SEGUIN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran dropped a tough four-set match to St. Thomas, 22-25, 23-25, 25-20, 19-25, Saturday afternoon at Memorial Gymnasium.

Andie Lozano-Lomeli (Brownsville/Pace) finished with a season-high six blocks while Maselina Tuufuli (Saint Hedwig/Steele) and Briana Salvatierra-Moore (San Antonio/Antonian College Prep) added two each.

Tuufuli led Texas Lutheran with 12 kills, while Zaria Solis (Burnet/Burnet) finished with nine kills and Lozano-Lomeli added eight kills.

Addison Gallegos (Pleasanton/Jourdanton) had 22 assists, one shy of matching her career-high, while Naomi Gamboa (San Antonio/Warren) narrowly missed a double-double with 14 assists and nine digs. Richelle Guerra (Brownsville/Rivera) led the team with a career-high 34 digs and added two assists.

The opening set was tight throughout with 11 ties and four lead changes but the Celts would outlast the Bulldogs to take the opening set 25-22.

Despite 12 ties throughout the second set, St. Thomas seemingly managed to always keep a slight advantage due to TLU errors, taking the second set 25-23.

The Bulldogs had a dominant start to the third set, holding an 18-9 advantage before cruising to a 25-20 set win to avoid the sweep. Five kills from Solis and four more from Nadia Dunn (Houston/Pearland) helped push the match to a fourth set.

The Celts put pressure on TLU in the fourth set with a massive early deficit that would prove to be too much to overcome as they finished the match with a 25-19 set win.

Texas Lutheran will turn its attention to a midweek SCAC matchup with Schreiner in Kerrville on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 6 PM. The match will be streamed on FloCollege. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com.

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