THE LEAD
The Dallas Baptist Volleyball Team eased past the St, Mary's Rattlers 3-0 in their 2015 home opener at The Burg Center. Brooke Manley had a match high 12 kills, while Kaycie Bird registered 22 assists.

Dallas Baptist would start the first set of the evening by jumping out to a 5-1 lead. St. Mary's answered the Lady Patriots by putting together points of their own, including a four point run which tied up the set 8-8. DBU responded by notching five straight points to retake a 13-8 lead in the set. The Lady Patriots extended their lead by taking advantage of Rattler miscues to go up by as many as eight points at 21-13. A Cooper Martin kill would seal set one for the Lady Patriots, winning 25-15 to take a 1-0 match lead. 

In set two, DBU would face a more spirited St. Mary's squad, but the Lady Patriots had too much momentum from the first set to let the Rattlers gain a lead. Big kills from Brooke Manley and Sidnee Jo Fitzpatrick, who together amassed seven kills in total for the set, would establish dominance for Dallas Baptist. The Lady Patriots would win set two 25-19, going up 2-0 in the match.

Multiple point streaks early on by DBU would give them an early 10-3 advantage as they looked to put St. Mary's away in the third set. Seven kills by Carly Hess in the set would make the route complete as Dallas Baptist won the third and final set 25-15, winning the match 3-0.   

COACH'S QUOTE
"It was a nice win. Every player got on the court and every player did well and produced. They've been running a really fast offense and have been really aggressive in practice and it showed tonight. I'm proud of all of them." - Coach Cathy Kokel

INSIDE THE NUMBERS  
81  Number of digs registered by DBU to StMU's 41.
59  Number of assists registered by the Lady Patriots to StMU's 26.
15  All 15 Lady Patriots played during the match.
4    Number of Lady Patriots with double digit digs (Tadam Mergener-14, Lauren Nicks-14, Kaycie Bird-11, Hannah Hester-10).

WHAT'S NEXT
The Lady Patriots will face the Texas A&M International Dustdevils this Saturday, September 20, at The Burg Center. The match is set to begin at 12 pm.