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Winner Dallas Baptist DBU 6-4
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Midwestern State MSU 2-12
Winner
Dallas Baptist DBU
6-4
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Final
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Midwestern State MSU
2-12
Set Scores
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Dallas Baptist DBU 26 27 25 20 18 (3)
Midwestern State MSU 28 25 22 25 16 (2)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Mustangs, Patriots combine for 210 digs and 29 blocks

WICHITA FALLS, Texas - Midwestern State and Dallas Baptist combined for 441 attack attempts, 210 digs and 29 total blocks Tuesday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.

And fittingly, it was a block by Lauren Zegarelli and Claire Stephen that allowed the Patriots to close out Midwestern on its third match point to take the match by scores of 26-28, 27-25, 25-22, 20-25, 18-16.

The block spoiled a game effort by the gritty Mustangs, who fought back from a sluggish start to explode for 14 kills and hit .231 to force a fifth-and-deciding set with a 25-20 fourth-set victory.

Sophomore outside hitter Miranda Byrd was the lone standout offensively with 18 kills and just three errors for a stellar .341 hitting percentage as the rest of the Mustangs combined for a .053 kill percentage.

But the Mustangs were about defense as they held the Patriots to a team .123 hitting percentage despite and 18-kill performance by Christina Steinkreiger and a 16-kill effort by Kaylyn Frink.

Sophomore outside hitter Hillary White led the back row effort with a career-best 33 digs as she became just the sixth player in MSU history with as many digs. White also had the most digs since Shay Velasquez had 36 at Texas Woman's University on Oct. 24, 2006.

White had plenty of help, though.

Sophomore libero Kiara Jordan added 28 digs, while Dimery Michaels had 13 and Shelbi Stewart and Kimberly Jeffrey had seven each.

Senior middle blocker Sesley Graves led MSU's season-best effort at the net where the Mustangs had 16 total blocks.

Graves had seven total blocks (one solo, six block assists), while Byrd and Lauren Bayer had six total blocks each which included two solos and four block assists. Stewart and White added four and three block assists, respectively.

Dallas Baptist's Amanda Emmert paced the Patriots with a match-high 38 digs, while Kristin Secord paced DBU's net effort with six block assists of its team total of 13.

Midwestern (2-12) opens Lone Star Conference play against Cameron Thursday night at D.L. Ligon Coliseum. First serve is set for 7 p.m.

Dallas Baptist improved to 6-4.
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