RICHARDSON, Texas -- LeTourneau University's volleyball team dropped an American Southwest Conference match at the University of Texas at Dallas Saturday, losing 25-17, 25-17, 25-16.

The shorthanded YellowJackets (6-6, 1-2 ASC) finished with 24 kills and 16 attack errors. The Comets (8-3, 3-0) had 49 kills and 16 errors. LETU hit .073, while UT Dallas had a .260 attack percentage. 

LeTourneau had nine kills in 38 swings in the first set, taking a 10-8 lead after a putaway by Natalie Davenport and a Comets error. But UT Dallas put away 15 balls in 47 attacks, but despite the nine ties and nine lead changes, it was too much for the YellowJackets to overcome. LETU struggled in the second set, finishing with seven kills and eight errors. UT Dallas had 16 kills and six errors in a set the Comets never trailed. In the final set, the Jackets hit .147 with eight kills and three errors, but the Comets pounded 18 kills against four errors for a .350 attack rate.

LETU's Kiari Johnson had six kills and a block. Taylor Smith finished with five kills, and Natalie Connelly had four. Davenport had 20 assists, nine digs and an ace. Cam Taylor had 13 digs and an ace. Audrey Galindo and Madison Denega each had an ace. UT Dallas' Catherine Croft had 12 kills, and Jillian Via 10 kills, three aces and 14 digs.

The YellowJackets will play at the University of Dallas 7 p.m. Tuesday.