GEORGETOWN, TEXAS -  Southwestern Volleyball traveled to Belton, Texas on Friday to face off against the Hardin-Simmons Cowgirls and the Hendrix College Warriors, hosted by UMHB. The Pirates played ten total sets against the two teams, exchanging a loss against Hardin-Simmons with a 3-2 win against the Warriors. 

GAME ONE HIGHLIGHTS

• Junior Outside Hitter Payton Shiflet went for eighteen kills against the Cowgirls, hitting .350 for the game

• Claire Romo led both teams in assists for the match tallying thirty for the Pirates.

• Geneva Nedrow led both squads in digs for the contest with twenty-eight.

NOTES

• The Cowgirls totaled nineteen service aces against Southwestern.

• Southwestern out-hit the Cowgirls 56-49 for kills and were near even in blocks, 12-13.

GAME TWO HIGHLIGHTS

• Freshman Outside-Hitter Kate Spinelli put up the most kills in the contest (14) and added nine digs to her stat line.

• For the second game in a row, Nedrow had the highest number of digs for both team at twenty-seven.

• Lily McWhorter and Carly Berkman were two other Pirates who collected double-digit kills for the match, eleven and twelve respectively. 

NOTES

• The Warriors served eleven aces against the Pirates. 

• In a dominant second set, Southwestern hit .414 in 25-11 set victory. 

• To finish off the day, the Pirates held the Warriors to under ten points, taking a 15-9 win in the fifth set. 

UP NEXT

• Southwestern will end their three-game stretch in Belton by taking on the home team,  Mary Hardin-Baylor, on Saturday, September 14th at 7:00 PM.