RICHARDSON, TX (09.16.16) - The No. 11 UT Dallas volleyball team opened American Southwest Conference play with authority Friday night as the Comets overpowered LeTourneau in three sets at the UTD Activity Center.

Freshman Dylan Brinkman used eight kills in the opening stanza to set the tone and finished with 15 kills as the Comets (now 7-1, 1-0 ASC) earned a 25-9, 25-16, 25-15, victory over the guest YellowJackets. UTD returns to action Saturday when the Comets host Belhaven at 2 p.m., honoring the three senior members of the squad before the contest.

Brinkman finished the night hitting .433 while adding seven digs, two aces and a block as the Comets extended their ASC regular-season winning streak to 19 matches, dating back to the 2014 campaign. Holyn Handley ended the match with seven kills and Michelle Toro finished with six kills while Abbie Barth gathered a match-high 14 digs.

The Comets hit .419 as a team in the opening set en route to a 25-9 victory. Brink had eight kills without an error in 12 swings while adding a pair of digs to spark the Comets while libero Briana Tully had 10 digs to keep the momentum in the Comets' favor. UTD cooled off in the second set, hitting .244, while Brinkman added four kills and Barth picked up a pair of aces in a 25-16 victory. Handley and Sydney Riordan each finished with four kills as the Comets locked down the sweep with a 25-15 victory in the third set.

Freshman setter Caroline Shecterle ended the sweep with 21 assists (7.0 per set) while Fayna Zeng had 14 assists. Zeng and Tully had 13 digs.