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Howard Payne Downs Texas Lutheran In Five
Story Courtesy of the Howard Payne Athletics Site
SEGUIN, Texas - The Howard Payne University volleyball team
opened up American Southwest Conference action with a 3-2 (17-25,
25-22, 22-25, 25-19, 15-11) win over ASC power Texas Lutheran
University.
After dropping the first set 17-25, the Lady Jackets battled back
to take the second 25-22. In the second, HPU had their highest
team attack pct of the match at .323.
The Lady Jackets lost a close one in the third set,
22-25, but again fought back to take the fourth 25-19. It was
back and forth in the final fifth set with HPU making a push at the
end to win 15-11 and take the match 3-2.
"Our team really had to fight through some things and I am proud
of them," said head HPU coach Ken Carver. "What we when through
last week at the Virginia Wesleyan College tournament really helped
us tonight."
Tamike Heline, the reigning ASC West Hitter of the Week, led
the Lady Jackets with 15 kills. She added 11 digs, three aces
and a block. Hannah Hicks also had a great game with 9 kills and a
.438 attack pct. Kristin Hammond and Megan Pick had 25 and 17 digs
respectively.
TLU was led by Sarah Black with 17 kills followed by Jessica
Stetler with 13. Manda Martin had 40 digs.
HPU improved to 4-1 overall and to 1-0 in the ASC West Division.
TLU dropped to 0-2 and to 0-1 in the ASC West.
Howard Payne will travel to Conway, AR this weekend for the
Hendrix College Tournament.
