#16 PIRATES SWEEP OPENING DAY ACTION AT HOME AGAINST ASC OPPONENTS
Posted: Sep 01, 2010
GEORGETOWN, Texas - The Southwestern volleyball opened up their
2010 campaign on Wednesday night by playing host to American
Southwest Conference opponents Mary Hardin Baylor and Schreiner.
The Pirates did not lose a game as they won 3-0, 3-0 in the two
matches.
The first match of the night pitted a Crusader team that
struggled in the 2009 season, winning just 8 games, against the
seasoned Pirate squad. UMHB started out strong and gave the Pirates
a run for their money in the opening set as Southwestern narrowly
won game one 25-23.
After getting one win under their belts Southwestern jumped into
action and quickly went up 10-1. UMHB put together a run of their
own and cut the lead to two, 15-13. After two more points by the
Cru Southwestern took over and cruised to the game two win,
25-15.
The Pirates continued their strong early start by jumping out to
a 10-2 lead to open the third. Driving outside attacks kept the
pace and enabled SU to mount a lead. The domination continued as
the Pirates closed out the game 25-12 and match 3-0.
In match two against Schreiner, Southwestern once again started
out shaky with mental errors allowing the Mountaineers to lead 5-0
early. After Head Coach Hannah Long's timeout rallied the troops
the Pirates got back in the swing of things, quickly evening the
score 5-5.
The teams traded points midway through the game with
Southwestern taking a small 15-11 advantage. The Pirates were able
to retain the lead the rest of the way, winning the first set
25-15.
Southwestern took control early in game two, playing sound ball
and forcing the Mountaineers into errors and led 15-8. Senior Lauren
Brown's monstrous kill gave Southwestern a commanding lead that
was never in jeopardy as they cruised to the game two victory,
25-14.
In what ended up being the final game of the night the Pirates
once again took command early and never looked back, easily closing
out the game in similar fashion, 25-15.
The wins start the Pirates off at 2-0 on the year. They head to
Maryville, TN to face some of the top teams in the nation over the
weekend beginning on Friday against 2008 National Champion Emory at
3:30pm.