The Temple College volleyball team will celebrate its three sophomores on Wednesday at their North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference matchup against Hill College at Kirby Johnson Court.

First serve will be at 6 pm.

Middle blocker Lana Wright, opposite side hitter Riley Mendiola and outside hitter Grace Schneider will be honored at the contest.

Wright, in her second year with Leopards, hails from Manor, TX. Mendiola, also her second year with TC Volleyball, is a native of Bulverde, TX. Schneider, who spent her freshman season with Wharton Junior College and is in her first season with the Leopards, is from Little River Academy, TX.

Preceding the game as part of Temple College Spirit Week, a Blackout Tailgate will be held at the gymnasium starting at 4:30 pm. Hot dogs and nachos will be served while supplies last.

Temple and Hill met back on Sept. 20 in Hillsboro, with the Rebels having swept the Leopards 3-0. Scores of the match were 25-13, 25-9, and 25-23.

Addison Ridge led the Rebels with 12 digs and seven kills. Britney Hoover had 12 assists and Melanie Gasca added ten for the Rebels.

Wright had six digs and five kills, Abbie Soileau had a game-high 14 assists and Hanna Ward had 13 digs for Temple.

The teams are at opposite sides of the standings in the NTJCAC. With four games remaining, Hill sits in a second-place tie with Ranger College, who defeated the Leopards on Saturday, at 10-4. Temple is 2-12 and sitting at ninth place in the conference.

TC leaders through 27 matches

Matches played: Yasmine Traore, Lana Wright, Kharma Brown, Hanna Ward, and Sarah Rodriguez – 27, Karlee Williamson – 26.

Sets played: Traore and Ward – 94, Wright – 92, Brown – 91, Karlee Williamson – 90.

Kills: Traore – 227, Wright – 168, Brown 138, Grace Schneider – 125.

Total Attacks: Traore – 660, Brown 431, Wright 423, Schneider – 376, Kenedee Pennington – 237.

Assists: Williamson – 477, Abbie Soileau – 290, Ward – 66.

Service Aces: Ward – 35, Wright – 28, Williamson – 24.

Digs: Ward – 373, Traore – 191, Rodriguez – 165, Williamson – 142, Soileau - 109.

Blocks (Solo): Traore – 41, Wright – 27, Brown – 18, Schneider – 16, Kenedee Pennington – 15, Rodriguez – 13.

Blocks (Assist): Wright – 53, Brown – 47, Williamson – 44, Traore – 23, Schneider and Pennington – 22.

Blocks (Total): Wright – 80, Brown – 65, Traore – 64, Williamson – 47.

Points: Traore – 301.5, Wright – 251.5, Brown – 182.5, Schneider – 156, Pennington – 93, Rodriguez – 92.5.