MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The ninth slate of 2026-27 SSAC Games of the Week, presented by Herff Jones, were announced. 

Volleyball: Saturday, November 7 | Mobile at Loyola | New Orleans, La.

• This game could be a winner-take-all for the regular season championship on the final day of the regular season. The only two ways Mobile can clinch the regular season title on Friday are:
  • Defeat Xavier in three or four sets AND have Loyola lose to William Carey, or
  • Defeat Xavier in five sets and have Loyola lose in three or four sets to William Carey. 
• Mobile leads the conference in kills per set at 12.85, paced by Kaylin Johnson's 3.46 kills per set. Eva Blatchford won the Attacker of the Week honor this week.
• Loyola is right behind Mobile in kills per set in the league, averaging 12.63 per set. Alexa Palmer, Isis Harink and Caroline McKinney are all averaging over two kills per set with Mel Beachnau at 1.98 per set.

Men’s and Women's Soccer Championships: Saturday, November 7 | Montgomery, Ala.

• After a long season, conference championship trophies will be given out Saturday night at the Emory Folmar YMCA Complex in Montgomery, Ala.
• On the women's side, the top four seeds advanced to Thursday's semifinals, set for 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. CST on Thursday. The championship will be at 4 p.m. CST on Saturday.
• On the men's side, seventh-seeded UT Southern pulled off the lone upset of the quarterfinal round. Semifinals Thursday are at 4:30 and 7 p.m. CST with the championship match set for Saturday at 7 p.m. CST.