Morgantown, Virginia – Freshman records career-high 32 assists Ellie BaumertThe Texas Tech Red Raiders volleyball team earned its first conference victory Saturday afternoon at the WVU Coliseum against the West Virginia Mountaineers, 25-27, 22-25, 25-22, 26-24, 15-10. I was.
Baumert entered the match midway through the second set and was instrumental in helping the Red Raiders (12-2, 1-0 Big 12) sweep the Mountaineers from behind. Baumert totaled 32 assists, four digs and three blocks in the game.
Senior Kena Sauer He recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 16 kills and a career-high 22 digs. She also added her four blocks against WVU.
Three more players had double-digit kill performances – Carrington Jones (13), reagan cooper (12) and Maddie O’Brien (Ten). O’Brien nearly recorded his first double-double after recording eight total digs and his four blocks. Kanas and Jones also added four more blocks on the day.
Tech put in an impressive defensive effort as the three Red Raiders collected double-digit digs and the team made a total of 14.0 blocks. Sauer leads with his 22 digs, KJ Adams Collect the best 19 digs of the season and Maddie Correa 17 items have been added. Adams also had a multi-ace day after scoring his two aces against WVU.
how it happened
set one
The Red Raiders took a 2-0 lead on Sauer’s block and the Mountaineers’ offensive error. However, West Virginia gave him a 4-2 advantage on a 4-0 run. That run was stopped when O’Brien scored a kill followed by tying it up with Sauer’s slam. West Virginia he led 8-7 but Tech held a 14-9 advantage as he led 7-1. Correa made an ace that he scored 18-14 to extend the lead for the Red Raiders. Tech was up 24-19 and he took a 25-24 lead as West Virginia scored his sixth straight point. WVU then scored two of the next three points to take the first set 27-25.
set 2
West Virginia continued their momentum from the first set to take a 9-4 lead. The technique wore off and eventually he took a 4-0 lead, and at 15-11 he cut into WVU’s lead. WVU gets points for kills, but the Red Raiders went on another 4-0 run and were just behind WVU at 16-15. With the Mountaineers leading 21–16 with him, Tech scored his next five points on back-to-back blocks from his Raiders and an ace from Adams. However, WVU scored four of the next five points and he jumped to 25-22 for a 2-0 lead.
set 3
The third set went back and forth early on, with WVU leading 5-4. Tech then went on a 4-0 run thanks to kills from Cooper, Jones and O’Brien. Down 14-13, the Red Raiders tied the game with O’Brien’s slam. More back-and-forth play ensued, but with a 22-20 lead, the Red Raiders scored the next three points on errors from WVU and kills by Jones and Kanas to claim the third set with a score of 25-22. Did.
set 4
As in the previous set, the Mountaineers got off to a good start with a 4-2 lead. The Red Raiders tied him 4-4 with a WVU error and a Kanas kill. West Virginia led by his 10-8, but Tech scored his 5 straight points to keep him at a 13-10 advantage, forcing a WVU timeout. With Tech leading 17-13 on him, the Mountaineers closed the gap to tie 19-19. The Red Raiders came out of timeouts and scored back-to-back points to force another West Virginia timeout. The Mountaineers saw him tie the game 24-24, but the Red Raiders hit back with a big block from Baumert to win 26-24.
set five
Cooper’s kill and WVU’s missed offense gave the Red Raiders a 2-0 lead going into the fifth set. The Mountaineers fought back and he scored four points in a row to gain a 4-2 advantage. Tech answered with three straight points with a kill from Jones and back-to-back blocks by O’Brien and Jones. With WVU’s lead, Tech went on another 3-0 run, highlighted by kills from Sauer and Kanas and an ace from Adams to go 8-6. The Red Raiders maintained their lead for the remainder of the game, adding three total blocks on his nine points at the end to close out the set at 15-10.
Celebrity
- Tech is 14-9 against the Mountaineers.
- The Red Raiders are 1-0 in conference play.
- freshman Ellie Baumert Recorded a career-high 32 assists.
- Kena Sauer Recorded a career-high 22 RBIs.
- Four Red Raiders scored double-digit kills, and three Red Raiders collected double-digit digs.
- Sauer also achieved his seventh double-double of the year.
next
The Red Raiders will host Kansas State for another conference matchup on September 28 at 6:00 PM at the United Supermarket Arena.