Schreiner’s season ends in ASC Tournament semifinal loss to Mary Hardin-Baylor

BELTON — Schreiner’s season ended Friday night with a 28-26, 14-25, 23-25, 19-25 loss to top-seeded Mary Hardin-Baylor in the American Southwest Conference Tournament semifinals at Mayborn Campus Center, despite a 19-kill, 20-dig effort from Giana Hilliard.

The Mountaineers, the fourth seed, won a 54-point first set after 12 ties and four lead changes, then lost the next three. Mary Hardin-Baylor, which also beat Schreiner 3-0 on Sept. 23 and 3-1 on Oct. 31, advances to Saturday’s championship final against East Texas Baptist.

Schreiner reached the semifinals with a 3-0 win over McMurry on Thursday. It finished the regular season 12-12 and 4-6 in the ASC.

Schreiner hit .116 for the match (42 kills, 21 errors, 181 attempts) to Mary Hardin-Baylor’s .206 (62 kills, 25 errors, 180 attempts). The Mountaineers hit .151 in the first set, then .000 in the second, with four kills and four errors on 40 attempts in a 25-14 loss. They hit .159 in the third set, which ended 25-23, and .136 in the fourth, which had nine ties and four lead changes before the Crusaders pulled away.

Schreiner had 12 blocks, all assisted, to Mary Hardin-Baylor’s seven (three solo, four assisted), but the Crusaders had 14 service aces to the Mountaineers’ nine and 95 digs to 85.

Schreiner leaders

Hilliard had 19 kills on 51 attempts, hitting .314, with an ace and 20 digs for a match-high 21.0 points. Harlie Gallaspy had five service aces, 16 assists and five digs. Emma Frye had five block assists and three kills, and Jesse Garner had six kills. Lauren Monaco hit .278 with five kills. Mackenzie Strban had 11 digs and two block assists.

Gaby Torres had 24 assists and 10 digs. Maleyci Soliz had 20 digs, and Azalea De Leon had 10.

Mary Hardin-Baylor leaders

Lilli Sandoval had 15 kills, three aces and a solo block, and a match-high 19.5 points. Addison Yates had 11 kills and Allie Thompson 10. Natalie Hughes had eight kills, three aces and two blocks for 12.5 points. Chloe Brandt had 26 assists, Ava Ribakovs had 23 assists, nine kills and 21 digs, and libero Angie Garcia had a match-high 25 digs.

Box score

	Sets	K	E	TA	Pct	Ast	Ace	Dig	Pts
Schreiner	1	42	21	181	.116	42	9	85	57.0
Mary Hardin-Baylor	3	62	25	180	.206	59	14	95