Lady Jackets Falll In Five To Undefeated McMurry

HPU Sports Information

BROWNWOOD, Texas - The Howard Payne women's volleyball team took games two and three to force a fifth game but fell to undefeated McMurry University 2-3 (25-22,17-25,17,25,25-21,15-6) in the Lady Jackets home conference opener Tuesday evening.

Unforced errors allowed McMurry to take game one 25-22, but the Lady Jackets rallied to win games two and three 25-17 and 25-17.

The fourth game was another close one with McMurry winning 25-21. HPU would be unable to match the offensive output of McMurry 15-6 and the match 2-3.

Sarah Bishop led HPU with 15 kills followed by Taylor Jordan with 11. Tamika Heline had nine kills and a team high 26 digs, Kristin Hammond followed with 23 digs.

MJ Vickers led McMurry with 17 kills with Bailey Marcum at 10 kills and 20 digs.

Howard Payne now stands at 4-5 overall and 0-1 in conference play, while McMurry improves to 9-0 overall and 1-0 in conference action.

The Lady Jackets will play next on Thursday in Kerrvile, Texas versus conference opponent Schreiner University.
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