THE RUNDOWN
DBU (14-13, 6-9) swept Texas A&M Kingsville (16-13, 7-8) Friday night inside the Burg Center to get their 11^th win at home for the season. Freshman Savannah Whitfield totaled three career-highs for the night with five kills, one assist, and nine digs to help the Lady Patriots to a 3-0 win.
 
DBU got ahead early in the first set leading 8-2 ahead of the first timeout for the Javelinas.  The Lady Patriots kept the momentum to lead by double-digits backed by a kill via Kasey Holand and a couple Javelina errors. A&M Kingsville was able to close the gap with a 6-0 run, but it wasn't enough to stop DBU as they kept the lead to win the set 25-18.
 
It was a tight score from the jump in the second set keeping a tied score for the first four points, but a 4-0 run backed by a series of Javelina errors put the Lady Patriots on top at 7-4 to force a timeout. A&M Kingsville found their footing to push past DBU and lead by three, but the Lady Patriots found their way back on top at 19-17. It was battle to the end, but the Lady Patriots powered through to win 25-21. Savannah Whitfield and Emma Eakin led the match in kills after the second set with six each.
 
Both teams came out strong in the third set staying within a three-point range for the entire set. DBU pulled away at 20-17 after a kill via Lexie Houston and Kasey Holand to force the Javelinas into a timeout.  The Javelinas came back to close the gap at 23-23, but a couple kills from Emma Eakin and Brooke Clark gave the Lady Patriots the advantage to sweep the Javelinas 25-23.
 
KEY STORYLINES
-Lexie Houston topped the leaderboard with ten kills
-Savannah Whitfield posted three career-highs on the night
-Alyssa Pevehouse led the match with 17 digs  
 
HEAD COACH CATHY KOKEL ON UTILIZING THE TEAM'S MIDDLE PLAYERS
"Our focus this week has been on getting that high ball up in the middle so we can run our middles more and we executed that tonight. It's didn't always look pretty, but we were patient and tried to utilize our middles more to set up the hitters and our lineup tonight helped achieve that. The team executed the lineup and what we've been working on all week."

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
11^th- Win inside the Burg Center for the season
1^st- Win against the Javelinas since 2010
43- Kills on the night compared the opponents' 31
 
UP NEXT
DBU is back in the Burg Center Saturday November 9^th at 1:00 p.m. to battle Texas A&M International.