COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – HBU sophomore outside hitter
Jessica Wooten led the Huskies with 11 kills and 23 kills in Saturday's matches against Air Force and Marist.
The Huskies defeated Marist 3-1 (24-26, 25-21, 22-25, 20-25) Saturday evening. Wooten led the Huskies against Marist with 23 kills and 11 digs. Senior outside hitter
Megan McStravick and senior outside hitter
Bailey Keith each recorded 12 kills for HBU (3-2). Sophomore setter
Kayla Armer recorded a match-high of 57 assists against the Red Foxes. Senior libero
Haley Hoffman had 18 digs for the Huskies.
Kelsey Lahey led Marist with 14 kills, while Marisa Gilbert recorded 13 kills. Courtney Shaw had 10 kills for the Red Foxes. Amanda Schlegel led Marist with 42 assists. Brooke Zywick recorded a match-high of 21 digs.
The Huskies were outblocked by the Red Foxes 9-6. HBU outhit Marist 64-53. The Huskies also outdug the Red Foxes 57-49.
The Huskies dropped 3-0 (17-25, 16-25, 23-25) to Air Force in their first match Saturday afternoon. Wooten led HBU with 11 kills, while McStravick recorded nine kills and 12 digs for the Huskies. Armer had 29 assists for HBU.
Maggie Sherrill led Air Force with 15 kills. Hillary Keltner recorded 41 assists for the Falcons. Rebecca Bates led the team with 15 digs.
The Falcons outhit the Huskies 47-34. HBU outblocked Air Force 6-4. The Huskies outdug the Falcons by two.
The Huskies return to action for the UT Arlington Tournament on September 12 against Florida Gulf Coast at 11 a.m.