MARSHALL, Texas – An AVCA Top 25 matchup will take place on Thursday night as the #21 East Texas Baptist University volleyball team will look to extend their unbeaten facing #15 the University of Texas Dallas in Richardson. ETBU is 5-0 and 4-0 in the American Southwest Conference while UTD is 2-0.
Below is information on the matches
▶️G6/7 #ETBU🐯🆚 Texas Dallas
🗓️ Tuesday, March 2, 2021 |🕰️4:30 PM/7:00 PM
🏟 UTD Activity Center
🔢All-Time Series: UTD 26-13
* Last ETBU Win: Sep. 12, 2017 (3-2)
* Last UTD Win: Oct. 12, 2019 (3-2)
ETBU
* 5-0 after sweeping Louisiana College in a doubleheader.
* Won the first match in four sets (25-17, 25-7, 24-26, 25-20)
* Won the second match in five sets (25-21, 25-17, 16-25, 24-26, 15-8)
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Allie Fennell posted 22 kills in the doubleheader.
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Claire Johnson recorded 45 assists in the doubleheader.
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Lillie Hill made 44 digs in the doubleheader.
* Lost last five matches to UTD.
* Lost in five sets on Oct. 12, 2019. Fennell (18 kills) and
Annie Harris (eight kills, two aces, six blocks) combined for 26 kills.
* Last win was a five-set win on Sep. 12, 2017
* Fennell is third in the ASC in hitting percentage (45.5%) and sixth in kills (2.95 per set)
* Hill is fifth in digs (4.82 per set)
UTD
* 2-0 overall and in the ASC after sweeping Belhaven in straight sets
* Allison Owen recorded 27 kills and two blocks in doubleheader against BU
* Sydney Fitt finished with 23 assists in both contests vs. the Blazers
* Defending ASC champions.
* Giving up 16.8 points per set.
* Won the last five matches against ETBU.
* Lead the ASC in kills (13.6 per set), service aces (3.5 per set) and assists (12.33 per set)
* Owens shares the lead in the ASC in kills (4.5 per set)
* Fitt is second in the ASC in assists (7.67 per set)
