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Box Score 2 CONWAY - Hendrix swept its Saturday SCAC crossover with wins over the University of Dallas and #22 Colorado College. The wins take Hendrix to 13-6 on the year and 8-1 in the SCAC.
Dallas (W, 3-0)
Hendrix breezed to a 3-0 win over the Crusaders to kick off their crossover weekend. The Warriors hit .262 with 40 kills and 11 service aces, while Dallas finished with 24 kills and a .055 hitting percentage.
The Warriors opened the first set with seven straight points on
Carola Moreno's serve, as
Emma Blancovich assisted kills by
Ana Bastos,
Rachel Pearce and
Enaiya Thompson and Thompson teamed with Bastos on a block. After Dallas briefly stopped the run, the Warriors pushed the score to 13-1 behind
Mary Addisyn Stubbs' serving, including two aces. Stubbs added two more aces on the final two points as the Warriors finished the set 25-11.
The Warriors finished the second set by winning seven of the last eight rallies, turning an 18-17 edge into a 25-18 set win.
Carola Moreno served five straight Warriors points during that closing push, including an ace, while Pearce and Thompson added kills.
The Warriors created the separation in the third set with a 7-0 run from 4-3 to 11-3, with
Riley Brady serving the final six points of that stretch. Brady had two service aces during the run, and
Mariana Leite and Thompson combined on two blocks that helped force Dallas attack errors. Dallas later cut into the margin, but the Warriors closed the set with three straight points, finishing it 25-16 on a Leite kill from
Reghan Frazzetta.
Bastos led the Warriors with 13 kills while hitting .458 and added 10 digs. Brady finished with six kills on a .500 hitting percentage, four service aces and two block assists.
Mary Addisyn Stubbs served five aces and collected 10 digs. Blancovich recorded 21 assists and added four digs.
#22 Colorado College (W, 3-1)
The Warriors rounded out the night with a hard-fought win over nationally-ranked Colorado Colelge to complete the Saturday sweep, grinding out their sixth-consecutive SCAC win in four sets.
The Warriors turned a 17-16 deficit in the fourth set into a 22-17 lead before
Alexis Mahan closed the match with a kill to clinch the 25-23 set win.
The Warriors responded after Colorado College went in front 21-20, using an
Ana Bastos kill, back-to-back
Camryn Kennedy kills and Bastos service ace to reach set point at 24-21. Colorado College cut it to 24-23, but
Alexis Mahan finished an assist from
Emma Blancovich to close a 25-23 win for the Warriors in the first set.
In the second set, the Warriors pushed the set past 25 points, moving in front 24-23 on a Colorado College attack error before the Tigers ultimately took it 27-25. Earlier, the Warriors erased an 18-15 deficit with help from consecutive Bastos kills, and
Addison Rud later kept the set alive with a kill that tied it at 25-25.
Colorado College tied the third set at 16-16, but the Warriors answered with a Bastos kill, a Colorado College error and a Mahan kill to move back in front at 19-16.
Carola Moreno added an ace and
Riley Brady had a block during the closing stretch, and Bastos finished the set with a kill as the Warriors took it 25-21.
The Warriors overcame a 16-10 deficit in the fourth set, using a Colorado College service error and
Mary Addisyn Stubbs' five-point service turn — including two aces — to tie the score at 16-16. After the visitors went back in front 17-16, the Warriors answered with six straight points to go up 22-17, getting three Rud kills, a Brady ace and a Bastos kill in the run. Colorado College scored three straight after the Warriors reached 24-20, but Mahan finished the 25-23 set win with a kill from Blancovich.
Bastos led the Warriors with 17.5 points and 16 kills while hitting .350. Rud added 14 kills on a .375 hitting percentage.
Mary Addisyn Stubbs collected 18 digs and served three aces.
Reghan Frazzetta posted 21 assists, 15 digs and one service ace.
Up Next: Hendrix (13-6, 8-1 SCAC) will remain home to host Austin College and Centenary for the final home weekend of the regular season.
