Denton, Texas – The Angelo State volleyball was down but never out against Texas Woman's on Saturday afternoon inside Kitty Magee Arena, pulling off the reverse sweep as they claimed a dramatic five-set win over the Pioneers.
The Rambelles struggled to get things going early, dropping sets one and two 25-21 and 27-25 before bouncing back to claim sets three and four 25-23 and 25-21. The fifth set, which took 37 minutes to play, saw the Belles fight off seven Pioneer match points before winning the decisive set 24-22.
Although the Belles only hit .173 for the match, this was still better than their opponents' .161 attack percentage.
Evelyn Torres led all players with a career-high 25 kills as she hit .290 for the match. Torres also recorded 24 digs on defense, one shy of her career high.
Madi Parrish had 17 kills, while middle
Hannah Spencer set a new career high with a dozen kills. Spencer led the team with a .455 hitting percentage.
Freshman
Julia Hopkins joined her teammates in double digits in kills. Hopkins, who entered the match with five kills in four sets played in her rookie season, put away ten kills across four more sets, including the clinching points in sets three and four.
Libero
Caleigh Enax set a new career-high with 38 digs, which is tied for the third-most in a match in program history.
Setter
Adeline Ortman tied her career-high with 58 assists and tallied her second-straight double-double with 13 digs. Teammate
Ireland Ferguson had 13 digs of her own off the bench and had three service aces.
The Belles are 12-1 on the season and 2-0 in LSC play; they have won their past 11 matches. Next weekend, they will finish their 11-match road trip by traveling to West Texas A&M and Eastern New Mexico.