GEORGETOWN, TEXAS - Southwestern Volleyball competed against the Concordia University Tornados on Friday Night. One of two conference match ups to start the weekend for the Pirates. Southwestern swept the Tornados 3-0 at the Robertson Center, but not before battling Concordia to a 27-25 win in the first set. The Pirates would go on to take the next sets 25-17 and 25-15.

"It took some work to find our offensive rhythm tonight, but once we started to connect, things began to click throughout the rest of the match. We thought Geneva was stellar defensively and the team in-general dug fifty-nine balls. Overall, we had really high-quality team support and that transferred in crunch time points," states Head Coach Don Flora. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Geneva Nedrow tied for the match high in digs, tallying sixteen as well as four assists offensively.
• Annika Flora assisted Pirate hitters eighteen time and dug nine balls defensively.
• Carly Berkman scored a match high twelve kills along with two block assists for thirteen points.

NOTES

• Defensively, the Pirates had fifty nine digs to the Tornado's forty. Concordia blocked nine of Pirate hitting attempts.
• Southwestern assisted on forty four kills compared to just twenty three from Concordia. 
• Four different Pirates scored service aces in the match, including Nedrow, Flora, Lily McWhorter, and Kylie Intfen.

UP NEXT

• Southwestern turns around to play Texas Lutheran University on Saturday, October 19th at 1:00 PM in the Robertson Center.