MAGNOLIA, ARK. – The East Central University volleyball team started its final regular-season trip to Arkansas with a 3-2 (25-27, 25-15, 17-25, 25-23, 15-11) loss at Southern Arkansas in Great American Conference action.
Scoring
- Set One: W, 27-25
- 12 tie scores/five lead changes
- No team led by more than three points
- Last tie at 25
- Set Two: L, 15-25
- Three tie scores/two lead changes
- Last tie at four
- SAU 5-0 run to take the lead for good
- Set Three: W, 25-17
- Three tie scores/three lead changes
- ECU took 5-2 lead and led 14-10
- The Muleriders (8-15, 2-8 GAC) 6-0 run to take 16-14 lead
- The Tigers (0-22, 0-10 GAC) followed with 7-0 run to take control the rest of the set
- Set Four: L, 23-25
- Eight tie scores/two lead changes
- No team lead by more than three
- Final tie at 23
- SAU earned the win with a kill and service ace
- Set Five: L, 11-15
- Four tie scores/three lead changes
- The Muleriders took an early 4-1 lead
- ECU followed with a 7-2 run to lead 8-6 at the side switch
- Final tie at 11
- SAU then 4-0 run to claim the win
Tiger Quick Sets
- The Tigers led the Muleriders in service aces 7-4
- So. Audra Jonas recorded her second-straight double-double of the season and her career
- 16 kills, 11 digs
- .200 (16k-8e-40ta) hitting percentage, one assist
- Sr. Karina Erreguin: 13 kills, two assists, three service aces, one dig, one block solo
- Sr. Breanna Waldo: 10 kills
- So. Sydney Dungen: 44 assists, seven digs, one service ace, two kills
- Sr. Abbey Wehrman: 28 digs, three assists, one service ace
Up Next
- Saturday, Oct. 13 at Arkansas-Monticello (1 p.m.)
- Thursday, Oct. 18 at Oklahoma Baptist (7 p.m.)
- ECU will then play three of the final four regular-season matches at home
