Box Score THE RUNDOWN
The Lady Patriots (3-0) logged their third consecutive sweep to start the 2023 season with a victory over Montevallo (0-3) at the Patriot Classic in Tyler, Texas. DBU's three wins tie the program's best start to the season (2010).
 
The Lady Patriots came out with guns blazing in the first set. DBU took a 10-5 lead before scoring 11 consecutive points, a run broken up only by Montevallo's two timeouts. Kennedi Sutter finished the frame with her second ace of the set to put the Lady Patriots up, 1-0.
 
The Falcons looked to rebound from a mediocre first set and kept the score tight in the early goings of the second. Ahead, 9-8, DBU pieced together nine straight points as Sutter executed three kills and a block to go along with a pair of blocks from Lindsey Otero and Price Reeves and an ace from Lexi Lambert. The momentum flowed to the end of the set, and the Lady Patriots gave themselves a chance at a sweep entering the third frame.
 
DBU swiped the first three points of set three, but Montevallo answered by taking a 10-8 lead. Favored swayed back to the Lady Patriots when Sutter, Delaney Fuller, and Reeves recorded three straight kills to move DBU in front, 11-10. The Falcons forced a tie on three more occasions, but the Lady Patriots sealed the deal on the back of 16 combined kills courtesy of Fuller, Reeves, and Sutter.
 
THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Saturday afternoon's win gives DBU its first 3-0 start since 2010.
- Four Lady Patriots knocked in at least a pair of aces (Daylee Doggett, Delaney Fuller, Kennedi Sutter, Aryn Walton).
- The DBU front line blocked nine Falcon attacks.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
.688 - DBU hit a scalding .688 in the first set, their best clip in any set this season.
12 - With a team-leading 14 kills, Fuller has recorded at least 12 in all three games this year.
9 - The Lady Patriots have won their first nine sets of the year, the most consecutive sets won to start a season in program history.
 
UP NEXT
DBU plays its final match of the Patriot Classic against Harding at 5:30 p.m.