BELTON, Texas – The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor volleyball team swept Concordia University Texas 3-0 Friday evening in Belton. The win improved the Cru to 12-0 overall and 7-0 in American Southwest Conference play while the Tornados fell to 1-10 overall and 1-5 in league action.  
 
UMHB opened the match with a 10-0 run. Alli Pierce served nine consecutive points with Kylie Metcalf leading the Cru with three kills. UMHB allowed the Tornados just eight total points, winning the first set 25-8. The Tornados responded with an offensive surge in the second set. The set played between two points before Maddie Gillispie served five consecutive aces to put the Cru up by five. UMHB held onto that lead before the Tornados tied the match at 23. The set played to four set points before UMHB put the Tornados away on kills from Hannah Frasca and Kayla Janikula. UMHB opened the third with an 11-0 run, leading by as many as 13 points as the Cru cruised to a 25-10 third-set win.

"We played really clean offensively tonight," Head Coach Mark Pryor said. "It was nice to see us battle back from a set point in the second to win that one in extra time."

Hannah Frasca led the Cru with 12 kills followed by Kylie Metcalf and Kayla Janikula with eight each. UMHB hit .382 as a team with 45 kills on 102 total attacks. Alli Pierce led UMHB's offense with 30 assists while Ella Brunson added six. Defensively, Frasca led all athletes with 19 digs while Maddie Gillispie added three. UMHB totaled five teams blocks in the match, led by Metcalf with four.

"We are really pleased with where we are," Pryor added. "But we know that this season is a journey for us and we want to keep on this track of growth as a team as long as possible.  That growth for us is both internal as well as external. I'm pretty proud of this group… every one of them."
 
The Cru returns to action on Monday, September 27^th in a 6 p.m. match against Belhaven University at the Mayborn Campus Center in Belton.