SHERMAN, Texas - Low attacking percentages would play a key role as the LeTourneau University volleyball team dropped a pair of three-set matches to Occidental College and Concordia University (TX) at the Austin College Invitational in Sherman, Texas on Friday, September 8th. 

LETU is now 2-4 overall while the Tigers improved to 3-1 and the Tornadoes to 2-3 overall. 

In their first match of the day the YellowJackets would struggle offensively in the first set, finishing with a .000 attack percentage after having eight kills and eight errors on 41 total attacks. Following a 25-20 first set, things would not get much better as LeTourneau would drop the final two sets by a score of 25-14 as the Tigers would force 19 total attack errors by LETU. 

Freshman Hailey Matthews would lead the team with seven total kills in the match while Korissa White would dish out 13 total assists. White would also add two of three service aces by the YellowJackets in the match with Torie Langston picking up the third. Liz Williams would lead all players in the match with 17 digs. 

A nearly two-hour break would not help the cause for LeTourneau as Concordia Texas would take sets one and three by a score of 25-21 with the second set also going to the Tornadoes by a score of 25-12. The only set of the match that would see LETU hit over .100 would come in the second set when the YellowJackets were limited to just 29 total attacks and hit .103 for the set. 

Savanna Stutts would be the team leader with seven kills in the match against the Tornadoes while Cam Taylor had 12 assists. Mikayla Thomas along with Matthews each had three blocks with Matthews also adding a team-high 15 digs. 

The Austin College invitational will wrap up for the YellowJackets tomorrow as LETU will play the University of Dallas at 9 a.m. before squaring off against the Austin College Kangaroos at 1 p.m. LeTourneau defeated the Crusaders last weekend in four sets at the Millsaps Invitational.