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Buy Photos HereHOUSTON – The HBU volleyball team closed their non-conference schedule, downing Texas Southern in straight sets (25-18, 25-23, 25-11) on Tuesday night inside Sharp Gym.
The Huskies wrap up non-conference play with an 8-7 record, improving to 13-12 overall.
HBU outhit the Lady Tigers (9-17) .349-167, as three Huskies finished with double-figure kills. Senior
Allison Doerpinghaus led all, recording a match-high 13 kills, while junior outside hitter
Jessica Wooten finished with 12 kills and a match-high 13 digs to turn in her team-leading 11th double-double of the season. Freshman
Sophie Zielinski, making her second start of the season, finished with a career-high 11 kills on a .529 clip.
Junior setter
Kayla Armer recorded 48 assists. Junior libero
Melissa Fuchs tallied eight digs.
Doerpinghaus (5) and Wooten (4) combined for nine kills, as HBU took the opening set 25-18.
The second set proved to be the most contested of the match, as both teams traded the lead four times before the Huskies broke serve on a kill from Armer to go up 18-17 in a 25-23 edging.
Zielinski took over the third set, recording five kills, as HBU turned in a monstrous .680 hitting percentage to close the match in straight sets, 25-11.
The Huskies will sleep fast with two more home matches over the next four days. HBU will host Sam Houston State at 7 p.m. on Thursday, before meeting with Lamar at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
Postgame Quotes – Head Coach Trent Herman
Overview of match…"It was a little bit of a shaky start, but we found our footing. It's always really difficult to play a non-conference match in the heart of your conference season, because we are so locked in to what we need to do. Once we got into a rhythm though, we were fine."
On Sophie Zielinski's performance and team's offense…"We've been waiting for her to break through all year, being a freshman. She's just been really working hard every day in practice and earning her playing time. The last few matches she's stepped up and done a nice job.
"Overall, we were really balanced offense tonight with multiple girls stepping up at different points."
On upcoming conference matches over the next few days…"It is going to be really important for us to do finish out this homestand strong. We have two teams in Sam Houston State and Lamar that are looking to do the same thing we are, make a late push for a good seed in the conference tournament."
