KERRVILLE, Texas — Starting a road trip for the next two weekends, No. 16 East Texas Baptist University (18-5, 6-1 ASC) continued to play well with a sweep of Schreiner University (11-10, 4-5 ASC) 3-0 on Friday night. ETBU has now won six straight matches, including 16 of their last 18. ETBU hit .252 with 42 kills while holding Schreiner to .136 in the sweep.
Lara Hornsby led the Tigers with 17 kills and 20 points while hitting .405 and adding 12 digs.
Sadie Kasowski recorded 26 digs, six assists and two service aces.
Anita Hancock finished with six kills, eight total blocks and 10.5 points.
Claire Stewart added 17 assists, three service aces and nine digs while
Allison Sims had 12 kills.
In the opening set, ETBU turned it around after falling behind 6-5, tying it on a Sims kill before Kasowski served five straight points, including an ace, for an 11-6 lead. Stewart's service rotation later pushed the Tigers from 16-12 to 20-12, with
Ava Bobnar and Hornsby recording kills during the stretch. ETBU finished the set 25-17 on
Sydney Temple's service ace.
The Tigers stayed in front throughout the second set, building a 10-3 lead behind four early Hornsby kills, a Hornsby ace, and blocks involving
Katherine Server,
McKinzie Riley, Hancock, and Bobnar. Sims added five kills to help keep ETBU ahead, including one that made it 24-17. Schreiner scored the next two points before Server finished the set with a kill from
Carleigh Schluter for a 25-19 ETBU win.
ETBU erased a 13-10 deficit in the third set with eight straight points, moving in front 18-13. Stewart served seven consecutive points in that stretch, including three aces, while Hornsby added two kills. The Tigers closed the set 25-19, finishing it on Riley's kill from Kasowski.
ETBU travels to Brownwood, Texas, to face Howard Payne for the second time this season, on Saturday, Oct. 31, at 11 a.m.
SET BREAKDOWN
First Set
- The Tigers started with Hornsby kills on three of their first four points and led 5-3, but Schreiner answered to tie the set at 5-5 and move ahead 6-5 shortly thereafter.
- Sims tied it with a kill, and Kasowski served ETBU through five straight points, including an ace and Sims kill, to build an 11-6 lead.
- After Schreiner got within 15-12, Hancock put down a kill, then Stewart served four straight points as Bobnar and Hornsby added kills to push the lead to 20-12.
- Schreiner closed the margin to 23-17 late, but Server answered with a kill, and Temple finished the set with an ace for a 25-17 ETBU win.
Second Set
- ETBU built a 7-2 lead behind kills from Hornsby and Riley, plus a block by Server and Riley.
- A Hornsby ace and a block by Hancock and Bobnar pushed the advantage to 10-3 before Schreiner scored three of the next four points to make it 11-6.
- The Tigers stretched the set back out to 19-11 with kills from Sims, Temple, Hornsby and Hancock, but Schreiner answered with three straight points to pull within 19-14.
- Hornsby and Kasowski added aces during the closing stretch, and Server finished the set with a kill from Schluter for a 25-19 win.
Third Set
- Sims had back-to-back kills as ETBU went ahead 7-6, but Schreiner answered with four straight points and later moved ahead 13-10.
- The Tigers responded with eight straight points on Stewart's serve, getting three aces from Stewart, two Hornsby kills, and a block by Hancock and Riley to move in front 18-13.
- Schreiner cut the gap to 18-15 and later reached 23-19, but ETBU closed the set on a service error and Riley's kill from Kasowski for a 25-19 win.
ETBU Top Performers
Lara Hornsby
- 20.0 points
- 17 kills on .405 hitting
- 12 digs
- 2 service aces
Sadie Kasowski
- 26 digs
- 6 assists
- 2 service aces
Anita Hancock
- 8 total blocks, including 1 solo
- 6 kills on .333 hitting
- 10.5 points
Claire Stewart
- 17 assists
- 9 digs
- 3 service aces
Allison Sims
- 12 kills
- 12.5 points
- 1 block
