SHERMAN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran Volleyball swept Austin College 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-18) late Saturday night as they swept through all three matches this weekend, improving to 17-5 (9-0 SCAC) behind nine kills from junior
Nadia Dunn (Houston/Pearland).
Zaria Solis (Burnet/Burnet) added eight kills and a block, while sophomore setter
Addison Gallegos (Floresville/Jourdanton) registered two aces and a team-high 14 assists. Junior libero
Kieryn Adams (Schulenburg/Schulenburg) led the team with 13 digs and two aces. The Bulldogs combined for six blocks with three coming from
Briana Salvatierra-Moore (San Antonio/Antonian College Prep).
The 9-0 start to conference play is just the fourth instance since TLU became an NCAA institution, joining the 2003, 2004 and 2008 teams that started 9-0 in the American Southwest Conference (ASC).
The match started off tightly contested with the two teams trading runs until the the teams were tied 14-all. The Bulldogs closed the set on a 11-5 run to take the opening set 25-19.
Texas Lutheran took the 2-0 lead behind five kills from Dunn and three kills each from Solis and
Faith Sosa (San Antonio/MacArthur). The Bulldogs had 13 kills to the 'Roos ten, hitting .312 in the set, to take the favorable lead.
Four of the Bulldogs seven aces came in the final set and added two blocks to limit the Austin College offense to a .000 hitting percentage.
The Bulldogs will return to the Dallas area next week as they head to Irving to face off against Dallas on Friday, Oct. 30 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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