GEORGETOWN, TEXAS - Southwestern Volleyball would need five sets against Texas Lutheran University on Saturday in order to come away with a 3-2 win and their eighth conference victory. Texas Lutheran scored two straight set wins over the Pirates, 25-16, 25-16 before Southwestern rallied back to take 27-25, 25-21, and 15-7 wins in the third, fourth and fifth sets. The Pirates remain at the top of the gold division in the SCAC with TLU sitting in third. 

"Having a deep investment in your teammates and competing every point was crucial today. We had four attackers in double digit kills and that is a sign of the accuracy of Claire Romo and Annika Flora as setters. This was a complete team effort and we still have a lot of work to do to understand the demands of each match versus high caliber opponents," states Head Coach Don Flora.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Claire Romo and Annika Flora combined for fifty assists, twenty five apiece. Romo and Flora also collected eleven and twelve digs respectively. 
• Christina Kuras went for a match-high seventeen kills over forty six total attempts adding up to a .217 hitting percentage. 
• Geneva Nedrow tied for the match-high in digs with twenty five while scoring three points on three service aces. She also tallied four assists. 

NOTES

• Four Pirate hitters with double digit kills were Kuras, Lily McWhorter (10), Carly Berkman (13) and Emily Marks (11). 
• Defensively four Pirates also had double digit digs including Flora, Romo, Nedrow and Lauren McIntyre (15). 
• Southwestern is 3-2 in matches that have gone to five sets this season.

UP NEXT

• Pirate Volleyball will take a one match break from conference play, facing off against Randolph Macon University on Friday October 25th at 12:30 PM, hosted by Trinity University.