Devils split day two of Texas volleyball trip

SEGUIN, TX – The Dickinson volleyball team concluded its trip to Texas with a 3-1 defeat at the hands of the Schreiner Mountaineers before defeating host Texas Lutheran in five sets at the TLU Invitational in Seguin, Texas.

Match one: Devils 1, Mountaineers 3 (17-25, 25-17, 13-25, 18-25)

Set one

• The Devils jumped out to a 5-3 lead behind two kills from Mallie Thomas.
• The Mountaineers rattled off five straight points to take a 14-11 lead, including two kills from Jesse Garner.
• A Jessica Currie kill brought the Devils to within one, trailing 15-14, but the Mountaineers went on a 6-0 run to expand their lead to 22-14.
• The Devils would score the next three points, but the Mountaineers answered right back with three points of their own, as a Gaby Torres ace closed the first set in Schreiner's favor, 25-17.

Set two

• Schreiner led 4-3 after seven points, but the Red and White won six of the next seven points to take a 9-5 lead.
• The Mountaineers answered right back, taking six of the next eight points to bring the set score to 11 each.
• The Devils had a 14-13 lead that expanded to 20-13 when they scored six straight points, including an ace from Amanda Palo and kills from Kylie Schner and Lora Flynn.
• The Mountaineers got as close as 22-16, but a Thomas kill and an ace from Avery Butcher brought the Devils to set point, and after an Ivey Mandy kill for Schreiner, Caroline Cusson recorded a kill on the next point, closing the set for Dickinson by a score of 25-17.

Set three

• This set was tied at 6 after the first 12 points.
• The Mountaineers took nine of the next 10 points, getting three kills from Mikayla Galvan and an ace from Azalea De Leon in the process to take a 15-7 lead.
• Schreiner extended its lead to 19-8 behind two kills each from Ashlyn Willburn and Giana Hilliard.
• A Butcher ace and kills from Cusson and Thomas brought the Devils' deficit back to 10 at 23-13, but Schreiner successfully blocked Red Devil attacks on the last two points of the set, closing it in the Mountaineers' favor, 25-13.

Set four

• The Red and White opened this set with three straight points, getting a block from Cusson and Currie and kills from Thomas and Currie.
• Schreiner answered back, taking a 10-6 lead.
• Kills from Cusson and Emery Fishbach brought the Mountaineer lead down to 11-9, but the lead immediately expanded back to five when Schreiner scored the next three points, including an ace from Cloe Baltazar and a kill by Torres.
• The Devils ripped off a 5-0 run behind a Cusson ace and kills from Currie, Thomas and Brenna Williams.
• Schreiner responded with a 7-1 run of its own, with a Torres ace setting up match point for the Mountaineers.
• A Flynn kill cut Dickinson's deficit back to six, but the next point went to Willburn and the Mountaineers, who closed the set 25-18 and took the match 3-1.

Dickinson leaders vs. Schreiner

• Kills: Currie (10), Thomas (8), Cusson (6)
• Digs: Thomas (19), Williams (13), Butcher (11)
• Assists: Williams (15), Flynn (8), Thomas (2)

Schreiner leaders

• Kills: Galvan (8)
• Digs: Anna Eubanks (16)
• Assists: Harlie Gallaspy (17)

Match two: Devils 3, Bulldogs 2 (11-25, 25-22, 19-25, 25-15, 15-13)

Set one

• The hosts started off hot, scoring the first six points and getting two kills from Zaria Solis in the process.
• Thomas recorded two kills to bring the Red Devil deficit to 7-3.
• With the score 14-8 in TLU's favor, the Bulldogs rattled off eight straight points behind three kills each from Solis and Nadia Dunn.
• Another Dunn kill soon closed the set in the host team's favor, with TLU winning 25-11.

Set two

• The Devils took an 8-5 lead to start this set, getting two kills from Schner and one each from Thomas, Cusson and Fishbach, along with an ace from Butcher.
• The Red and White jumped out to an 18-11 lead after a 4-0 run that included kills from Fishbach and Thomas and an ace by Schner.
• Each of the next four Red Devil points came by way of Thomas kills, and a Schner kill brought the Dickinson lead to 23-17.
• TLU scored five of the next six points, but a Currie kill closed the set for Dickinson, tying the match at one set apiece.

Set three

• The third set opened with another kill from Thomas, but the Bulldogs took nine of the following 10 points, taking a 9-2 lead in the process.
• The Devils got back to within three at both 10-7 and 12-9, getting a kill from Fishbach and both a kill and an ace from Schner in that span.
• A kill and an ace from Briana Salvatierra-Moore extended the Bulldog lead back to six at 15-9.
• A Thomas kill and Cusson block got the Devils within three again, trailing 22-19, but three straight points for TLU, including a set-closing ace by Ella Waterbury, gave the Bulldogs a 25-19 set win and a 2-1 match lead.

Set four

• TLU took a 7-4 lead after 11 points, but the Red and White responded with 10 of the next 11 points thanks to three aces from Palo and three kills from Fishbach.
• The Bulldogs went on their own run immediately after, retaking the lead at 15-14 behind kills from Ava Search and Moriah Williams and an ace from Salvatierra-Moore.
• The kill by Search was the last point TLU would score in this set, as Dickinson scored the final 11 points, getting a kill from Thomas, a block from Thomas and Cusson, and two aces from Butcher.
• Flynn blocked TLU attacks on each of the last two points to close the set for Dickinson, 25-15, and force a decisive fifth set.

Set five

• TLU jumped out to a 7-4 lead behind two kills each from Solis and Dunn.
• The Red and White responded by winning six of the next seven points to take a 10-8 lead, getting an ace from Schner, kills from Thomas and Flynn, and a block by Flynn in the process.
• An ace from Thomas put the Devils up 14-12 and set up match point for the visitors.
• Dunn recorded one more kill, but Schner responded with a kill of her own and Dickinson took the fifth set 15-13, winning the match by a score of three sets to two.

Dickinson leaders vs. Texas Lutheran

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Texas Lutheran leaders

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