DENTON, Texas -
Monica Wood turned in an 18-kill day,
Lizzy Reed dished out 34 assists, and
Sydney Stroh had a 31-dig performance as the Texas Woman's University volleyball team (4-2) swept to 3-0 wins over Florida Tech (0-8) and Southwest Baptist (4-2) on Friday at the Denton Volleyfest inside Kitty Magee Arena.
"I thought that today shaped itself up well," said head coach
Jeff Huebner. "Our athletes demonstrated a ton of toughness throughout the end of every set that we played today, and we were able to get a sweep day which is obviously incredible for our program. We had incredible substitutions from
Jessica Freehill,
Kiya Yeoman...
Clayre Pullin played great in a tough spot for us, and we got some key contributions from
Sydney Stroh, who seems to be on every match right now, and from
Monica Wood, who is playing at a very high level every day. The most important thing was our crowd tonight. Our fans were incredible. We had folks from SGA, honors, SAAC, basketball, gymnastics, and more... and it was critical to our team's success."
TWU opened the day with a 3-0 sweep of Florida Tech, winning by set scores of 25-14, 25-23, and 25-20.
The Pioneers served the first eight points of the opening set, racing to a huge advantage before Florida Tech settled in to make the second and third sets narrower.
Kaia Saylor's nine kills led the way for the Pioneers, while Reed dished out 19 assists and Stroh added 16 digs.
Taylor Skrzycki hit double figures in assists with 13 while Saylor notched a double-double with a 10-dig performance. TWU outhit Florida Tech .225 to .149, hitting at a .333 clip in the third set.
In the day's finale, TWU racked up its second 3-0 sweep of the day, downing Southwest Baptist 25-18, 25-22, 25-18. Wood's nine kills led TWU, while Skrzycki led the way with 16 assists. Reed added 15 in the win.
Sydney Stroh (15) and
Tylar Roberson (11) both hit double figures in digs as TWU outhit SBU .246 to .097.
The Pioneers close play on Saturday playing at 2 p.m. against Southwestern Oklahoma and at 7 p.m. against Ouachita Baptist.
-PIONEERS-