The Lady Patriots Volleyball Team improved to 4-3 on the season on Friday as they went 1-1 in the opening day of the 2009 DBU Lady Patriot Volleyball Invitational Tournament.

DBU started the day with a win over Southern Arkansas University by the score of 3-1 at 1:00 p.m. as Sophomore Kaylyn Frink and Senior Lauren Zegarelli led the way for the Lady Patriots with 14 and 12 kills respectively. Senior Amanda Emmert recorded a game high 16 defensive digs with Frink close behind with 14 digs of her own.

The Lady Patriots started the second match strong as they grabbed an early 1-0 lead over Texas A&M University – Commerce. DBU was not able to hold onto the lead as Naomi Mays for Commerce led the Lions with 22 kills as they took the next three sets from the Lady Patriots to end the match 3-1. Frink led the Lady Patriots in the loss with 15 kills.

The Lady Patriots played host to five teams on Friday as the campus saw five total matches including Abilene Christian University, University of Arkansas at Monticello, Dallas Baptist University, Southwest Baptist University, Southern Arkansas University, and Texas A&M University – Commerce.

Day 1 Results (click here for complete results)
ACU vs. SBU (ACU,3-1)
DBU vs. SAU (DBU, 3-1)
AMU vs. ACU (ACU, 3-1)
DBU vs. TAMUC (TAMUC, 3-1)
SBU vs. SAU (SBU, 3-1)

The Lady Patriots are back in tomorrow as they play the University of Arkansas at Monticello at 9:00 a.m. then turn around to play Abilene Christian University at 7:00 p.m. to finish out the tournament. All games will be played in the Burg Center on the campus of Dallas Baptist University.

Day 2 Schedule
9:00 a.m. DBU vs. AMU
11:00 a.m. SAU vs. TAMUC
1:00 p.m. SBU vs. AMU
3:00 p.m. ACU vs. SAU
5:00 p.m. SBU vs. TAMUC
7:00 p.m. DBU vs. ACU