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Sophomore Shelbi Stewart
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UT-Permian Basin UTPB 3-5
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Winner Midwestern State MSU 3-4
UT-Permian Basin UTPB
3-5
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Final
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Midwestern State MSU
3-4
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
UT-Permian Basin UTPB 18 20 31 17 (1)
Midwestern State MSU 25 25 29 25 (3)
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St. Mary's STMU 3-5
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Winner Midwestern State MSU 4-4
St. Mary's STMU
3-5
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Final
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Midwestern State MSU
4-4
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
St. Mary's STMU 25 25 10 18 6 (2)
Midwestern State MSU 16 23 25 25 15 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Trey Reed/Sports Information Director

Mustangs take two at TexAnn Invitational

STEPHENVILLE, Texas - Midwestern State closed out the TexAnn Invitational with wins over Texas-Permian Basin and St. Mary's (Texas) Saturday afternoon at the Tarleton Recreation Center.

The Mustangs claimed a four-set win over Texas-Permian Basin (25-18, 25-20, 29-31, 25-17) before climbing back from a two-set deficit to upend St. Mary's in five (16-25, 23-25, 25-10, 25-18, 15-6).

"We've definitely grown from last weekend," MSU coach Venera Flores-Stafford said. "We are starting to play aggressively and taking it to teams."

Senior right-side hitter Karolina Damjanovic paced a stellar attack against Texas-Permian Basin with 17 kills while committing just three errors for a .326 kill rate, while Shelbi Stewart finished with 13 kills and HIllary White added 11 kills and hit .258.

Junior setter Taryn Westerman notched a season-high 45 set assists while guiding the Mustangs to a .237 attack percentage to go along with four service aces and seven digs.

Stewart and White finished off double-doubles with 18 and 17 digs each, while junior libero Kiara Jordan added 17 more as the Mustangs limited UTPB to a .161 team attack percentage.

"We played MSU volleyball today and dictated the speed of the game," Flores-Stafford said. "We have learned a lot and are playing better."

The Mustangs slipped behind in the final match of the day against St. Mary's before Westerman sparked a turnaround to up her season best to 55 set assists and directed a team attack percentage of .267.

Four different attackers mounted double-digit kill paced by a solid 15-kill, one-error effort by senior middle blocker Lauren Bayer who finished with 15 digs and a .538 attack percentage to go along with five total blocks.

Junior middle blocker Miranda Byrd added 13 kills and hit .219 while Damjanovic finished with 12 kills and hit .290.

White continued her solid all-around play with her second double-double of the day with 11 kills and 19 digs, while Jordan posted 22 digs to lead back row efforts.

Midwestern State plays its home opener Wednesday night against Oklahoma Panhandle State. First serve is set for 7 p.m. at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.
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