The women’s basketball team fell to No. 19-ranked LSU-Shreveport (LSUS) 74-69 on Saturday in the first Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) game of the 2021 season. The Saints gave the Pilots all they could handle and drop to 1-2 overall and 0-1 in conference. The Pilots remain undefeated at 10-0 overall and 4-0 in RRAC play.

Head Coach Stacy Stephens commented, “I am so proud of how each of these young women stepped up today. They played multiple spots and were put in situations that will only benefit their growth on the court. We moved the ball around on offense and made extra passes. We worked together as a unit by shooting more than 40 percent for the game. I am proud of the rebounding effort and the team commitment to everyone crashing the boards and boxing out. There are still things we need to work on, but I’m very encouraged and extremely proud of how hard we played the entire game.”

History

The Saints are 16-14 against LSUS and lost to the Pilots in the RRAC Tournament Championship game last season.

Offensive/defensive standouts

Natalia Trevino (SO/Laredo, Texas) led the Saints in scoring with 13 points, followed by Angeline Sanchez (SO/Cibolo, Texas), Zerina Shatri (SR/Istog, Kosovo) and Cormia Lewis (FR/Houston, Texas) with 12 points each. Tiffany Lopez (SO/San Antonio, Texas) led the team with eight rebounds. Gabrielle Guzman (JR/Moore, Okla.) led the Saints with five assists.

LSUS was led by Fu’Tra Banks with 23 points. Banks also led the Pilots with nine rebounds. DeAuja Thompson and Britney Thompson led the Pilots with three assists each.

Inside the box

OLLU combined for 26-of-62 shooting for 41.9 percent, 7-of-19 from three-point range for 36.8 percent and hit all 10 free throws. LSUS shot 30-of-65 for 53.6 percent, 3-of-14 three pointers for 21.4 percent and 11-of-14 from the free-throw line for 78.6 percent.

The Saints grabbed 29 rebounds while the Pilots collected 36. OLLU forced 17 turnovers and committed 14.

Up next

The Saints head home to play LSUS again on Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. No spectators are allowed at this time.

The volleyball team defeated Jarvis Christian College (JCC) 3-0 on Friday to open the 2021 season. On Saturday, the Saints lost to Wayland Baptist University 3-2 and defeated Jarvis 3-0. The Saints begin the year 2-1 overall and 2-0 in Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) play.

The Saints put on a dominant performance in the first match of the season against Jarvis. OLLU recorded 13 kills in the first set and didn’t allow any by the Bulldogs. They forced six errors by Jarvis in the second set and posted an impressive .579 hitting percentage. The Saints closed the match by allowing only eight points in the third set.

Scoring overview against JCC

Set One – OLLU 25 – JCC 10
Set Two – OLLU 25 – JCC 10 
Set Three – OLLU 25 – JCC 8

On Saturday, in the first match against WBU, the Saints were pushed to a fifth set and lost 17-15 in the final frame. Wayland Baptist finished 2-0 in the OLLU Tri-Match by defeating JCC prior to the match against the Saints.

Scoring overview against WBU

Set One – WBU 25 – OLLU 20
Set Two – OLLU 25 – WBU 17
Set Three – OLLU 25 – WBU 20
Set Four – WBU 25 – OLLU 22
Set Five – WBU 17 – OLLU 15

The Saints came out strong in the second match of the OLLU Tri-Match against JCC. They defeated the Bulldogs in straight sets and showcased an impressive .550 kill percentage. OLLU held Jarvis to single-digit points in the first two sets.

Scoring overview against JCC

Set One – OLLU 25 – JCC 5
Set Two – OLLU 25 – JCC 6
Set Three – OLLU 25 – JCC 11

The Saints head to New Orleans to participate in the New Orleans Tournament. They will play University of the Cumberlands at 12 p.m. and Xavier University of Louisiana at 6 p.m. on Feb. 5. OLLU concludes the tournament by facing Faulkner University on Feb. 6 at 1 p.m.

The men’s tennis team fell in a doubleheader to the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) on Friday 0-7, 0-7. Full results are listed below.

First match

OLLU	UIW	Score	Result
Artur Etzberger/Murilo Salviato	M. Kralemann/M. Kermet	3-6	Loss
Caio Ravagnani/Vinicius Silva	J. Sasso/W. Fulgenzi	5-7	Loss
Michael Canales/Malachi Farley	O. El Kadi/A. Miralles	4-6	Loss
Artur Etzberger	J. Sasso	2-6, 4-6	Loss
Caio Ravagnani	M. Kralemann	3-6, 6-3, 2-10	Loss
Murilo Salviato	A. Miralles	2-6, 3-6	Loss
Vinicius Silva	M. Galic	2-6, 1-6	Loss
Malachi Farley	P. Perego	1-6, 2-6	Loss
Michael Canales	N. De Luna	1-6, 3-6	Loss

Second match

OLLU	UIW	Score	Result
Murilo Salviato/Caio Ravagnani	J. Sasso/W. Fulgenzi	1-6	Loss
Vinicius Silva/Malachi Farley	M. Kralemann/M. Kermet	2-6	Loss
Artur Etzberger/Michael Canales	P. Perego/N. De Luna	4-6	Loss
Artur Etzberger	L. Stojanovic	1-6, 3-6	Loss
Caio Ravagnani	J. Sasso	0-6, 0-2, ret.	Loss
Murilo Salviato	W. Fulgenzi	0-6, ret.	Loss
Vinicius Silva	P. Perego	3-6, 2-6	Loss
Malachi Farley	L. Godwin	6-3, 2-6, 7-10	Loss
Michael Canales	N. Dominguez	0-1, ret.	Loss

The Saints host Howard Payne University at home on Jan. 29 at 12 p.m. No spectators are allowed at this time.

The women’s soccer program returns for its 13th season and eighth year under Head Coach Arthur Salazar. The Saints are the reigning Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) champions and boast 10 freshmen, two transfers and 22 returners.

Salazar said, “We are excited to finally have an opportunity to have some semblance of a season. With all the uncertainty over the past 10 months, it will be nice to be back on the field in a competitive setting. The team worked hard in the fall to overcome the newly presented challenges. Hopefully the excitement of playing, combined with their preparation, will allow us to have another successful year.”

Beginning the season

The Saints open the 2021 season by traveling a short distance to face NCAA D2 St. Mary’s University (2-4-2) on Jan. 30. The team heads to Brownwood, Texas, to play Howard Payne University (1-0) on Feb. 3 and then returns home for a game against Texas Lutheran University (1-1) on Feb. 20. (Numbers after school indicate all-time records).

Postseason

The RRAC will begin the postseason April 2-3 at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals will take place April 8-9. The NAIA Championship Opening Rounds will take place April 15-17 at campus sites. The final rounds will be April 27-May 3 in Foley, Ala.

Conference opponents

OLLU will take on seven different RRAC opponents during the 2021 campaign. They start by playing a pair of road games against Texas A&M University-Texarkana (3-1) on Feb. 25 and Paul Quinn College (5-0) on Feb. 27.

The Saints welcome Jarvis Christian College (6-0) on March 4 and the University of the Southwest (16-1) on March 13 for their first home games of the season. The final three games of the season include road games against LSU-Alexandria (6-1-1) on March 18, LSU-Shreveport (5-2-2) on March 20 and a home finale versus University of Houston-Victoria (13-1) on March 27.

Senior class

Senior leadership will be pivotal to a successful season for the Saints. The class includes goalkeepers Mikaela Gilbert (SR/San Antonio, Texas) and Savannah Hernandez (SR/El Paso, Texas), defender Victoria Morales (SR/Brownsville, Texas) and midfielders Baye Polansky and Yolanda Vazquez (SR/Los Angeles, Calif.).

Hernandez made 48 saves in 16 games last season, while Gilbert stopped 20 in nine games. Polansky was named RRAC Offensive Player of the Week for Oct. 14-20, and Vazquez earned RRAC Scholar-Athlete awards. Morales started in two games last season and made the RRAC Scholar-Athlete team during the 2018 season.

Returners

The Saints feature 17 returners who will play alongside the seniors. Melanie DeLuna (SO/San Antonio, Texas), Madison Herrera (SO/Helotes, Texas), Nallely Infante (SO/Houston, Texas), Sarah Miles (SO/Helotes, Texas), Emily Morin (SO/McAllen, Texas), Riley Perez (SO/El Paso, Texas), Ambree Rheinberger (SO/San Antonio, Texas), Haley Smith (SO/Spring Branch, Texas), Desiree Velasquez (SO/Katy, Texas) and Brianna Yanez (SO/Portland, Texas) make up the sophomore group. Juniors include Dawson Brinkley (JR/San Antonio, Texas), Liliana Briseno (JR/San Antonio, Texas), Olivia Eagleson (JR/El Paso, Texas), Sophia Mora (JR/San Antonio, Texas), Jaylin Seto (JR/Houston, Texas), Erika Zapata (JR/Baytown, Texas) and Jessica Zapata (JR/Baytown, Texas).

Brinkley led the Saints with 11 goals and tallied a hat-trick against Texas College in a commanding 11-0 victory last season. She earned RRAC First Team All-Conference honors with Seto and Polansky. The Zapata twins were named to the RRAC Second Team All-Conference list, and Herrera was an honorable mention.

Newcomers

OLLU welcomes 10 freshmen and two transfers this season. Samantha Benne (FR/San Antonio, Texas), Ijayla Criswell (FR/San Antonio), Rachel Dziuba (FR/Germantown, Md.), Samantha Nava (FR/San Antonio, Texas), Abigail Payne (FR/El Paso, Texas), Tess Pitcher (FR/San Antonio, Texas), Andrea Santana (FR/McAllen, Texas), Kyleigh Spree-Kolos (FR/Victoria, Texas), Deanna Tarango (FR/El Paso, Texas) and Stephanea Valles (FR/El Paso, Texas) will take the field for the first time. The class includes five defenders, three midfielders, one forward and a goalkeeper.

Sophomore defender Irania Acosta (SO/El Paso, Texas) and junior forward Kaelyn Carnahan (JR/Chandler, Ariz.) transferred to play for the Saints this year. Acosta previously competed at Sam Houston State University, while Carnahan joins the team after playing for Prairie View A&M University.

Attendance policy

At this time, the university has mandated that no spectators be allowed to attend athletic events at OLLU as a commitment to keeping our community safe from COVID-19. If this mandate changes, a notification will be sent via the OLLU website at http://www.ollusaintsathletics.com. With the reality that all intercollegiate teams will be playing during the spring, the university will announce which games/teams will be live-streamed through the OLLU Saints Network.

OLLU announced that its 17 athletics teams boasted a combined 2.999 GPA for the fall 2020 semester.

Athletic Director Shane Hurley commented, “It’s always important to express our gratitude toward all professors and staff who assist our student-athletes on their way to earning a degree from OLLU. We appreciate all of our academic support services and personnel, as well. Congratulations to the coaches for supporting their athletes in every way and emphasizing the importance of being scholar-athletes. Our student-athletes had difficulties this past semester and most of last year’s spring semester due to adjusting to virtual learning, yet they were able to mark higher than a 3.0 GPA. They deserve the recognition for a job well done, and we all thank them for their efforts in their sport and the classroom.”

Of the 295 student-athletes at OLLU:

• 188 received GPAs of 3.0 and above
• 81 earned GPAs of 3.0-3.49
• 64 earned GPAs of 3.5-3.9
• 43 earned GPAs of 4.0

The teams posting GPAs of 3.0 and above and the number of student-athletes within that sport who earned recognition include:

• 3.652 – Men’s and Women’s Golf (12 of 12)
• 3.622 – Men’s Cross-Country (6 of 5)
• 3.538 – Men’s and Women’s Tennis (9 of 10)
• 3.483 – Women’s Soccer (29 of 34)
• 3.415 – Women’s Cross-Country (6 of 7)
• 3.363 – Dance (7 of 11)
• 3.250 – Volleyball (18 of 26)
• 3.199 – Baseball (26 of 50)
• 3.107 – Men’s Soccer (22 of 36)
• 3.095 – Men’s Track and Field (2 of 3)

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Those earning 4.0 GPAs this fall semester are:

Baseball
Connor Dayton (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Jose Diaz (SR/Pinar del Rio, Cuba)
Matthew Klar (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Angel Nunez (FR/McAllen, Texas)
Noah Herrera (FR/San Juan, Texas)

Women’s Soccer
Ijayla Criswell (FR/San Antonio)
Rachel Dziuba (FR/Germantown, Md.)
Sarah Miles (SO/Helotes, Texas)  
Samantha Nava (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Riley Perez (SO/El Paso, Texas)                                                  
Tess Pitcher (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                
Baye Polansky (SR/Helotes, Texas)

Softball
Marissa Bradley (FR/Seguin, Texas)
Alexis Valdez (SO/Seguin, Texas)

Volleyball
Sadie Ballesteros (SO/San Antonio, Texas)
Analisa Fernandez (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Madalyn Gonzalez (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Jaalin Rosser (FR/Killeen, Texas)    
Anna Sujo Hernandez (FR/Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico)

Golf
Diego Garcia Hernandez (JR/Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico)
Monica Cecelia Lattuado
Christina Trujillo (FR/San Antonio, Texas)           

Cheer
Skylar Lloyd (FR/Eagle River, Alaska)
Melanie Padron (JR/San Antonio, Texas)

Dance
Jacqueline Baldazo (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                   
Jessica Garcia (SO/El Paso, Texas)                              

Tennis
Artur Etzberger (SR/Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil)                                              
Sebastian Rodriguez (JR/San Antonio, Texas)                                    
Vinicius Silva (JR/Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil)                                                

Men’s Basketball
Edvin Tedesjo (SR/Stockholm, Sweden)                                                
Colby Borak (FR/El Paso, Texas)                                                     
Jacob Duncan (SO/New Branfels, Texas)                             

Cross-Country
Antonio Bustamante (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Gloria Cervantes (SO/Laredo, Texas)   
Peyton Lammons (JR/Prosper, Texas)  
Kimber Watson (JR/Kingwood, Texas)      

Men’s Soccer
Bernard Cutini Alvarenga (SR/Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil)
Joseph Baker (SO/Llantwit Major, Wales, U.K.)        
Juan Martin Chica (JR/Cali, Colombia) 
Scott Couper (SR/Glasgow, Scotland)         
Jack Parker (JR/Norwich, Norfolk, U.K.)           
Patrick Pye (JR/Norwich, Norfolk, U.K.)            
Oluwatimileyin Talabi (SO/Abeokuta, Nigeria)

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Those earning 3.5-3.9 this fall are:

Baseball
Joey Baker (SR/Victoria, Texas)
Ryan Chapa (JR/Corpus Christi, Texas)           
Jorge Collazo Jr. (JR/San Antonio, Texas)    
Miguel Galindo (FR/Jourdanton, Texas)       
Layne Klostermann (SO/Raymondville, Texas)
Ram Maldonado (JR/McAllen, Texas)     
Matt Mihalov (SR/Conroe, Texas)         
Jacob Mitchell (JR/Harker Heights, Texas )         
Jacob Montejano (SO/San Antonio, Texas)

Women’s Basketball
Gabrielle Guzman (JR/Moore, Okla.)  
Tiffany Lopez (SO/San Antonio, Texas)         
Natalia Trevino (SO/Laredo, Texas)      
Atlantis White (FR/Houston, Texas)        

Women’s Soccer
Samantha Benne (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                              
Dawson Brinkley (JR/San Antonio, Texas)                                          
Liliana Briseno (JR/San Antonio, Texas)                                               
Kaelyn Carnahan (JR/Chandler, Ariz.)                                            
Mikaela Gilbert (SR/San Antonio, Texas)                                              
Savannah Hernandez (SR/El Paso, Texas)                                    
Madison Herrera (SO/Helotes, Texas)                                            
Sophia Mora (JR/San Antonio, Texas)                                             
Victoria Morales (SR/Brownsville, Texas)                                             
Emily Morin (SO/McAllen, Texas)                            
Haley Smith (SO/Spring Branch, Texas)                                    
Kyleigh Spree-Kolos (FR/Victoria, Texas)                                     
Deanna Tarango (FR/El Paso, Texas)                                         
Yolanda Vazquez (SR/Los Angeles, Calif.)                                          
Brianna Yanez (SO/Portland, Texas)                                              

Softball
Kayla Dreese (JR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                    
Katelyn Esparza (SO/San Antonio, Texas)                                               
Jennifer Estrada (JR/El Paso, Texas)                                           
Ysa Gonzales (SO/San Marcos, Texas)                                                 
Jalin Oliva-St. Romain (SR/Highlands, Texas)                                     

Volleyball
Daisy Cantwell (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                 
Ashley Maldonado (JR/Laredo, Texas)                                           
Alyssa Marquez (JR/Albuquerque, N.M.)                                               
Tory Rodriguez (FR/Helotes, Texas)                                             
Mia Soto (JR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                         
Skyla St. Clair (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                 

Golf
Kane Ybarra (SR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                   
Massimo Garcia (SO/Laredo, Texas)                                            
Raul Gutierrez (JR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                
Joshua Sturt (JR/Portsmouth, U.K.)                                                       
Chase White (JR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                   

Cheer
Jazmin MontaNadia Torres (SO/Houston, Texas)          

Tennis
Aaron Arrezola (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                              
Michael Canales (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                           
Malachi Farley (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                              
Murilo Salviato (SO/Araras, Sao Paulo, Brazil)                                              
Caio Ravagnani (SO/Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Men’s Basketball
Ethan White (SR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                
Walter Garfield (JR/Birmingham, Ala.)                                             
Jonathan Ochoa (FR/Midland, Texas)                                       
Diego Torres (FR/El Paso, Texas)                                        

Cross-Country
Lindsey Broussard (SO/Kingwood, Texas)                                         
Isaac Martinez (SO/Weslaco, Texas)                                                
Nathaniel Rodriguez (SO/San Antonio, Texas)                                   

Men’s Soccer
Connor Bagley (SO/Norwich, Norfolk, U.K.)                                             
Carlos Beltran (JR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                   
Gustavo Lemos Borba (SR/Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil)                                         
Orlando Medina (FR/Houston, Texas)
Mitchell Medrano (SR/Baytown, Texas) 

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Those earning 3.0-3.49 GPAs this spring are:
 

Baseball
Devin Benavides (FR/Laredo, Texas)      
Nicholas Castillo (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Javier De Alejandro (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                       
Boedy Flores (SO/Harlingen, Texas)     
Brandon Garcia (FR/San Antonio, Texas)
Adrian Gonzalez Jr. (JR/Weslaco, Texas)                                    
Robert Lopez (SR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                  
Alec Martinez (JR/Corpus Christi, Texas)                                                  
Pablo Montante (SO/San Antonio, Texas)                                               
John B. Ortega II (FR/Harlingen, Texas)
Christopher Perez (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                            
Jarod Smith (FR/Baytown, Texas)                                                      
Triston Scherer (JR/Crosby, Texas)                                               
Xavier Solis (SR/Victoria, Texas)                                                     
Pablo Trevino (FR/San Juan, Texas)                                                   
Brett Vasquez (SO/Mont Belvieu, Texas)                                                   
Nico Ybarra (FR/San Benito, Texas)                                             

Women’s Basketball
Cormia Lewis (FR/Houston, Texas)                                                  
Angeline Sanchez (SO/Cibolo, Texas)                                            
Zerina Shatri (SR/Istog, Kosovo)                                                   

Women’s Soccer
Olivia Eagleson (JR/El Paso, Texas)                                              
Nallely Infante (SO/Houston, Texas)                                                
Abigail Payne (FR/El Paso, Texas)                                                 
Ambree Rheinberger (SO/San Antonio, Texas)                                        
Jaylin Seto (JR/Houston, Texas)                                                      
Stephanea Valles (FR/El Paso, Texas)                                            
Erika Zapata (JR/Baytown, Texas)                                                     
Jessica Zapata (JR/Baytown, Texas)                                                  

Softball
Eneli Garza (FR/La Feria, Texas)                                                  
Joanna Gonzalez (JR/San Benito, Texas)                                              
Kennah Kennedy (SR/Frost, Texas)                                             
Kaili Luna (FR/Converse, Texas)                                                 
Ciera Martinez (SR/San Antonio, Texas)                                          
Devan Miller (FR/Marion, Ohio)                                                     
Kaylie Norris (SO/Schertz, Texas)                                                   
Angela Ramirez (JR/Converse, Texas)                                               
Kaitlyn Salazar (JR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                 
Kelly Anne Salinas (SO/Laredo, Texas)                                                    
Deandra Vera (SO/Uvalde, Texas)       

Volleyball
Valerie Bolanos (SO/San Antonio, Texas)                                                
Amanda Esparza (JR/San Antonio, Texas)                                     
Alyssa Gallardo (JR/San Antonio, Texas)                                               
Megan Montalvo (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                             
Ashleigh Ramirez (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                           
Madelynn Strzelczyk (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                       
Anissa Tamez (SR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                   

Golf
Matthew Cantu (FR/Corpus Christi, Texas)                                                 
Sergio Garcia (SO/Kenedy, Texas)                                                  
Raul Gonzalez (FR/McAllen, Texas)                                                
Daniel Jones (JR/Comfort, Texas)      

Cheer
Nadia Torres                                            

Dance
Jaelyn Garza (SO/Runge, Texas)                                                
Nadia Gloria (SR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                    
Desiree Gutierrez (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                            
Klarissa Siebert (SR/El Paso, Texas)                                               

Tennis
Delfina Rodriguez Molina                              

Men’s Basketball
Cristian Flores (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                
Javier Gonzalez (FR/Laredo, Texas)                                               
Jose Herrera (FR/Laredo, Texas)                                               
Ruben Monzon (JR/San Diego, Calif.)                                                
Julius Saldivar (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                 
Josh Williams (SR/Houston, Texas)                                                  

Cross-Country
Robbie Sue Espericueta (SO/La Villa, Texas)                                  
Viridiana Zuniga (FR/San Antonio, Texas)                                              

Track and Field
Destiny Joseph (SR/Houston, Texas)                                                 
Brianna Pantoja (SO/San Antonio, Texas)                                                  
Tamaj Gordon (SO/San Antonio, Texas)                                                    
Colton Townsend (SO/San Antonio, Texas)                                             

Men’s Soccer
Luan Balestieri (SR/Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)    
Miguel Barrera (SO/San Antonio, Texas)     
Jose Delgado (SR/San Antonio, Texas)                                                 
Randy Dominguez (SO/Katy, Texas)       
Keelin Garrity (JR/Hartford, Conn.)
Samuel Martinez (FR/Cibolo, Texas)
Kevin Rios (SO/Houston, Texas)
Miguel Sanchez (SR/San Antonio, Texas)
Remington Shappa (JR/San Antonio, Texas)
Pedro Tavarez (JR/Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico)      

The volleyball team will opened its 14th season last week.

Second-year Head Coach Scott Mattera addressed the change saying, “We framed the move to the spring as a positive. We had the fall to get to know each other, train together and get into a college life routine before we had to compete.”

On Jan. 22, the Saints opened their Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) schedule with a match against Jarvis Christian College, and the following day, the team hosted matches throughout the day. At 12 p.m., Jarved plays Wayland Baptist University, OLLU played Wayland, and OLLU played another conference match against Jarvis.

From Feb. 5-6, the Saints will participate in the New Orleans Tournament hosted by Xavier University of New Orleans. The schedule has OLLU playing the University of the Cumberlands at noon and Xavier University at 6 p.m. On Feb. 6, they will play Faulkner at 1 p.m.

The team will continue on Feb. 13 with a match against NCAA D2 Texas A&M University International in Laredo, Texas, followed by another match against a D2 school St. Mary’s University at 6 p.m. on its campus in San Antonio.

OLLU will travel to Hawkins, Texas, for a conference match against Jarvis on Feb. 19 at 6 p.m.

From March 5-6, the Saints will play nonconference matches. On March 5, the Saints will be in Longview, Texas, for a 6 p.m. match against NCAA D3 LeTourneau University. On March 6, the Saints will travel to Forth Worth, Texas, for a match against NAIA Texas Wesleyan University at 2 p.m.

The Saints return home for three conference matches against the University of the Southwest March 12-13 and 20. The first match is at 7 p.m. on March 12, noon on March 13 and 2 p.m. on March 20.

OLLU will then prepare to host the RRAC Championship Tournament on March 26 and on March 27 for the championship match. Times and opponents will be determined.

The team will close out its regular season on April 2-3 in Plainview, Texas, for matches against Wayland and Oklahoma City University. Times will be announced.

The NAIA has scheduled April 17 through April 27 as the volleyball national championship dates for the 2020-2021 season.

All Saints home matches will feature live stats (check link on website) and live-streaming via the OLLUSaintsNetwork. No spectators will be allowed.