CONWAY - Hendrix lost to #16 East Texas Baptist 3-1 (19-25, 25-23, 20-25, 24-26) on Tuesday night at Grove Gymnasium
The Warriors finished with 47 kills and nine aces, but hit .099 while East Tex. Baptist hit .193 as a team.
The Warriors fell behind 19-12 in the first set, then used
Mary Addisyn Stubbs' service turn to score six straight points and get to 19-18.
Camryn Kennedy and
Ana Bastos had kills during the push, and Stubbs added a service ace. East Texas Baptist responded with the next five points and went on to take the set 25-19.
An early 9-3 deficit in the second set was erased by the Warriors, who pulled within 11-10 on an
Addison Rud and
Riley Brady block before moving in front 17-16 on an
Alexis Mahan kill. Brady added consecutive kills to put the Warriors up 22-19, and
Ava Burns delivered a kill for set point at 24-21. The Tigers got back within one, but the Hendrix closed the set on an ETBU attack error to clinch a 25-23 victory to tie the match at one set apiece.
The Warriors' clearest push in the third set came after falling behind 18-11, when Brady served through four straight points, including an ace, and Rud and Bastos put away kills from
Reghan Frazzetta to make it 18-15. East Texas Baptist held off the response, and the Warriors dropped the set 25-20 despite late kills from Burns and Kennedy.
The Warriors erased a late 23-20 deficit, with kills by Frazzetta, Rud and Bastos tying the fourth set at 23-23. After East Tex. Baptist reached set point, a visiting error evened it again at 24-24, but East Texas Baptist scored the final two points to take the set 26-24.
Rud led the Warriors with 11 kills and added two block assists. Brady posted a team-high 15 digs, served three aces and added two block assists. Frazzetta finished with 21 assists, nine digs, two kills and an ace, while
Emma Blancovich added 15 assists and 10 digs.
