Volleyball Drops Heartbreaker at TWU

DENTON, Texas – Skylor Lewis and Caroline Griffith each posted double-digit kills, but it was not enough to pick up a road win as Southeastern saw a 2-0 lead disappear in a 3-2 loss to Texas Woman's on Tuesday night in Denton, Texas.
 
The loss drops the Savage Storm to 7-11 overall as they return to Great American Conference play Oct. 22 against Harding in Searcy, Ark.
 
Lewis matched a match high with 13 kills, while Griffith reached double-figures with 10. Mya Afflerbach and Ruthie Forson were each just short of double-digits with nine, while Jadyn James each added eight.
 
Forson nearly turned in a triple-double as she dished out 41 assists with her nine kills on offense, while posting 18 digs on defense.
 
Lewis also led the way on defense with 22 digs and posted a team-best three blocks, while Grace Shehadeh was right behind with 21 digs and Griffith added two blocks.
 
SE took an early lead in set one and never looked back, pushing the lead out to 12-6 early and holding on for a 25-20 win to take a 1-0 lead.
 
TWU took the early lead and was up 9-7 before an 8-1 run by the Storm put the Storm in control. SE would finish the set by taking 10 of the final 13 points to run away with a 25-13 win and a 2-0 lead.
 
Set three was a back-and-forth effort, with the Storm taking a 19-18 lead late before TWU answered with four-straight points on its way to a 25-22 win.
 
In the fourth set SE would again grab a late lead, going up 20-19 on a Lewis kill before the Patriots again went on a late run, taking six of the last seven points to win the set 25-21 and knotting the match at 2-2.
 
Southeastern found itself playing catch up in the fifth set, but a Lewis block followed by a Lewis kill would tie the set at 10-10.  TWU would regain the lead, but again SE answered and knotted the game up at 12-12. However, the Patriots would collect three of the final four points to take the set 15-13 and the match 3-2.