SAN ANTONIO, TX -- The fourth-seeded Texas Lutheran volleyball team suffered a three-set defeat in the SCAC Conference Tournament Third Place Game (16-25, 23-25, 22-25) Sunday morning at Calgaard Gymnasium - falling to the tournament's #2 seed, 7th-ranked Colorado College.

Texas Lutheran (19-14, 9-8 SCAC) hit .095 on the afternoon against Colorado College's (29-5, 13-3 SCAC) .162. The Tigers held the Bulldogs to their second lowest kill total of the season as the Bulldogs racked up 26 kills. Colorado College finished with 42.

Tanyse Moehrig-Woodard (Spring Branch/Smithson Valley) led the team with 8 kills in addition to 3 digs and a block.

Madison Weisinger (Friendswood/Friendswood) closed the match with 5 kills with a team-high .556 hitting percentage with 3 blocks defensively.

Shavonne Respondek (San Antonio/Madison) dished out 13 assists and added 6 digs, Kacie Hall (Buda/Hays) and Peyton Sulak (Needville/Needville) led the Bulldogs up front with 6 blocks each, and Lexi Morris (Victoria/Victoria West) led with 22 digs.

The Tigers controlled the first set early on leading Texas Lutheran by as many as ten points. The Bulldogs made a squandered attempt at a comeback as the closest the Tigers allowed the Bulldogs to get was 8 points before closing the set 25-16.

The Bulldogs responded  with a run of their own to start the second set with a 9-4 lead. The Tigers stormed back in the middle of the set to tie the set at 15-all. From there, the Bulldogs went on a 4-0 run to take a 19-15 lead over the 7th-ranked Tigers. The Tigers would rally one more time to tie the match 22-all before closing the match on a 3-1 run to take a 2-0 lead.

The Bulldogs fought admirably to avoid the sweep in the third set but would ultimately fall 25-22 as the Tigers swept - clinching third place in the conference.

The Bulldogs  - a team picked to finish 6th in the preseason poll - conclude the 2021 season with a 19-14 record, going 9-8 in the SCAC to claim fourth place in the conference. The 2021 season brought two regular season award winners in Morris and Respondek, three All-Conference honorees, Morris, Respondek, and Moehrig-Woodard, and capped off by the return to the SCAC Tournament semifinals for the first time since 2017. The Bulldogs will graduate two seniors - Kacie Hall and Hayden Smyers (Needville/Needville). We thank them for all of their contributions to the Texas Lutheran volleyball program.