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Winner Belhaven BU 10-9, 2-8 ASC
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LeTourneau LETU 7-13, 4-5 ASC
Winner
Belhaven BU
10-9, 2-8 ASC
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Final
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LeTourneau LETU
7-13, 4-5 ASC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Belhaven BU 25 25 26 (3)
LeTourneau LETU 22 17 24 (0)

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

LeTourneau Volleyball Drops Saturday Home Match To Belhaven

LONGVIEW, Texas – With their offensive attack held in check for the entirety of the match, the LeTourneau University volleyball team would drop an American Southwest Conference match to Belhaven University in three sets at Solheim Arena in Longview, Texas on Saturday, October 6th.
 
Scores of the match were 25-22, 25-17, and 26-24 in favor of the Blazers to split the season series. LETU is now 7-13 overall and 4-5 in the ASC while Belhaven improves to 10-9 overall and 2-8 in the ASC.
 
How It Happened:
  • Having already played five sets against each other earlier this season in a back-and-forth match in Jackson, Mississippi, neither team would be able to build an early lead in the first set.
  • With the score tied at 5-5, LETU would score four of the next six points to take a 9-7 lead before seeing the Blazers come back with five straight points to claim a 12-9 lead on the YellowJackets.
  • The three point lead would be the largest that would be found by either team for the next several points as LeTourneau came back to tie the match at 16-16, before additional ties at 17-17 and 18-18.
  • After tying the set at 18, Belhaven scored the next four points to open up a 22-18 lead and would eventually score withstand a late 3-0 rally from LETU to take a 25-22 first set win.
  • Having flipped momentum at the end of the first set with a victory, Belhaven continued to put pressure on LeTourneau in the opening points of the second set to open up an 11-2 lead with the YellowJackets reeling.
  • Needing a spark, LETU would get freshman Makenna Schultz to the service line following a kill from Mikayla Thomas as part of five straight points to close the gap to 11-7.
  • A Belhaven timeout allowed for the Blazers to refocus and go on a 7-0 run to take a commanding 18-7 lead as the set would turn into a game of runs.
  • LeTourneau would respond with four straight points of their own, but see Belhaven score three of the next four points to put their lead back at nine points at 21-12.
  • With a near double-digit deficit in front of them, LETU would outscore the Blazers down the stretch by a tally of 5-4 but be doomed from the earlier hole as Belhaven took the set 25-17.
  • Needing a set win to try and make things a competitive match, Belhaven quickly put a damper on things by scoring six of the first eight points to go up 6-2.
  • The Blazer lead would hold at a four-point margin before growing to six at 14-8 before seeing the YellowJackets score five of the next seven points to close within three at 16-13.
  • With two of the next three points being scored by Belhaven, LeTourneau would be forced yet again to go on a run by scoring five straight points to take a 21-20 lead for their first lead of the set.
  • Things would become back-and-forth in crunch time as three lead changes saw the Blazers get to set point at 24-23 before LETU scored to force extra points in the set.
  • In the extra points, Belhaven would manage to notch the final two points of the match and end things following the third set.
Key Stats:
  • A big part of the Belhaven victory was an 11-3 advantage in service aces over the YellowJackets despite LeTourneau holding a 9-7 advantage in blocks.
  • After hitting .205 with 16 kills in the first set, LETU would hit only .054 and .091 in the second and third sets while committing 14 attack errors in the final two sets.
  • Recording a double-double with 10 kills and 12 digs, freshman Kianna Crow led LETU while Thomas had eight kills.
  • Torie Langston would provide defense throughout the day, with five total blocks as five different players for LETU recorded multiple blocks.
What's Next?
LeTourneau's four-game home stand will conclude on Tuesday, October 9th with a 7 p.m. home game against Texas-Tyler. The Patriots earned a three-set victory over the YellowJackets in Tyler earlier this season and are 15-1 overall.
 
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