Volleyball | 10/31/2018 1:20:00 PM
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LONGVIEW, Texas – After more than a week off, the LeTourneau University volleyball team will enter this week's American Southwest Conference Tournament for the first time since 1998 and play in a first-round matchup against Concordia University Texas at 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 1st.
The tournament, which is being hosted by the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas, features three teams from both the ASC East and West Divisions and will see the top seed from each division get a bye into Friday's double-elimination portion of the tournament. Thursday will have two matchups with the YellowJackets and Tornadoes facing off in the first elimination match while McMurry University and East Texas Baptist will play at 8 p.m. in the second elimination match.
Under second-year head coach
Ashley Tiernan, LETU is 7-20 overall this season and will face the task of taking on a 17-10 overall Tornado team that went 11-4 in the ASC and won three of the last four matches of the regular-season. LeTourneau and Concordia Texas met only once this season, with CTX winning in three sets over an injury-riddled YellowJacket squad to open up the second ASC Crossover Tournament in Tyler, Texas.
Led by freshman
Kianna Crow, LETU will look to utilize a balanced attack that saw four different players record over 100 kills this season. With 330 kills this season, Crow ranks 96th among all NCAA Division III players and 76th in the nation with 3.55 kills per set. Concordia Texas has made the ASC Tournament semifinals in two of the past three seasons, and will be led by junior Marissa Stinson who has 287 kills and 60 blocks this season.
The winner of the 5 p.m. matchup will advance to Friday's 11 a.m. match against regular-season East Division winner Texas-Dallas and will play twice on Friday. In LeTourneau's only appearance in the ASC Tournament prior to this year, the YellowJackets would be defeated by host Mary Hardin-Baylor in three sets (15-8, 15-4, 15-8) when only the top two schools from each division would qualify for the tournament.
