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PIONEERS WIN CLOSE
MATCH OVER DALLAS BAPTIST 3-1
DENTON,
TX—The Texas Woman's University volleyball
team (7-19, 3-5 LSC) came out firing in their match against
Dallas Baptist (6-18), winning the first two games
30-16 and 30-21, then came from behind in the fourth game to
win the match 3-1 (30-16, 30-21, 27-30, 30-28). Adalene
Wright (Garland, TX/South Garland H.S.) recorded her
10th double-double of the season and led the Pioneers
with 17 kills and 14 digs.
“This match was a mirror image of how we played at Dallas
Baptist earlier in the season. They came out strong and won
the first two games at their house, then struggled and held
on for a two-point victory in the fourth game, which was exactly
how this match turned out tonight except we were the ones on
top,” head coach Patty Dowdell said. “I was happy
with how well the team played in the early going and I was
very excited that they hung tough in the final stages to win
the match. Dallas Baptist started serving better in the third
and fourth games, which brought them back into the match.”
The Pioneers came out fired up and it showed on the court
as TWU built a 17-7 lead in game one after two separate runs
of five unanswered points. They took the first frame 30-16
by hitting 11 kills on 29 swings for an attack percentage of
.273. In game two, Dallas Baptist committed seven hitting errors,
four service errors and four ball handling errors en route
to a 30-21 win for TWU. The third frame went back and fourth
as each team exchanged the lead nine times before the Patriots
took control in the final stages and won 27-30. The Pioneers
built a 9-3 advantage in game four before Dallas Baptist went
on an 11-5 run to knot the game up at 14-14. The game was tied
nine more times before Adalene Wright connected on her 17th kill
to win the game, 30-28, and the match.
As
a team, the Pioneers recorded 49 kills on 144 swings for
a hitting percentage of .188 with 45 assists, 64 digs and
14
team blocks. Heather Smith (Chino Hills, CA/ Ayala H.S.) chipped
in with nine kills on 22 attacks for a team-high .471 attack
percentage while April Hollub (Weimar, TX/Weimar H.S.) recorded
a career-high and team season-high four solo blocks to go along
with her four kills. Hollub, Wright and Melanie Pabalate
(Fort Worth, TX/Navarro College) each recorded five block
assists on the night. Johanna Hubbard (Southlake, TX/Carroll
H.S.) led the team with 19 assists while freshman Meredith
Fry (Burnet, TX/Burnet H.S.) added 14.
Next
up, the Pioneers travel to Abilene, Texas, to face Abilene
Christian and Angelo State in a Lone
Star Conference Crossover tournament. They will play ACU on
Friday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m., then face ASU on Saturday, Oct.
26 at 1 p.m.
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