LONGVIEW, Texas -- Everyone played and contributed in LeTourneau's final home match of the season as the YellowJackets took a sweep of Centenary (25-18, 25-10, 25-12) on Tuesday evening.
LeTourneau improves to 12-14 (3-5 ASC), while Centenary falls to 1-21 (0-11 SCAC).
Kaci Monk (7),
Allison Smith (6),
Kylee Marksberry (6), and
Logan Lear (6) paved the way in kills,
Reina Lawson (25),
Grace Talkington (7), and
Jill Childs (4) headed up the assist department, while
Kaylyn Taylor (2) and a tag team of Monk, Lawson, Talkington, and
Ty Shannon served the ball well, picking up six aces between them all.
Defensively,
Morgan Nix (25), Shannon (11), Lawson (6),
Elyse McKinney (3), and
Maddy Hirneise (3) collected majority of the digs and
Amya Orn,
Emma Smith, and
Nora Lockhart had two assisted blocks apiece.Â
A competitive first set saw Centenary's Ladies close the gap to 18-15, but LeTourneau responded with a 7-3 run, thanks to three kills from
Yari Ortiz in that set-ending final stretch.
A 10-3 set two opening run was highlighted by
Ashlyn Walther's first kill of the match, and the YellowJackets took it from from there, with Taylor and Monk collecting two kills apiece (three of which were assisted by Childs) to end the set on a 7-0 run and give LeTourneau a 2-0 set advantage. The YellowJackets
Dylan Presley started and impacted the third set early, notching a kill and an assisted block to spark a 7-2 run.
Amya McNeal added her first kill of the match later in the set, and
Meghan Womack tallied a dig in limited late set action, leading LeTourneau to take a 25-12 set win and earn the sweep.
For the Ladies of Centenary, Jacie Bagley led in kills with six, Kristi Hinze notched 16 assists, and Daly Nagot led in digs with eight.
UP NEXT
LeTourneau closes out the regular season with four road matches, the first two of which will be at the Avery Rae Invitational in Houston on Saturday against St. Thomas at 11 a.m. and UC Santa Cruz at 5 p.m.
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