers as they open the second half of GNAC play on Thursday. 

Northwest Nazarene (10-6, 4-5 GNAC)
Head Coach: Doug English
Northwest Nazarene comes to Alaska on a one-match losing streak. They are just ahead of the Nanooks in the GNAC standings with a 4-5 GNAC record. After falling to the Nanooks on Sept. 17 in five sets, NNU went on a three-match winning streak. After that streak, they went 1-2, falling to Seattle Pacific in five sets, beating Montana State Billings in straight sets before falling to CWU in three. They open up against UAA on Thursday before coming to Fairbanks on Saturday. 

GNAC Standings
Simon Fraser continues to hold on to the top spot of the GNAC but Central Washington and Seattle Pacific are right behind by just one game. Check out the current GNAC standings below or CLICK HERE.

• Simon Fraser (11-4, 8-1 GNAC)
• Central Washington (11-4, 7-2 GNAC)
• Seattle Pacific (12-5, 7-2 GNAC)
• Alaska Anchorage (13-6, 6-3 GNAC)
• Northwest Nazarene (10-6, 4-5 GNAC)
• Western Washington (7-8, 4-5 GNAC)
• Alaska (11-8, 3-6 GNAC)
• Saint Martin's (7-10, 3-6 GNAC)
• Western Oregon (7-10, 3-6 GNAC)
• Montana State Billings (3-15, 0-9 GNAC)

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