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Phakhaphum Padmanuja
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LeTourneau LETU 7-19
3
Winner St. Thomas (TX) UST 18-5
LeTourneau LETU
7-19
0
Final
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St. Thomas (TX) UST
18-5
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
LeTourneau LETU 12 10 16 (0)
St. Thomas (TX) UST 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Contact: Matt Kinney, Sports Information Director, mattkinney@letu.edu

LETU Volleyball Drops Non-Conference Finale At St. Thomas

HOUSTON, Texas - In their final non-conference matchup of the year, the LeTourneau University volleyball team would fall in three sets to the University of St. Thomas at the Jerabeck Center in Houston, Texas on Friday, October 19th. 

LETU is now 7-19 overall while the Celts improved to 18-5 in their final season as part of the NAIA. 

How It Happened: 
  • A quick start by the YellowJackets saw LeTourneau jump out to a 4-2 lead following back-to-back kills from Kianna Crow before a 4-0 rally by St. Thomas would give the Celts their first lead of the match at 6-4. 
  • Both teams would trade points over the next four points of the set before UST would go on a 7-0 run to take a 15-6 lead as the YellowJackets could not string together any sort of rally to get back into the set. 
  • The St. Thomas lead would continue to grow as the Celts managed to score two and three points at a time with points by the YellowJackets keeping UST from going on a large run with the set eventually ending by a score of 25-12. 
  • Behind their home crowd on "end cancer" night, the Celts would grab momentum early in the second set to jump out to an 8-1 lead in the second set. 
  • LeTourneau would shake off the early set woes and score five of the next six points to get back within four at 9-5, but give up four straight points to St. Thomas who would go back up by a score of 13-6. 
  • LETU's deficit reached double-digits in the set at 17-7, before seeing kills from Crow and Lexie Welton put the score at 17-9. 
  • Any type of comeback from the YellowJackets in the set would end there however as the Celts would score eight of the final nine points to run away with a 25-10 victory and put themselves one set away from victory. 
  • Following intermission, the YellowJackets would once again find themselves in an early set deficit as St. Thomas would jump out to a 7-3 lead. 
  • Instead of letting the early hole get the best of them, LETU would reel off four of the next five points to cut the Celt lead to one at 8-7 and manage to stay within one later in the set at 11-10. 
  • UST managed to withstand the LeTourneau rally, scoring three straight points at 12-11 to go up 15-11 and continue to build upon their lead. 
  • A comeback would not be in store for the YellowJackets as  as St. Thomas took the third and final set by a sore of 25-16. 
Key Stats:
  • St. Thomas would utilize an 8-1 advantage in blocks and record 10 service aces compared to just one for the YellowJackets, while finishing with a .312 attack percentage on 38 kills and nine attack errors. 
  • Netting a game-high 11 kills, Crow would lead LeTourneau with a .233 attack percentage while just missing out on a double-double after finishing with nine digs. 
  • Matching Crow with nine kills, senior Liz Williams also added one set assist to go with her team-high nine digs. 
What's Next?
LeTourneau will look for a season sweep of East Texas Baptist University in their regular-season finale, playing in Marshall on Tuesday, October 22nd. LETU earned a 3-1 victory over the Tigers in Longview back on September 25th. 
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