THE LEAD
The Dallas Baptist Volleyball Team fell to the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Lions, 3-0. This is DBU's fourth loss in their last five matches. Brooke Manley and Lauren Nicks had match highs of 17 kills and 22 digs, respectively, with Kaycie Bird turning in 21 assists.

The Lady Patriots opened up the first set scoring the first two points, with the Lions responding by scoring the next three to take a 3-2 lead. As play continued, DBU eventually tied UAFS 9-9, after a Madeline Dolberry kill. A 6-2 run benefited the Lions as they pulled ahead of the Lady Patriots, 15-11 and from there UAFS continued to increase their advantage going up by as much as eight points to take the first set 25-17, going up 1-0 in the match.

The second set was tightly contested between the two squads knotting the score 8-8 in the early goings. A three point rally allowed the Lions to pull away from the Lady Patriots going up 11-8. Despite the deficit, DBU continued to play close and it paid off, scoring seven of the next 11 points with a Cooper Martin kill tying the set 15-15. The teams tied again at 18, before UAFS gained control using their hot .350 hitting percentage to capture the second set 25-21 taking a 2-0 lead in the match.

Building a 7-4 lead to begin the third set, the Lady Patriots would gain momentum, before UAFS went on a 7-3 run to get in front of DBU, 11-10. The Lady Patriots would play the Lions close into the final moments of the set. Down 22-20, DBU would strike with kills from Dolberry and Brooke Manley and a service ace from Hannah Hester to take a 23-22 lead late. After the rally, the Lady Patriots were unable to keep up offensively as  UAFS scored the final three points to edge DBU 25-23 and secure the sweep. 
 
COACH'S QUOTE 
"If we can buy into the lineup that was set on the court tonight and play the way we did, we could possibly see Fort Smith again in the conference tournament. We've been wanting to play like this, our defense was phenomenal tonight and we stayed aggressive at the net. After the game I think what meant the most to us, was the other coach asking to pray with us and that was a bigger impact than us winning or losing." - Coach Cathy Kokel

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
.258 Hitting percentage registered by UAFS to DBU's .135
23    Number of errors registered by DBU.
9      Number of blocks registered by UAFS to DBU's 3.

WHAT'S NEXT 
The Lady Patriot's "Senior Day" will be this Saturday, October 31 at noon, where they will face Newman University. DBU will honor seniors Kaycie Bird and Tadam Mergener.