JACKSON, Miss. - Avenging a five-set loss from earlier this season, the LeTourneau University volleyball team picked up a four-set win over Belhaven University before sweeping Mississippi University for Women at the Belhaven Univeristy Triangular in Jackson, Mississippi on Friday, October 20th. 

The pair of wins moves the YellowJackets to 9-18 overall while the victory over the Blazers to 3-11 overall in the American Southwest Conference. 

LETU came out swinging in the first set, hitting .200 while holding BU to just a .029 attack percentage and six attack errors. Freshman Hailey Matthews led the way in the opening set, recording seven of LeTourneau's 12 kills. Belhaven held an early lead in the set at 4-2 and again at 7-5 before the YellowJackets would fight back to tie the match at seven. Ties would again be seen at 9-9 and 11-11 as the largest lead either team could find was three points. LeTourneau would start to pull away late in the set, scoring five straight points to take a 20-14 lead while taking 10 of the final 13 points to take the first set 25-17. 

The second set would have a familiar feel to it as the YellowJackets once again put themselves in an early hole before digging out of it to tie the set at 10-10 on a Savanna Stutts service ace. Stutts would record four service aces as part of a 7-0 run to give LETU their first lead of the set as things would become a back and forth affair from that point forward. Points would be traded back and forth with two points becoming the largest lead held from past the 10-10 deadlock with Belhaven taking a 22-20 lead before giving the lead right back to LETU at 23-22. Extra points would be needed in the set as the YellowJackets managed to outlast the Blazers to win the set 27-25. 

Playing from behind would finally catch up to LETU in the third set as Belhaven would take advantage of an early lead. After a timeout by LeTourneau with the score 9-4 in favor of Belhaven, LeTourneau would try and stick around by keeping within four points at 13-9, but four of the next five points would go in favor of Belhaven as the Blazers would claim the set by a score of 25-18. 

LeTourneau would finally find themselves playing with the lead in the fourth set as attack errors by Belhaven allowed LETU to jump out ton a 4-1 lead and never look back. Belhaven would pull within two at 6-4 before seven straight points by the YellowJackets with Cam Taylor at the service line gave LeTourneau a 13-4 lead. LETU would take their largest lead of the set at 18-8 and eventually pull out a 25-20 set victory to take the match three sets to one. 

Senior Elyse Wright led the way with 17 kills in the match followed by Matthews who had 15 kills to go along with nine digs. Audrey Galindo had a game-high 18 digs while Korissa White dished out 16 assists. 

The second match would be all LeTourneau from the start as MUW would end up hitting -.247 for the match compared to a season-high .328 for LeTourneau. After scoring the first five points of the match, LETU would go on a 10-2 run to open up a 15-2 lead before the Owls would finally start pick up some points. The YellowJackets would keep their foot on the pedal and run away with a 25-11 set victory that included six service aces by LETU. 

LeTourneau would nearly hold Mississippi Women scoreless in the second set, scoring the first 23 points of the match with White at the service line. MUW would score three of the final four points of the set, but a kill by sophomore Mikayla Thomas put the cap on a 25-4 set victory for the YellowJackets who hit .500 in the set with 10 kills and only two attack errors. 

LETU would put the match away in the third set by jumping out to another double-digit lead early on and keeping the pressure on the Owls, as 16-10 would be the closest that MUW would be able get back to. Six of the final seven points and eight of the final 11 went to LeTourneau after Mississippi Women closed within six following three straight points. 

A balanced effort in the second match saw no YellowJacket record more than five kills with Matthews leading all players with five. White would once again lead the YellowJackets in set assists with 13 while Torie Langston, along with Lauren Egby-McNeal, Thomas, and Stutts each recorded four kills. 

LeTourneau will look to carry the momentum over to tomorrow's American Southwest Conference road match at Louisiana College in the second-ever meeting between the two schools. LETU took a four-set home victory earlier this year against the Wildcats, who are in their first year of varsity competition. First serve is set for 2 p.m. in Pineville, Louisiana.