WICHITA FALLS, Texas - The UT Dallas volleyball team lost a five-set match to Midwestern State in Lone Star Conference action on Friday night. The Mustangs (11-8, 6-2 LSC) defeated the Comets (8-8, 4-3 LSC) 21-25, 25-16, 25-18, 23-25, 15-12 at the D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
Tied at 13-13 in the first set, UTD went on an 11-3 run to go up 24-16. MSU scored the next five points before the set was ended on an
Avery Gray kill. The Comets hit .359 on 16 kills in the opening frame.
The Mustangs hit .467 with 17 kills in the second set, knotting up the games count, then took control of the match by taking the third.
The fourth set saw 11 ties and nine lead changes with the biggest advantage of three points for either team. MSU led 22-21 with UTD scoring four of the next five points to force a deciding set. The Comets picked up kills from
Scarlette Young,
Morgan Helms and
Lila Westphal during the final push.
The fifth set was another close battle with nine ties and three lead changes. Tied at 11 apiece, the Mustangs finished the match with four of the next fie points.
The Comets hit .189 on 55 kills, four aces, 64 digs and a season-best 14 blocks. MSU hit .240 on 70 kills, six aces, 89 digs and 13 blocks.
UT Dallas Notes
- Westphal recorded a career-high nine total blocks, tied for the ninth-most in a match in school history.
- Outside hitter
Jane Burkhardt posted 15 kills, two blocks and nine digs.
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Scarlette Young had 11 kills, 20 assists, two aces and four blocks.
- Outside hitter
Morgan Helms recorded a season-high 10 kills with two blocks.
- Middle blocker
Laura See came up with nine kills and three total blocks. She moved into seventh on the Comet career list with 246 blocks.
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Lashae Goffney added six kill and four blocks, including a pair of solos.
- Setter
Abby Gentner had 19 assists and 15 digs and is now tied for 10th in school history with 24 career double-doubles. She also moved into eight with 948 career assists.
- Libero
Avery Gray reached the 20-plus dig mark for the 11th time this season, coming up with 25
Midwestern State Notes
- Nyle Mathis led the Mustangs with 24 kills.
- Isabella Dickens hit .441 with 17 kills and seven blocks.
- Aaliyah Toppin added 10 kills.
- TaNia Penn came up with nine kills and three blocks.
- Setter Macy Scheer had 61 assists, seven blocks and seven digs.
- Savannah Cummings recorded two aces and 10 digs.
- Libero Jenna Redding had 28 digs.
Up Next
UTD will travel to Lubbock Christian for a 2 p.m. first serve on Saturday.
