FAIRBANKS - The Alaska Nanooks volleyball team will finish their 2026 season on the road at Seattle Pacific and Montana State Billings. They face the Falcons Thursday night before heading to the Yellow Jackets on Saturday. 

Thursday, Nov. 12
at Seattle Pacific | 6 p.m.
Seattle, Wash. | Royal Brougham Pavilion

Saturday, Nov. 14
at Montana State Billings | 11 a.m. 
Billings, Mont. | Alterowitz Gymnasium

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Last Time Out
The Nanooks played their final two home matches last week. They welcomed Western Oregon and Saint Martin's to Fairbanks on Nov. 5 and 7. On Thursday, they fell to the Western Oregon Wolves in five sets. Haylee Lyons led the Nanooks' attack with 18 kills. Cori Leavitt followed with 13. Cynphany Henderson had a double-double, leading Alaska with 25 assists and 15 digs. Genevieve Willis added 24 assists and two aces in the match. Lyons also had a double-double, finishing with 11 digs. Kellan Flynn (5) and Tessa Onaga (4) combined for nine service aces in the WOU match. On Saturday, Nov. 7 the Nanooks faced the Saints of Saint Martin's and fell in four sets. They celebrated five seniors on Saturday: Presley Engelauf, Cynphany Henderson, Peri Hoshock, Tessa Onaga, and McKenna Smith. Engelauf had a career-day for the Nanooks, posting an 18-kill match with a .708 swing percentage. She added six blocks, an assist and a dig. Haylee Lyons had 12 kills and added eight digs and an assist. Henderson posted another double-double, dishing out 31 assists and picking up 13 digs. Tessa Onaga had a team-high 14 digs. 

#NookNotes

• The Nanooks rank first in the GNAC in team assists and team digs. They have 1150 team assists and 1625 team digs as they enter the final week of the regular season. 
• Tessa Onaga's 444 digs is first in the conference and 89th in the NCAA DII. Her 4.53 digs per set is second in the GNAC and 81st in the nation. 
• Cynphany Henderson is fourth in the GNAC with 609 assists. This ranks 149th in the nation. Her 6.41 assists per set is good for sixth in the conference and 139th in the country. 
• At the net, the Nanooks have 185.5 total blocks. Peri Hoshock and Presley Engelauf lead Alaska with 85 and 78 blocks, respectively. Hoshock's 85 is seventh in the GNAC. Engelauf's 78 is 14th in the conference. 
• Hoshock has 1.04 blocks per set which ranks sixth in the GNAC and 55th in the nation.
• Engelauf is 14th in the conference with 0.88 blocks per set. 
• Kellan Flynn and Haylee Lyons are in the top 10 for total aces in the GNAC. Flynn leads the Nanooks with 36 aces, good for fourth in the GNAC. Lyons is seventh in the GNAC with 34. 
• Flynn also ranks 11th in the GNAC with 0.36 aces per set. 

GNAC Standings

• Central Washington (18-4, 14-2 GNAC)
• Simon Fraser (16-6, 13-3 GNAC)
• Alaska Anchorage (19-7, 12-4 GNAC)
• Seattle Pacific (17-7, 12-4 GNAC)
• Western Washington (12-10, 9-7 GNAC)
• Northwest Nazarene (13-10, 7-9 GNAC)
• Saint Martin's (9-16, 5-12 GNAC)
• Western Oregon (9-16, 5-12 GNAC)
• Alaska (11-15, 3-13 GNAC)
• Montana State Billings (5-21, 1-15 GNAC)

Meet the Opponents
Seattle Pacific Falcons (17-7, 12-4 GNAC)
Head Coach: Jason Rhine (5th Season)
SPU comes into this week having won two of their last three. Most recently, they fell on the road to No. 22 Simon Fraser in Burnaby, B.C. Before SFU, the Falcons won six-straight sets, sweeping Northwest Nazarene at home in Seattle and Western Washington in Bellingham, Wash. They are 6-1 on their home court and look to defend it against a Nanooks squad that took them to five sets earlier this season in Fairbanks. Amaya Evans and Megan Omlid lead the Falcons on the attack with 268 and 252 kills, respectively. Peyton Ensign leads the distribution with 699 assists, good for 7.77 per set. Defensively, Christina Lopez leads the Falcons with 377 digs, and Audra Rose has a team-high 92 total blocks. 

Montana State Billings (5-21, 1-15 GNAC)
Head Coach: Scott Keister (2nd Season)
MSUB enters the week riding a three-match losing streak. They earned their first GNAC victory of the season on Oct. 29 with a five-set victory over Northwest Nazarene at home. Following the win, they took a set from Central Washington but fell in four sets before being swept by No. 22 Simon Fraser on Nov. 5 in Burnaby, B.C. and falling to Western Washington in four in Bellingham, Wash. Allie Dorman leads the Yellow Jackets with 269 kills. She enters the week as the only MSUB attacker with 200+ kills. Avery Starr leads MSUB in assists with 527 and 5.79 per set. Defensively, Avarey Stuff leads with 242 digs; she's one of three Yellow Jackets with 200+ digs. Laina Whitney is the only MSUB blocker with over 50 blocks; she leads with 71. 

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