SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Volleyball bounced back with a crucial four-set win over Concordia (TX), 25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 25-20, Saturday afternoon at Memorial Gymnasium. The win marks the 1,300th in program history, improving the program's all-time record to 1,300-678-7 (.657).

The Bulldogs (11-13, 8-6 SCAC) finished the match with nine blocks and held the Tornados to a .164 hitting percentage.

Senior Ryann Ely (Montgomery/Concordia Lutheran) had a stellar day on her senior day, finishing with a career-high 20 kills and adding 13 digs for her fifth double-double of the season.

Briana Salvatierra-Moore (San Antonio/Antonian College Prep) added ten kills and four blocks, while Andie Lozano-Lomeli (Brownsville/Pace) finished with ten kills and led the team with six blocks. Senior Richelle Guerra (Brownsville/Rivera) finished with a team-high 28 digs and added two service aces. With the 28 digs, Guerra surpassed 1,000 in her career - currently sitting at 1,007 total.

Naomi Gamboa (San Antonio/Warren) dished out a career-high 26 assists and added eight digs. Dallas Copelin (Houston/St. John XXIII College Preparatory) recorded her first career double-double with 12 digs, 23 assists, and two kills - all career-highs.

The first set was a roller coaster as the teams went back-and-forth throughout the set until the Bulldogs finally pulled it out 25-23. Ely led the way with seven kills in the opening set. TLU trailed 22-20 before clawing all the way back to win the set with a 5-1 run.

Texas Lutheran grabbed a 2-0 lead in the match with a 25-17 win in the second set. The Bulldogs had six blocks in the set to limit the Tornados to a -.049 hitting percentage. Lozano-Lomeli had four kills and five blocks in the set.

Concordia (TX) battled back in the third set, avoiding the sweep with a 25-21 win to send the match into a fourth set. The Bulldogs trailed for the majority of the set and hit just .093.

Ely took over in the fourth set, racking up seven kills to lead TLU to a 25-20 win.

Following the match, TLU Volleyball honored the 2022 SCAC Championship team as well as their three-member senior class of Ely, Guerra, and Maselina Tuufli (St. Hedwig/Steele).

The Bulldogs magic number to clinch a berth for the 2025 SCAC Tournament sits at one entering the final week of play. The Bulldogs and LeTourneau are in a battle for the sixth and final spot in the tournament but one more win from the Bulldogs will mathematically eliminate the YellowJackets from the tournament. TLU also holds the tiebreaker over the YellowJackets if the two teams were to finish the season with the same number of SCAC wins.

Texas Lutheran will travel to Houston to face #RV St. Thomas on Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 5 PM. The match will be streamed on FloCollege. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.

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