Southeastern Comes Up Short in Conference Opener

NACOGDOCHES, Texas – The Southeastern Louisiana University Volleyball team started Southland Conference play with a loss to Stephen F. Austin, 25-17, 25-23, 25-20, in Shelton Gym Thursday. In its first Southland match of the season, SLU (3-11, 0-1 in SLC) fell to the 2025 conference champion Ladyjacks (7-7, 1-0 in SLC) on the road. After SFA took a commanding lead to start the match, the Lions clawed back into the first set with a 10-4 run. SLU went kill-for-kill with Stephen F. Austin, but the home team managed to hold off the visiting Lions. Carissa Young led the Lions on…