McPherson, Kan. - The Central Christian College of Kansas Tigers Women's Volleyball team hosted three teams this week inside Jerry E. Alexander Arena. They faced Langston on Tuesday night, Texas Wesleyan University on Friday night and Nelson University on Saturday in a trifecta of Sooner Athletic Conference matchups.
Tuesday, the Tigers welcomed the Langston University Lions to McPherson as each team was looking for their first SAC win of the season. The Tigers would drop the first two sets 25-16 and 25-14. They responded well to win the third set, 25-20 and tally 10 kills and 8 errors on 36 swings. The Tigers went into the fourth set looking to even the match as the Lions and Tigers went back and forth the entire set. The Lions would break through and storm back after being down and steal the set 25-23 and win the match 3-1.
On Friday night, the Rams of Texas Wesleyan came into the match searching to get back to .500 while the Tigers were still looking to break through in the win column this season.
The Rams started the match on a 10-4 run, as they tallied three service aces in that span and took advantage of Tiger errors. The Tigers would respond by going on a run of their own late in the set. The Tigers stormed back to bring the match to 20-18 in favor of the Rams. Five straight points from the Rams would seal the first set, 25-18. Despite dropping the set, the Tigers hit .118 with 9 kills and just 4 errors on 43 swings.
The second set, the Tigers would put up the same offensive production, hitting postitive with 7 kills and 5 errors on 23 attempts. The Tigers would jump out to a 12-11 lead about halfway through the set but could not match the Rams counter. The Rams would proceed to outscore the Tigers 14-4 to take the second set 25-16.
In the third set, Texas Wesleyan scored the first six points of the set and this set the tone for how the set would play out. The Rams exploded offensively and took a commanding 17-3 lead in the third set. The Rams would go on to win the set 25-10 and the match in straight sets, 3-0.
The Tigers looked to turn things around Saturday as Nelson University came to McPherson. The Lions looked to continue their perfect record in SAC play thus far. The first set was all Nelson as they tallied 16 kills on 0 errors. The Tigers continued their streak of positive hitting, tallying 7 kills and 4 errors. The Lions would win the first set 25-8.
The Tigers also hit positive in the second set, hitting .176 with 7 kills on just 4 errors yet again. After being down early 9-4 in set 2, the Tigers would rally and get within two to make it 17-15. The Lions would go on to create separation in the set, outscoring the Tigers in the rest of the set, 8-2 to win the set, 25-17.
The third set featured a Nelson run of 11 straight points which took the wind out of the Tigers sails as they would go on to drop the third set 25-12 and the match in straight sets.
Despite the three losses,
Hannah Stewart tallied 24 kills and 22 digs.
Lexi Witt tallied 48 assists, and
Sofia Brockmeyer tallied 10 digs in the Tigers' match against Nelson.
The Tigers move to 0-14, 0-9 in SAC play. They continue SAC play as they take on College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri and John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas on Oct. 1st and 2nd. The two matches will be streamed live on the SAC Sports Network and Urban Edge Network.
