MARSHALL, Texas – East Texas Baptist won the 2024 American Southwest Conference Volleyball Championship on Saturday, November 16^th in Marshall. This was the Tigers’ second consecutive conference title.

UMHB opened the match with a five-point run followed later followed by a 6-1 run to cruise to a 25-16 first-set win. The Tigers fought back in the second set pulling ahead 23-14. The Cru put in a last stitch effort with five unanswered points to cut the gap to four but could not overcome the deficit as the Tigers tied up the match with a 25-19 win.

ETBU jumped to an early 7-2 lead in the third set before pulling away again to go up 19-10. The Tigers did not let the gap be less than five, rolling to a 25-15 victory.

UMHB responded with an explosive start to the fourth set, going up 8-2. The Cru got their advantage to 10 before the Tigers used two kills and a block to cut the gap to six. The set got as close as three with a Graycee Mosley kill to make it 21-18. The Tigers knotted it up 24-24, but the Cru kept battling, claiming a 27-25 win to force a fifth set.

The fifth set played close until the Cru used a 4-1 run to go ahead 9-5. The Tigers responded with seven unanswered points to take a 12-9 advantage. UMHB knotted it back up 14-14 and the contest went point-for-point from there. After the Cru went ahead 17-16, the Tigers used a duo of blocks from Emily Millikan and a kill from Mosley to claim the title with a 19-17 win.

Avery Reid led the match with 23 kills, followed by Mosley with 16. Cameron Pesek led the Cru with 12 kills followed by Kendall Harrington with 11. At the net Grace Williamson led with nine blocks while Callie Humphrey led with 31 digs.

The Tigers earned the ASC automatic qualifier to the NCAA DIII Volleyball Championship Tournament. The selection show will broadcast on Monday, November 18^th on NCAA.com.

All-Tournament Team
MVP - Avery Reid, ETBU
Graycee Mosley, ETBU
Callie Humphrey, ETBU
Cameron Pesek, UMHB
Kendall Harrington, UMHB
Morgan Nix, LETU
Jadyn Hernandez, HSU