September 3, 2019
Waxahachie, TX – The Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) Lady Lions volleyball team took on the Wiley College Wildcats in afternoon action at the Sheaffer Center Gymnasium on the campus of SAGU. It is said that your team is good when you can manage to secure victory and not be at your best. Such was Tuesday afternoon volleyball for SAGU (6-3, 0-0) as they beat the Wildcats (4-2, 0-0) by scores of 25-14, 17-25, 25-23, 25-23.
Lady Lion Review
- The first set ended with the score of 25-14 SAGU. Neither team played up to their level with both teams hitting less than .100 and
SAGU Freshman Outside Hitter Ava Myers committing a combined 13 errors in the match. Unfortunately this would be a precursor of the day for SAGU.
- SAGU began the second set falling behind 8-1 prior to calling a timeout. After the timeout the Lady Lions clawed back to within three points of the Wildcats but could not overcome the early lead losing 17-25.
- SAGU committed seven additional errors in the second set and Wiley hit .370 for the set.
- In the third set it seemed to be more of the same for the Lady Lions as the Wildcats jumped to a 3-0 lead before winning their first point of the match. SAGU tied the match at 9-9 but were hitting -0.214 at that point of the set. SAGU went on to win the set 25-23 but committed seven errors.
- In the fourth set SAGU prevailed 25-23 to win the match but committed nine more errors to bring their total to 30 for the day. Trailing for most of the set SAGU was able to tie the set at 19-19. From there the Lady Lions edged ahead and never trailed again to seal the match.
- For the match SAGU hit .074. Wiley hit .173 on the day with 21 errors.
- Ava Myers (FR/Round Top, TX) led the Lady Lions with 12 kills on the day.
Moore’s Musings
- On the win : “There is good news and bad news. We played about as bad as we could is the bad news. The good news is we still managed to scrape out a win.
- On the match : “We [the coaching staff] mixed up the lineup in the 3 rd and 4 th set in order to jumpstart our mindset and create some offense. Classes begin tomorrow and new student orientation has sapped some energy so we may have been a little distracted.”
The Next Step
SAGU (3-3, 0-0) volleyball continues their I-35 tour on Thursday, September 5 th at 7:00 pm in Guthrie, OK taking on the Langston Lions. This will be the first conference matchup of the 2019 season for the Lady Lions. Friday the action proceeds to McPherson, KS where SAGU will play against Central Christian College (KS).
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