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WVU Suffers Setback at Texas Tech
November 13, 2015 08:16 PM | Volleyball
LUBBOCK, Texas – Sophomore outside hitter Morgan Montgomery had a team-high 15 kills and contributed to the team’s 8.0 total blocks as the West Virginia University volleyball dropped a 3-0 match to Texas Tech in Big 12 play at United Supermarkets Arena in Lubbock, Texas, on Friday. The Mountaineers (5-20, 0-12) fell to the Red Raiders (14-13, 3-10) in set scores of 31-29, 25-14 and 25-21.
In addition to Montgomery, sophomore middle blocker Mia Swanegan and senior middle blocker Caleah Wells each had six kills with junior middle blocker Hannah Shreve adding five. Freshman outside hitter Bridgett Talia added four and junior right side Dzeni Hadzisehovic went for three. Junior setter Haley Roe assisted on 34 of West Virginia’s 40 kills as the Mountaineers hit for a .155 clip as a team.
Montgomery and Swanegan led the blocking effort with three each and were joined by Wells and Roe, who each added a pair. Sophomore libero Gianna Gotterba had a team-high 19 digs while freshman defensive specialist Abby Brown and junior defensive specialist MaTia Hughes had seven apiece. Gotterba also had WVU’s lone service ace of the night.
Montgomery tallied eight kills in the first stanza as the Mountaineers dropped the set in heartbreaking fashion, 31-29. WVU capitalized on a trio of TTU attacking errors to score five straight for a 5-1 lead. Hadzisehovic found the court to keep West Virginia ahead, 12-9, before the Red Raiders came back to knot the score at 13-13 on a block. The Mountaineers used a pair of Montgomery kills to score three in a row, leading 21-19, but the Red Raiders came back to even the score 21-21. Montgomery and Shreve each put one through the pins to bring WVU to set-point with a 24-23 lead, but TTU again came back to tie things up at 24-24. The teams traded points before back-to-back errors handed the set to Texas Tech.
A 5-0 run early in the second set pushed Texas Tech ahead, 8-4 on a block, forcing WVU into a timeout. Wells notched a kill out of the break, but the Red Raiders responded by scoring seven of the next eight points to take a 15-6 advantage on a block. Back-to-back kills from Montgomery, along with another by Shreve, helped WVU rattle off four in a row though the Mountaineers still trailed 19-12. Montgomery and Wells each found the court once more, but consecutive service aces sealed the deal for TTU at 25-14, giving the Red Raiders the 2-0 lead in the match.
The squads kept things close in the third set, battling to several early ties. A block and a kill from Swanegan tied the set, 10-10, and gave the Mountaineers some momentum as Swanegan found the court once more, followed by Montgomery, to give WVU the 15-13 lead. Texas Tech responded with a 5-0 run, taking an 18-15 advantage on a Mountaineer attacking error. Swanegan and Wells kept WVU in the set, but back-to-back kills handed TTU the 25-21 win as the Mountaineers dropped the match 3-0.
West Virginia returns to Morgantown to host No. 10 Kansas on Saturday, Nov. 21, in a 3:30 p.m. match at the WVU Coliseum.
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