Volleyball Falls to Southwestern, 3-1

GEORGETOWN, Texas -- Texas Lutheran volleyball dropped their mid-week match to Southwestern, 3-1, Wednesday night at the Robertson Center in Georgetown.

Texas Lutheran falls to 17-7 and 7-4 in the SCAC while Southwestern improves to 9-11 and 4-8 in the SCAC - avoiding potential elimination from SCAC Tournament contention in the process.

Brylie Nedd (Sealy/Sealy) led the Bulldogs with 11 kills. Tanyse Moehrig (Spring Branch/Smithson Valley) would join her in double figures with 10 kills. Keriann Kallus (New Braunfels/New Braunfels) added eight kills and a team-high four blocks.

Faith Coldewey (Floresville/Floresville) would lead TLU with 20 digs while Shavonne Respondek (San Antonio/Madison) and Julia Chew (Cypress/Cy-Fair) would each record double-doubles with Chew recording a team-high 18 assists.

The first set was back-and-forth with neither team willing to give the other a distinct advantage before the Pirates put the set away 26-24.

Texas Lutheran returned to form in the second set taking down the Pirates, 25-19, to even the match 1-1.

The Pirates would cruise through the next two sets to put the Bulldogs down, 3-1.

The Bulldogs (9-4) will return to Memorial Gymnasium for the final time this season on Tuesday, Oct. 24, for a rematch with the Pirates. The match is scheduled for 6 PM and will be broadcast on TLU+. All streaming and live stats links will be available on tlubulldogs.com. The match will act as senior night for the Bulldogs as they honor their three seniors: Keriann Kallus, Emily Mixon, and Tanyse Moehrig.