SEGUIN, TX – The Dickinson Volleyball Team concluded its trip to Texas with a 3-1 defeat at the hands of the Schreiner Mountaineers before defeating host Texas Lutheran in five sets at the TLU Invitational in Seguin, Texas.
Match One: Devils 1, Mountaineers 3 (17-25, 25-17, 13-25, 18-25)
Set One
- The Devils jumped out to a 5-3 lead behind two kills from Mallie Thomas.
- The Mountaineers rattled off 5 straight points to take a 14-11 lead, including two kills from Jesse Garner.
- A Jessica Currie kill brought the Devils to within one, trailing 15-14, but the Mountaineers went on a 6-0 run to expand their lead to 22-14.
- The Devils would score the next three points, but the Mountaineers answered right back with 3 points of their own, as a Gaby Torres ace would close the first set in Schreiner's favor, 25-17.
Set Two
- Schreiner led 4-3 after 7 points, but the Red and White would win 6 of the next 7 points to take a 9-5 lead.
- The Mountaineers answered right back, taking 6 of the next 8 points to bring the set score to 11 each.
- The Devils had a 14-13 lead that expanded to 20-13 when they scored on 6 straight points, including an ace from Amanda Palo and kills from Kylie Schner and Lora Flynn.
- The Mountaineers got as close as 22-16, but a Thomas kill, an ace from Avery Butcher brought the Devils to set point, and after an Ivey Mandy kill for Schreiner, Caroline Cusson would get the kill on the next point, closing the set for Dickinson by a score of 25-17.
Set Three
- This set was tied at 6 after the first 12 points.
- The Mountaineers took 9 of the next 10 points, getting three kills from Mikayla Galvan and an ace from Azalea De Leon in the process to take a 15-7 lead.
- Schreiner would extend their lead to 19-8 behind two kills each from Ashlyn Willburn and Giana Hilliard.
- A Butcher ace and kills from Cusson and Thomas would bring the Devils' deficit back to 10 at 23-13, but Schreiner would successfully block Red Devil attacks on the last two points of the set, closing it in the Mountaineers' favor, 25-13.
Set Four
- The Red and White opened this set with 3 straight points, getting a block from Cusson and Currie and kills from Thomas and Currie.
- Schreiner answered back, taking a 10-6 lead.
- Kills from Cusson and Emery Fishbach brought the Mountaineer lead back down to 11-9, but the lead immediately expanded back to 5 when Schreiner scored the next 3 points, including an ace from Cloe Baltazar and a kill by Torres.
- The Devils ripped off a 5-0 run behind a Cusson ace and kills from Currie, Thomas, and Brenna Williams.
- Schreiner responded with a 7-1 run of their own, with a Torres ace setting up match point for the Mountaineers.
- A Flynn kill would cut Dickinson's deficit back to 6, but the next point would go to Willburn and the Mountaineers, who closed the set 25-18 and took the match 3-1.
Dickinson Leaders
- Kills: Currie (10), Thomas (8), Cusson (6)
- Digs: Thomas (19), Williams (13), Butcher (11)
- Assists: Williams (15), Flynn (8), Thomas (2)
Opponent Leaders
- Kills: Galvan (8)
- Digs: Anna Eubanks (16)
- Assists: Harlie Gallaspy (17)
Match Two: Devils 3, Bulldogs 2 (11-25, 25-22, 19-25, 25-15, 15-13)
Set One
- The hosts started off hot, scoring the first 6 points and getting two kills from Zaria Solis in the process.
- Thomas would get two kills to bring the Red Devil deficit to 7-3.
- With the score 14-8 in TLU's favor, the Bulldogs rattled off 8 straight points behind 3 kills each from Solis and Nadia Dunn.
- Another Dunn kill would soon close the set in the host team's favor, with TLU winning 25-11.
Set Two
- The Devils took an 8-5 lead to start this set, getting two kills from Schner and one each from Thomas, Cusson, and Fishbach, along with an ace from Butcher.
- The Red and White jumped out to an 18-11 lead after a 4-0 run that included kills from Fishback and Thomas and an ace by Schner.
- Each of the next four Red Devil points came by way of Thomas kills, and a Schner kill would bring the Dickinson lead to 23-17.
- TLU scored 5 of the next 6 points, but a Curie kill closed the set for Dickinson, tying the match at one set apiece.
Set Three
- The third set opened with another kill from Thomas, but the Bulldogs took 9 of the following 10 points, taking a 9-2 lead in the process.
- The Devils got back to within 3 at both 10-7 and 12-9, getting a kill from Fishbach and both a kill and an ace from Schner in that span.
- A kill and an ace from Briana Salvatierra-Moore would extend the Bulldog lead back to 6 at 15-9.
- A Thomas kill and Cusson block got the Devils within 3 again, trailing 22-19, but three straight points for TLU including a set-closing ace by Ella Waterbury would give the Bulldogs a 25-19 set win and a 2-1 match lead.
Set Four
- TLU took a 7-4 lead after 11 points, but the Red and White responded with 10 of the next 11 points thanks to three aces from Palo and three kills from Fishbach.
- The Bulldogs went on their own run immediately after, retaking the lead at 15-14 behind kills from Ava Search and Moriah Williams and an ace from Salvatierra-Moore.
- The kill by Search was the last point TLU would score in this set, as Dickinson scored the final 11 points, getting a kill from Thomas, a block from Thomas and Cusson, and two aces from Butcher.
- Flynn blocked TLU attacks on each of the last two points to close the set for Dickinson, 25-15, and force a decisive fifth set.
Set Five
- TLU jumped out to a 7-4 lead behind 2 kills each from Solis and Dunn.
- The Red and White responded by winning 6 of the next 7 points to take a 10-8 lead, getting an ace from Schner, kills from Thomas and Flynn, and a block by Flynn in the process.
- An ace from Thomas put the Devils up 14-12 and set up match point for the visitors.
- Dunn recorded one more kill, but Schner responded with a kill of her own and Dickinson took the fifth set 15-13, winning the match by a score of 3 sets to 2.
Dickinson Leaders
- Kills: Thomas (19), Schner (12), Fishbach (9)
- Digs: Thomas (24), Butcher (17), Williams (9)
- Assists: Williams (25), Flynn (17), Butcher (2)
Opponent Leaders
- Kills: Solis (16), Dunn (14)
- Digs: Search (19), Kieryn Adams (15)
- Assists: Ella Waterbury (27), Addison Gallegos (13)
Up Next
Dickinson (13-7) will return home from Texas to face Centennial Conference rival Gettysburg at the Kline Center on Wednesday. First serve is scheduled for 7pm.
