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Box Score 2 LONGVIEW, Texas – Competing exactly a week since their most-recent match, the East Texas Baptist University volleyball team swept through their two opponents on Saturday afternoon.
ETBU claimed a straight-set victory over fellow American Southwest Conference member and match host LeTourneau University to open the day, winning 25-16, 25-14, 25-18. In a subsequent neutral-site match also played at Solheim Arena, ETBU won yet again in three-consecutive sets over non-conference opponent Centenary College (La.), 25-9, 25-17, 25-15. With these victories, ETBU pushes to 14-3 overall and 4-2 in ASC competition.
Against LETU, ETBU finished with a team hitting percentage of .404. In comparison, LETU hit .135 as a team for the match.
Mallory Sanders led all players with 15 kills, and Reighanna Guzman totaled a match-best 20 assists. Rebecca Green had a match-high four total blocks, while Hannah Jones contributed a team-leading 14 digs. Dolores Kroese had a team-high 11 kills for LETU, while Nicole Mosley totaled 14 assists.
Later in the afternoon against Centenary, ETBU had an overall attacking percentage of .375, while Centenary hit at a .011 clip for the match. For ETBU, Adaeze Elonu contributed eight kills and five total blocks. Sanders had seven kills and 13 digs, while Kayla Green chipped in 10 assists. Jones had 17 digs to pace all players, and Guzman had 18 assists.
ETBU competes next on Tuesday when they host Texas-Tyler beginning at 7 p.m.