Volleyball Battles in Loss Against NCAA D3 Trinity University

SAN ANTONIO (Oct. 10, 2023) – The Our Lady of the Lake University (OLLU) volleyball team fell short against NCAA D3 Trinity University (TU) 3-1 on Tuesday. The Saints drop to 12-10 overall while the Tigers improve to 18-3.

Head Coach Scott Mattera said, "The Tigers were national runners up last year for a reason, but we are past the point of moral victories in our program. We had all the momentum after game three and said all the right things between sets three and four but killed our own momentum in the final set. We fought back and I'm proud of that, but we can't dig holes against good teams. We'll learn from it, and we got better as a team tonight, which will help us down the stretch."

Basics

The Saints played a close match against Trinity on Tuesday night. The Saints rallied after falling 20-13 in the first set but couldn't complete a comeback. The second set was also competitive, but the Tigers recorded the best hitting set of the match at .440. The Saints picked up the pace in the third set and forced the Tigers into 10 errors. OLLU totaled 11 kills in the frame. The final set was similar to the second set with the Saints making a late surge, but they fell short again.

Scoring overview

Set One – TU 25 – OLLU 18

Set Two – TU 25 – OLLU 21

Set Three – OLLU 25 – TU 15

Set Four – TU 25 – OLLU 21

Set review

In the first set, OLLU recorded 12 kills and five errors on 42 total attacks for a hitting percentage of .167.

The Saints had 10 kills in the second set and six errors on 29 total attacks for a hitting percentage of .138.

In the third set, OLLU recorded 11 kills and four errors on 37 total attacks for a hitting percentage of .189.

The Saints had 15 kills in the fourth set and five errors on 43 total attacks for a hitting percentage of .233.

On the offense

Overall, the Saints had 48 kills for a hitting percentage of .185. Trinity totaled 55 kills for a hitting percentage of .261.

Mia Francis led the Saints with 16 kills. Lauren Reynard assisted on 40 plays for OLLU.

Defensive standouts

OLLU had a total of 61 digs, led by Tina Trevino with 17. Madalyn Gonzalez had four total blocks.

Serving it up

Mia Dorsey led the Saints with three service aces.

Up next

The Saints head to Seguin, Texas, to face Texas Lutheran University tomorrow at 6:30 p.m.