Box Score JACKSON, Miss. – Playing for the first time since Tuesday night, the East Texas Baptist University volleyball team claimed a straight-set win at Belhaven University on Saturday afternoon inside of Rugg Arena. Set scores for ETBU were 25-15, 25-15 and 25-6. With the non-conference victory, ETBU pushes to 16-3 overall, while Belhaven slips to 7-13 this season.
ETBU opened the match with a .229 team attacking percentage in set one, but Belhaven hit exactly .000 with 10 hitting errors in that set alone. In the second set, ETBU dropped slightly to a .225 hitting percentage, but Belhaven committed seven attack errors in posting a .061 hitting percentage in set two. Mallory Sanders had the set-sealing kill for ETBU. The third and ultimately final set saw ETBU hit .529 with zero attack errors, while Belhaven sunk to a -.074 attacking percentage with eight hitting errors.
Sanders led all players with nine kills, while Reighanna Guzman paced ETBU with 15 assists. Bailee Moore chipped in a half dozen kills. For Belhaven, Kelly Aholt had a match-high 21 assists, while Jackie Gunderson had a match-best 14 digs.
ETBU competes against LeTourneau University on Tuesday night, October 13th, for senior day in the final home match of the year at 7:00 p.m.
