KERRVILLE, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Volleyball (3-9, 0-3 SCAC) dropped its third straight match to open SCAC play, falling to Schreiner in five sets Wednesday night in Kerrville.
The loss is just the second to the Mountaineers since joining the SCAC in 2013.
Maselina Tuufuli (Saint Hedwig/Steele) led the way with 14 kills and added five digs.
Andie Lozano-Lomeli (Brownsville/Pace) and
Briana Salvatierra-Moore (San Antonio/Antonian College Prep) finished with nine kills each with Salvatierra-Moore adding a team-high five blocks.
Addison Gallegos (Jourdanton/Pleasanton) matched her career-high with 23 assists.
The Mountaineers dominated the opening set, rolling to a 25-13 win.
The second set was back-and-forth to start before the Bulldogs used a 7-2 run to grab the lead and used another 4-0 run to take a bigger lead. Texas Lutheran picked up the win in the second set, 25-18, behind seven kills offensively from Tuufuli.
Schreiner got out to a big lead in the third set and never let the Bulldogs get any momentum, taking the set 25-16.
The Bulldogs jumped out to a big lead, starting the set with an 11-3 run and held on to win the set 25-18 and force the first five-set match for the young Bulldogs squad.
The fifth set was all Schreiner as the Mountaineers got out to a big lead and never looked back for a 15-6 win.
Errors once again doomed the Bulldogs as the Bulldogs tallied 24 attack errors in the match, their fifth match with 20 or more attack errors this season.
Texas Lutheran heads to Abilene on Friday, Sept. 26, to face McMurry 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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