MARSHALL, Texas – Playing two duals against the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in their final home meeting of 2023 for beach volleyball, East Texas Baptist University split with the Crusaders. ETBU fell in the first dual, 3-2, but bounced back and won the second dual, 3-2. ETBU has now won five of their last seven duals they have played and earned their first win over UMHB.
Dual 1
UMHB 3, ETBU 2
ETBU started off with a 2-0 lead winning the matches number four and five.
Riley Tuck and
Shelby Freudensprung won at number five in three sets, 17-21, 24-22, 15-11, for the first point.
Libby Gear and
Nadia Brockway then took the number four match in straight sets, 22-20, 21-18.
After falling at number three, 21-17, 21-17, and number two matches, 21-14, 21-19. It came down to the number one match. Ashley Salas and
Madison McDonald fell in set one, 21-15, but then won set two, 21-18. Set three went to UMHB, 15-10, as UMHB won the dual.
Dual 2
ETBU 3, UMHB 2
Splitting the number four and five matches, it came down to the top three matches for the dual. UMHB won the number five match in three sets, 19-21, 21-19, 15-5. Gear and Brockway earned their second win on the day at number four with a 21-15, 21-17 victory to even the score at 1-1. UMHB then took the number three match in three sets, 21-18, 10-21, 21-19 to go up, 2-1. Salas and McDonald tied the match at two points each after winning the number one match, 21-18, 21-18. It came down to the number two match as
Riley Reneau and Annnika Demuth held off UMHB, 22-20, 21-15 to win the match.
ETBU will head to Georgia this weekend for duals at Berry College against Huntingdon, Stevenson, and Lynchburg.
