FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Nanooks volleyball team heads to Anchorage to face UAA on Friday, Oct. 30. First serve on Friday night is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 30
at Alaska Anchorage | 7 p.m.
Anchorage | Alaska Airlines Center

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Last Time Out
The Nanooks were on the road last week at Western Washington and Simon Fraser. On Thursday, Oct. 22, they fell to the Vikings 3-0 in Bellingham. Emma Freeman led the Nanooks with 12 kills while Cori Leavitt added eight and Peri Hoshock had six. Ashlyn White had 15 assists while Cynphany Henderson added 14. Henderson finished with a double-double adding 13 digs. Tessa Onaga had 22 digs and Kellan Flynn added 15 while Presley Engelauf led the way with three digs. On Saturday, Oct. 24, the Nanooks fell to No. 21 Simon Fraser in three sets. Freeman once again led the Nanooks with seven kills. Ashlyn White led with a dozen assists and Cynphany Henderson followed with 10. Tessa Onaga added 13 digs and Henderson and White each had nine.

#NookNotes

• The Nanooks lead the conference in three major team categories: team digs (1424), team service aces (153), and team total attacks (3136). They also rank second in digs per set (16.75), team assists (973), and team kills (1053).
• Their digs per set totals rank 53rd in the NCAA DII and their team digs total ranks 80th. 
• Tessa Onaga leads the conference with 391 digs. That ranks 70th in the NCAA DII. Kellan Flynn is also in the top 10 in GNAC totals with 258 digs - that ranks ninth. 
• Onaga also leads the Nanooks with 4.65 digs per set, good for second in the GNAC, trailing just Brooklyn Parker of CWU (4.77). That total ranks 65th in the nation. 
• Flynn has 3.04 digs per set, good for 13th in the GNAC. 
• Cori Leavitt leads the Nanooks with 224 kills, good for sixth in the GNAC. Haylee Lyons follows just nine kills behind with 215, good for ninth in the conference. 
• Leavitt pairs that with a .271 swing percentage, ranking 10th in the conference. She is also averaging 2.70 kills per set, good for 14th in the GNAC.
• Haylee Lyons leads the Nanooks with 31 service aces, ranking fifth in the GNAC. Kellan Flynn ranks sixth in the conference with 30 aces. 
• Peri Hoshock is eighth in the GNAC with 74 total blocks. That ranks 132nd in NCAA DII. Presley Engelauf follows with 66 total blocks, good for 13th in the conference and Leavitt has 60, ranking 16th in the GNAC.
• Hoshock is earning 1.01 blocks per set, good for seventh in the GNAC and 66th in the nation. Engelauf is averaging 0.88 blocks per set, good for 14th in the conference. 
• Cynphany Henderson has 528 assists for the Nanooks. That is fifth in the GNAC and 133rd in the nation. Her 6.52 assists per set is seventh in the conference. 
• Henderson's one triple-double remains the only one in the GNAC this season. She ranks seventh in the nation with her one triple-double. 

GNAC Standings
Central Washington has taken over the top spot in the GNAC volleyball standings. The Wildcats hold first, Seattle Pacific follows in second, and the Simon Fraser Red Leafs sit in third. Check out the rest of the standings below or HERE.

• Central Washington (15-4, 11-2 GNAC)
• Seattle Pacific (15-5, 10-2 GNAC)
• Simon Fraser (12-6, 9-3 GNAC)
• Alaska Anchorage (16-7, 9-4 GNAC)
• Northwest Nazarene (13-7, 7-6 GNAC)
• Western Washington (9-9, 6-6 GNAC)
• Saint Martin's (8-13, 4-9 GNAC)
• Western Oregon (8-13, 4-9 GNAC)
• Alaska (11-12, 3-10 GNAC)
• Montana State Billings (4-18, 0-12 GNAC)

Chasing Records
Tessa Onaga continues to hunt for the all-time digs record for the Alaska Nanooks. The libero now sits at 1345 career digs. The all-time record is 1484, set by Tiffani Pulver from 1994-97. Onaga had 450 in 2024, 504 in 2025 and currently has 391 digs this season. The Nanooks have five matches remaining in the season. 

Meet the Opponents
Alaska Anchorage Seawolves (16-7, 9-4 GNAC)
Head Coach: Morgan Hooe (1st Season as HC)
The Seawolves enter this week's matchup riding a two-match winning streak. They defeated No. 21 Simon Fraser on Oct. 22 in five sets before taking down the Western Washington Vikings on Oct. 24 in four sets. Alaska Anchorage won the earlier matchup this season against the Nanooks, snapping Alaska's five-match winning streak against UAA. That five-match winning streak was the Nanooks' longest in series history. Lee Ivakina heads the Seawolves offense with 3.46 kills per set, adding a .217 swing percentage and nearly three digs per set. Hannah Trotter is the main distributor with 8.42 assists per set, 2.82 digs per set, and nearly a kill per set. Bella Burney is leading with 1.00 blocks per set, adding 2.16 kills per set. Mary Nahinu leads the back row with 3.27 digs per set, 0.81 assists per set and 0.31 aces per set. UAA leads 81-43 in the overall series and leads 45-15 in Anchorage. 

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