THE RUNDOWN
DBU (2-3) swept East Central (0-5) Tuesday evening in their first home game of the 2019 season.  Freshman Macey Winburn had an impressive debut on DBU home turf posting a career-high nine digs and tying her season-high in assists (10). Junior Brooke Clark led the team in digs (12) and was second on team in kills (12).

In the first set, four straight kills by the Lady Patriots led the team to an early 4-1 lead over the Tigers. The Tigers bounced back with two kills from freshman Zaniya Norvell and an attack error by Brooke Clark. The Lady Patriots maintained a steady lead over the Tigers throughout the set with help from Brooke Clark who posted eight kills on the set.  Freshman Macey Winburn posted a career-high six digs in the first set.
 
DBU pulled ahead of the Tigers from the jump in the second set. The Lady Patriots widened their lead over East Central with Emma Eakin posting four kills ahead of a DBU timeout. Eakin lead the Lady Patriots to a double-digit lead over the Tigers with five kills. The Patriots led 19-10 allowing the Tigers to only score two points before winning the second set. 
 
The Tigers posted the first point of the third set with DBU matching every point.  The Tigers and Lady Patriots were tied 6-6 before DBU pulled ahead with a service ace from Brooke Clark.  A kill by Emma Eakin and Kasey Holand helped the Lady Patriots extend their lead 10-6. The Tigers came back to close the gap, 13-10.  DBU pulled ahead once again to a 20-12 lead over the Tigers. A kill by Emma Eakin helped lead the team to a 25-15 win over the Tigers.
 
KEY STORYLINES
-Keely Hardin posted a season-high three service aces
-Freshman Macey Winburn was second on the leaderboard in digs (9)
-Senior Emma Eakin posted a season-high 13 kills

DBU HEAD COACH CATHY KOKEL ON THE TEAM'S MAIN FOCUS
"The girls executed well our game plan which was serve aggressive and focus on fundamentals this point in the season. We are still working some things out but over all we did well with our serve and pass game and that is our biggest focus right now."

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
75- Points garnered by the Lady Patriots
73- Total service aces for the team
.311- Hitting percentage compared to .047 from the Tigers
 
UP NEXT
DBU takes on Oklahoma Baptist at home on Friday at 2:00 p.m. for the start of the 2019 Patriot Tournament.