THE RUNDOWN
The 2025 DBU Volleyball season began with a bang this afternoon when the Lady Patriots took down the Southwest Baptist Bearcats in three dominant sets. In a game where both veterans and new faces flourished,
Karly Wells led everyone on the floor with 15 kills. Not far behind her,
Reagan Fifer had her breakout performance as a Lady Patriot, tallying a career high of 11 kills.
DBU saw great production from their newcomers, namely freshman libero
Blue Anderson and transfer senior
Madison Clark. Anderson finished the contest with a game-high 17 digs in a contest where nobody else had more than 12. Clark finished with five kills on nine swings and did so without recording an error. MC also contributed two total blocks this afternoon.
Sydney Payne and
Paityn Winters contributed 18 and 19 assists, respectively. Winters completed her first double-double as a Lady Patriot with 11 digs to go alongside her setter duties.
THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Middles
Madison Clark and
Kalin Hubbard combined for seven kills on twelve swings, while neither committed an error.
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Lauren Witte made a big splash in her collegiate debut, totaling eight kills and ten digs.
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Karly Wells had 30 attack attempts in this game. The next highest total on the DBU side was
Reagan Fifer's 17.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
-.083 - DBU held SBU's leading attacker, Gabriela Dupree, under the zero line in hitting percentage this afternoon.
.380 - The Lady Patriots swung to the tune of a .380 team-hitting percentage in the season opener.
0 - Despite their dominance in nearly every aspect of the game, DBU is still in search of their first service ace of the season.
UP NEXT
DBU will quickly turn around and look ahead to their 7 pm matchup with East Central University, who bested the Lady Patriots in the Dallas Classic last season.
