THE RUNDOWN
The Dallas Baptist Volleyball team defeated Newman University in straight sets as they moved to 8-8 on the season, 6-4 in Heartland Conference play. Krystal Wunderlich had a match high 15 kills and Kaycie Bird dished out a match high 45 assists.     

The opening of the first set would be very close between DBU and NU. With both teams tied up at 12, the Lady Patriots would start to pull away from the Lady Jets as they scored four straight points to gain breathing room at, 16-12. Despite the cushion DBU would allow NU to rally back and take the lead, 23-22. As the teams traded the lead in extra points the Lady Patriots would go on to secure the first win of the afternoon, 29-27. 

NU would begin the second set by putting together a 5-0 lead, but DBU would climb into the driver's seat engineering a drive that included a six point streak to gain their first lead of the second set at 10-8. The Lady Jets would comeback to tie the score at 10, but it would not be for long as the Lady Patriots would begin to pull away going on multiple runs to finish the set. DBU would go up 2-0, in the match as they won the second set, 25-16. 

With NU facing elimination DBU wasted no time building a lead, racing out to an 11-3 advantage. This would be the beginning of the end for the Lady Jets as the Lady Patriots won the set 25-13 completing the straight set. 
    
COACH'S QUOTE
"We've been working really hard in practice on aggression and we saw that today. The hitters that were supposed to be hitting hit, blockers blocked and Kaycie Bird ran the court very well. All in all it was a great game. We were not expecting to win in three, but it was a nice surprise." - Coach Cathy Kokel

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
134 Number of total attempts by each team.
70   Number of total digs by DBU
4     Number of Lady Patriots with double digit digs (Tadam Mergener 23, Bird 14, Wunderlich 12, Brooke Manley 10).
2     Number of lead changes during the match in the second and third set.
0     Number of Lady Jets with double digit kills.

WHAT'S NEXT
Next up for the Lady Patriots, they finish out their three match home stand as they host the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions at the Burg Center on Tuesday, October 14. First serve is at 7pm.