AUSTIN, Texas – After being swept by Hardin-Simmons earlier this season, the Concordia Texas volleyball team returned the favor with a 3-0 win over the Cowgirls Tuesday at Concordia Fieldhouse.
CTX has now won their last four conference games and six of their last seven as they moved to 11-7, 8-2 in ASC play. The Tornados are now tied with UT Tyler and UT Dallas for the second best conference record in the ASC.
CTX trailed 20-19 in the first set, but used a 6-2 run to close out the set and grab a 25-22 victory.
In set two, the Tornados jumped out to an early 19-11 lead and were able to keep Hardin-Simmons at arms-length for the rest of the set, winning 25-19.
The Cowgirls held a 10-7 lead in set three, but CTX came storming back on a 12-3 run which included a stretch of five straight points with libero
Sydney Dudney at the service line. The Tornados finished off the sweep with a 25-16 win in the final set.
Statistically,
Kelly Farina led the way for CTX with 10 kills, three service aces and nine digs. Farina, a sophomore from Spring, Texas, had a .200 attack percentage in the match and registered four kills in the final set.
Setter
Georgia Quiroz picked up 30 assists in the win while also registering five digs and one kill.
Carly Custer was second on the team for the Tornados with eight kills to go along with six digs while hitting .286.
CTX will head to Abliene, Texas, for the second round of ASC round robin play Friday hosted by Hardin-Simmons. The first match of the weekend will be at 3:00 p.m. Friday against Louisiana College.
