SHERMAN, Texas - The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor volleyball team took a 3-0 loss at Austin College Wednesday evening in Sherman. The win improved the Kangaroos to 11-6 on the year while the Cru moved to 11-4 on the year.
Set one opened with the two teams exchanging point for point before Austin College went on an eight point run. UMHB fought back with kills from
Lilli Sandoval,
Ava Ribakovs, and
Kaysen Miller to make the score 10-18. Austin College did not waiver and sealed the first set win 11-25.
The second set opened with a back and forth battle before Austin College began to take a 4-10 lead. Kills by
Kaysen Miller and
Allie Thompson helped the Cru fight back to bring the score to 8-11. Austin College went on a six point run to increase their lead to 8-17 before taking the second set win 11-25. The third set opened with two kills from
Baylee Mobley and
Ava Ribakovs to make the score 9-9. Austin College went on a seven point run to bring the score to 10-17. The two teams exchanged points back and forth before the Kangaroos took the third set 19-25.
Ava Ribakovs led the Cru with six kills while
Baylee Mobley and
Kaysen Miller both had four kills.
Chloe Brandt had 10 assists while
Ava Ribakovs added eight.
Angie Garcia and
Chloe Brandt led the Cru defensively with nine digs while
Ava Ribakovs had eight digs.
The Cru returns to action on Saturday, October 3rd in a 1 p.m. contest against East Texas Baptist University at the Mayborn Campus Center in Belton.
