Schreiner falls in five sets at Texas Lutheran

SEGUIN — Texas Lutheran beat Schreiner 3-2 on Saturday morning at Memorial Gymnasium in a non-conference match, taking the fifth set 15-10 after both teams won twice.

Schreiner won the first and fourth sets, both 25-19, and lost the second 26-24, the third 25-20 and the fifth. The Mountaineers fell to 10-8 overall. Their record in the American Southwest Conference stays at 3-3 because the match did not count in the standings. Texas Lutheran is 6-0 in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.

The teams hit almost the same, and Texas Lutheran’s .154 (62 kills, 27 errors, 228 attempts) edged Schreiner’s .150 (55 kills, 23 errors, 213 attempts). Schreiner won the first meeting this season, a 3-0 sweep Sept. 8 in Kerrville.

Schreiner hit .239 in the first set, when Texas Lutheran hit .098, and .138 in the fourth set to force a decisive fifth. The fifth set went the other way. Schreiner had five kills and four errors on 28 attempts for a .036 mark, and Texas Lutheran hit .185 and finished it. Texas Lutheran also hit .350 in the third set, with 17 kills and three errors.

The second set was close. Schreiner hit .109 (13 kills, eight errors, 46 attempts) in the 26-24 loss.

Texas Lutheran had 16 blocks (six solo, 10 assisted) to Schreiner’s 10 (four solo, six assisted), and a 59-46 edge in assists. Digs were nearly even, 113 for Texas Lutheran and 112 for Schreiner, and Schreiner had nine service aces to eight for Texas Lutheran.

Schreiner leaders

Giana Hilliard led all players with 16 kills, hitting .212 on 52 attempts, and added 22 digs, two aces and a block solo for 19.0 points. Jesse Garner had 10 kills at .194 and a block assist for 10.5 points. Mackenzie Strban had eight kills but hit .093 on 43 attempts, and Lauren Monaco had eight kills at .263 on 19 attempts. Mandy Ivey had five kills at .400 in two sets.

Harlie Gallaspy had 24 assists, 20 digs and an ace, and Gaby Torres had 16 assists. Maleyci Soliz had a match-high 29 digs, and Azalea De Leon had 13 digs and four service aces.

Texas Lutheran leaders

Ava Search had 15 kills, 24 digs, two aces and five blocks (two solo, three assisted) for a match-high 20.5 points. Nadia Dunn had 14 kills at .225, and Zaria Solis had 11 kills. Briana Salvatierra-Moore had 10 kills, two aces and three block assists for 13.5 points. Ella Waterbury ran the offense with 28 assists, Addison Gallegos had 16 assists, and Kieryn Adams had 28 digs.

Box score

	Sets	K	E	TA	Pct	Ast	Ace	Dig	Pts
Schreiner	2	55	23	213	.150	46	9	112	71.0
Texas Lutheran	3	62	27	228	.154	59	8	113