Texas Lutheran Falls to #16 Southwestern in Four Sets

KERRVILLE, TX -- The Texas Lutheran Volleyball team (13-11, 4-6 SCAC) fell to No. 16 Southwestern (21-2, 11-2 SCAC) on the campus of Schreiner University Saturday night in four sets (22-25, 26-24, 25-27, 23-25).

It was a hard fought match throughout as the Bulldogs pushed the 16th-ranked Pirates to their limits over the course of the four sets.

Texas Lutheran's Tanyse Moehrig-Woodard (Spring Branch/Smithson Valley) had 14 kills to lead all Bulldogs. The Spring Branch, Texas, native hit .278 with 14 kills on 36 swings. As a team, Texas Lutheran hit .112 for the match and was on the verge of pushing one of the top teams in the country to five sets. Madison Weisinger (Friendswood/Friendswood) and Maddy Schultz (Needville/Needville) led the Bulldogs in blocks - both finishing with four.

Shavonne Respondek (San Antonio/Madison) had 20 assists for the Bulldogs to go along with 6 digs. Lexi Morris (Victoria/Victoria West) added 39 digs to her conference leading tally while Hayden Smyers (Needville/Needville) added an additional 17 digs.

The Bulldogs return to the floor Sunday morning as they face Schreiner University in Kerrville at 10 AM. All streaming and stat links can be found on tlubulldogs.com.