(CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky.)- The Thomas More University women's volleyball team swept Campbellsville University Friday night in the Connor Convocation Center, 3-0 (25-23, 28-26, 25-21).
The whole entire match was a back and forth clash. The Saints held a 24-21 lead in set one, before the Tigers dropped the lead to one point after a McKenna Barfield kill and a Saints error.
Sydney Hilderbran put a bow on set one with a kill and gave Thomas More a 1-0 lead.
Thomas More held a 22-19 lead in the second set and was trying to get to the finish line easily. However, Campbellsville rattled off three straight points on kills and tied it at 22-22. An
Emily Acito kill, and
Asia Ferrando ace put the Saints one point away from the set win, but three straight Tiger points gave them the 25-24 advantage. Things were eventually tied at 26-26 before two straight Thomas More points gave the Saints the 2-0 match lead.
Things were tied up at 19-19 in the final set before a set changing 3-0 run by Thomas More. A pair of
Ally Albrinck kills coupled with a Tiger error gave the Saints a lead they wouldn't relinquish. Later, a Hilderbran kill ended the match and gave the Saints the 3-0 sweep.
- Acito, Hilderbran, and Albrinck all had 10 kills for Thomas More in the match.
- Ferrando (22), Kate Woelfel (14), and Ruthie Neu (13) all recorded double-digit digs. This is Ferrando's ninth match this season with 21 or more digs.
- Sam McClanahan had 37 assists, her 16th match this season with 33 or more assists.
The Saints now claim the overall lead in the Mid-South Conference at 7-0 after defeating the previously undefeated Tigers.
They are 13-7 overall and return to action for Senior Day tomorrow against the visiting Lindsey Wilson College Blue Raiders at 1:00 p.m. in the Connor Convocation Center. Thomas More fell a pair of times to the Blue Raiders last season.
