FORT SMITH — For most of her volleyball career, there was always one constant for Hannah Holland … she always knew where to find her parents, Kendra and Brian Holland.

They were never far from the court.

“My parents are always at my game, no matter if we’re at home or on the road,” Holland said.

That included an 11-hour, 700-mile trip to Larado, Texas, on the Mexico border.

“I understand why they go to every game, but I never thought they would come 14 hours to watch a 1½- to 2-hour volleyball game.”

Holland is in the midst of completing her University of Arkansas at Fort Smith volleyball journey — one she envisioned at a young age.

“Playing in college is something I wanted to do since middle school,” she said. “I knew I wanted to go to UAFS, and I knew I wanted to play for coach [Jane] Sargent. I have met some of the greatest people along the way — people I will have friendships with long after I’ve graduated.”

Despite Wednesday’s 3-0 sweep of the University of Texas at Tyler, the Lady Lions started the weekend without any postseason guarantees. The Lady Lions were to face Angelo State and Texas Permian Basin on Friday and Saturday.

“It kind of makes me sad in a way,” Holland said. “I want to keep getting records high, but I know my time is running out. Coming into UAFS, I never thought about records; I just wanted to do my best.”

Holland had six kills and added to her school record for aces with three more in Wednesday’s win over UT-Tyler, which snapped a three-game losing streak.

UAFS (13-12, 5-7) has had trouble sustaining momentum.

“We’ve lost some games we shouldn’t have lost, and we’ve won a few we shouldn’t have won,” Holland said. “We really need to win out if we want to go the [conference] tournament.”

Holland, who had 913 kills during her prep career at Fort Smith Southside, broke Morgan Banner’s 2009 school record for aces (91) with plenty to spar. With at least four games remaining, she has 105 career aces.

Ennis drills 8 PATs

Grant Ennis (Greenwood) made all eight of his PAT kicks in Harding University’s win over the University of Arkansas-Monticello.

The Bison needed them all, too.

Ennis and the Bison held on for a wild 56-43 win in Great American Conference action.

Ennis also had six of his nine kickoffs land in the end zone for touchbacks. He’s had 12 touchbacks this season for a 56.4 ratio.

He’s also 36-of-37 on PAT kicks this season and is second (45) in team scoring. Ennis has also moved into third place in all-time scoring with 259…