{"id":420825,"date":"2026-08-30T05:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T05:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420825\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T05:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T05:10:11","slug":"kats-go-3-0-to-open-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420825\/","title":{"rendered":"Kats go 3-0 to Open Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p paraeid=\"{6f3388f9-5060-4523-bba4-2cf742925bd0}{13}\" paraid=\"1180561402\">HUNTSVILLE\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Sam Houston volleyball team\u00a0shut\u00a0down the McNeese Cowgirls\u00a0Saturday afternoon,\u00a03-0,\u00a0to\u00a0claim the tournament\u00a0title at\u00a0the\u00a0Bearkat\u00a0Invitational tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0win gives the Kats\u00a0their\u00a0first 3-0 start to a season since 2021, and the third since 2014.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{58f745fe-cd11-4db3-8d34-8e540c4fdea8}{187}\" paraid=\"1827152376\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gobearkats.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/chloe-monson\/10905\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10905\" target=\"_blank\">Chloe Monson<\/a> continues in the double digits\u00a0with 14\u00a0kills\u00a0and a .429 hitting percentage. <a href=\"https:\/\/gobearkats.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/avery-pruitt\/10907\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10907\" target=\"_blank\">Avery Pruitt<\/a>\u00a0led the Kats with a career high of four services aces including three\u00a0straight\u00a0to\u00a0rally\u00a0in the second set.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{480549e4-9132-424d-844e-0fbf7ed60eb2}{169}\" paraid=\"939281412\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gobearkats.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/rachelle-reed\/9081\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9081\" target=\"_blank\">Rachelle Reed<\/a> defended at the net with five blocks,\u00a0heavily aiding the Bearkats defense\u00a0alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/gobearkats.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/shaelin-white\/10910\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10910\" target=\"_blank\">Shaelin White<\/a> with 13 digs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{9e5a4d17-52d9-4b90-9d9c-1a51ec919f93}{16}\" paraid=\"1693823385\">The Bearkats\u00a0head up the road to Arlington to\u00a0participate\u00a0in the Maverick Classic facing off against Army, Kent State, and UT Arlington.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{f17153f2-2a3d-4fb7-bf2d-5112c7003d51}{143}\" paraid=\"1373850131\">First serve is set for 10 a.m. September 4th\u00a0against\u00a0Army.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\" paraeid=\"{217b8777-65cc-47b0-982f-0d62b6c4e6ba}{24}\" paraid=\"659323491\">Bearkat Invitational All-Tournament Team<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gobearkats.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/chloe-monson\/10905\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10905\" target=\"_blank\">Chloe Monson<\/a> (MVP) &#8211; Sam Houston<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gobearkats.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/lauren-pyle\/11067\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"11067\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Pyle<\/a> &#8211; Sam Houston<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gobearkats.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/bella-wood\/10911\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"10911\" target=\"_blank\">Bella Wood<\/a> &#8211; Sam Houston<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nChelsea Williams &#8211; Miami (OH)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nMolly Creech &#8211; Miami (OH)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGabby Maldonaldo &#8211; McNeese<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBella Rising &#8211; Cal State Fullerton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HUNTSVILLE\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Sam Houston volleyball team\u00a0shut\u00a0down the McNeese Cowgirls\u00a0Saturday afternoon,\u00a03-0,\u00a0to\u00a0claim the tournament\u00a0title at\u00a0the\u00a0Bearkat\u00a0Invitational tournament.\u00a0 The\u00a0win gives the Kats\u00a0their\u00a0first 3-0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-420825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}