Ouachita Baptist Lady Tigers headed to Texas tournament

ARK ADELPHIA - The Ouachita Baptist volleyball team concluded play Saturday at the University of West Florida Comfort Inn-vitational Volleyball Tournament in Pensacola by losing a pair of matches to St. Joseph's, 3-0, and UNC-Pembroke, 3-2.Against UNC-Pembroke, the Lady Tigers (0-4) got out to a 5-1 lead in the opening game after a kill by Kaitlyn Mitcham. However, the Lady Braves rallied to tie the game at 11 after a kill by Rachel Young. Pembroke took advantage of a hitting error to grab the lead in which it never relinquished in a 25-23 win. In the second game, Ouachita Baptist jumped out to a 9-5 advantage after a kill by Lexie Hegi, set up by Stephanie Carrell. The Lady Tigers continued to hold off the Lady Braves to take the second game, 25-19.

Ouachita Baptist opened the third game by with an 8-3 lead after a kill by Meredith Henry, assisted by Lauren Stuart. A kill by Mitcham gave the Lady Tigers its biggest advantage of the tournament, 18-9. Ouachita Baptist cruised to a 25-16 win. In the final set, Ouachita Baptist tried to rally from a 12-6 deficit, but couldn't overcome the big margin in a 15-10 loss.

The Lady Tigers will play Friday and Saturday at the Texas Woman's Volleyball Tournament in Denton, Texas. Ouachita Baptist will meet Cameron and Texas Woman's on Friday before finishing the two-day tournament with matches against Permian Basin and Southeastern Oklahoma State.

(Courtesy of the OBU Web site)

Tri-Lakes, Pages 61 on 09/04/2008

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