Volleyball takes down Huston-Tillotson in final match at Texas Two-Step Tournament

(Fort Worth, TX) - The Rochester Christian Women's Volleyball team rounded out their trip down south with the final doubleheader at the Texas Two-Step Tournament. The Warriors started the day by taking on #RV Lindsey Wilson before facing Huston-Tillotson to end the tournament. 

GAME 1: RCU 1, #RV LWU 3

Facing off against their second #RV team of the season, RCU and Lindsey Wilson split the first two sets before LWU won the final two. 

Alivia Everitt earned the first point of the match with a kill. The two teams kept trading points throughout the set as Kourtney Mack tied the set at 10 with a kill. RCU was able to battle out to a 22-20 lead, but a couple of LWU kills and errors gave the Blue Raiders the final five points. 

Another similar set saw the Warriors get out to a 10-8 lead after Ashley Horne earned a service ace. The teams tied it up once again for the ninth time at 18. Kourtney Mack gave the Warriors the 19-18 on a kill and sparked RCU to score seven of the final nine points to even the match at one set apiece. 

After a tight start to the set, Lindsey Wilson took the lead and fought off multiple Warrior runs as they had a six-point lead midway through the set. RCU did rally back to an 18-17 deficit after Hannah Roddis served an ace, but LWU scored seven of the final nine points. 

The fourth and final set saw LWU end the match with a 25-20 win. Rochester Christian gained a 13-10 lead in the set on multiple kills before the Blue Raiders were able to rally and take control of the set. Following a Hailee Mancogna kill, LWU scored eight of the next nine points to take a 22-17 lead. The two teams traded the final five points as LWU took the match win. 

GAME 2: RCU 3, HTU 0

RCU dominated the second match of the day with a pair of 25-8 set wins followed by a 25-18 win in set 3. The Warriors jumped out to an early 10-1 lead with kills coming from Alivia Everitt, Mackenzie Keefer, and Hailee Mancogna. Allison Scott would go on a serving run with six straight points, including a service ace. After a 17-3 lead, HTU scored five more points in the set, but RCU's offense was too much to overcome. 

Set #2 saw the same final score, and the Warriors were able to get out to a big lead to start the set. Madelyn Geisenhaver started the scoring for the Warriors with a couple of kills, while Allison Scott added another service ace. Hannah Maynard earned a service ace as well in a mini serve run with four straight points, which had kills from Chante Hudgins and Kendal Zeiter. An HTU error rounded out the set with RCU taking a 2-0 lead. 

Alyssa Swanson scored the first point in the set for RCU off an assist from Mackenzie Keefer. Huston-Tillotson took their first lead of the match with an 8-5 lead, but kills from Chante Hudgins and Kourtney Mack gave the Warriors the lead for the rest of the match. RCU was able to grab 15 of the final 25 points to earn the 3-0 sweep. 

TOP PERFORMERS

Madalyn Geisenhaver led the Warriors on the day with 18 kills, with five other Warriors tallying double-digit kills, including Kourtney Mack (14), Alivia Everitt (14), Chante Hudgins (13), Kendal Zeiter (13), and Hailee Mancogna (10). Mackenzie Keefer led the assist department with 38, while Emma Hock added 19. 

The defensive end saw Madelyn Geisenhaver and Alivia Everitt both tally six blocks, while Ashley Horne (25 digs), Hannah Maynard (16), Karlie Rohraff (16), Mackenzie Keefer (16), and Emma Hock all recorded at least 10 digs. 

UP NEXT

The Warriors open up their home and WHAC season on Wednesday, September 3, when they host Michigan-Dearborn at 7 PM at Garth Pleasant Arena.