HOUSTON (9/1/23) – Tegan Seyring combined for 26 kills in two matches on Friday for the Arkansas State volleyball team, which split a doubleheader against Prairie View A&M and Houston Christian at the Molly Howard-Gerwig Memorial Tournament.

The Red Wolves (4-1) opened with a sweep over Prairie View before dropping a four-set decision to the host Huskies in the nightcap. Seyring compiled a .477 attack percentage in the two contests, committing just five errors.

MATCH 1 | ARKANSAS STATE 3 – PRAIRIE VIEW A&M 0 | 25-19, 25-19, 25-16

Tegan Seyring hit a blistering .824 in the opening match, tallying a match-high 14 kills on 17 swings without an error in the Red Wolves’ three-set sweep over Prairie View A&M. Seyring’s mark was the best by a Red Wolf since 2012, and the second-highest single-match percentage nationally this season (min. 15 attempts).

Erin Madigan doled out 30 assists along with two solo blocks, while Sarah Martinez corralled a match-high 11 digs.

The Yorktown, Ind., native paced all players with six kills on seven swings in the opening set, as A-State (4-0) expanded an early slim margin to take a 1-0 lead in the match. The Red Wolves hit .387 to start the match and sided out 75 percent of the time.

In the second set, the Red Wolves served three aces and limited the Panthers (2-3) to a .143 attack percentage to take the second set 25-19 to lead 2-0 in the match.

The third set saw A-State hit .321 and own a 76 percent sideout percentage on the way to clinching its third sweep of the season.

MATCH 2 | HOUSTON CHRISTIAN 3 – ARKANSAS STATE 1 | 25-17, 25-19, 20-25, 25-18

In Friday night’s match against host Houston Christian, Arkansas State (4-1) battled back from down two sets to extend the match, but the Huskies (3-3) pulled away in the fourth set to take a 3-1 decision.

Three Red Wolves tallied double-digit kills, led by Kaitlin Whitlock’s career-high 16 on 46 attempts. The freshman committed just five errors to hit .239, while corralling 10 digs. Bailey Helzer also notched a double-double, tallying 13 kills and 11 digs. Sarah Martinez served three of A-State’s five aces while leading all players with 15 digs.

HCU took the opener by a count of 25-17, as A-State hit just .147 in the frame while the Huskies attacked at a .419 clip. The Huskies rode that momentum into the second set, taking the first six points of the set but A-State pulled within two at 12-10 on a kill by Whitlock. The hosts created distance in the final points, taking five of the last six to take a 2-0 lead in the contest.

A-State roared to an early advantage in the third set, and did not trail en route to taking the set 25-20 and extending the match. The Scarlet and Black fired three aces in the frame and knocked down a trio of blocks, while hitting at a .282 mark. A-State totaled nine blocks in the match, including a season-high five by Yazmyn Billings.

Looking to force a fifth, the Red Wolves took an early lead before the Huskies went on a 4-0 run to lead 15-11 at the media timeout. HCU expanded its lead to eight, but a Whitlock kill sparked a run that pulled the Scarlet and Black to within five. HCU withstood the comeback attempt, however, clinching the match with a 25-18 fourth-set win.

NEXT UP

A-State concludes action in the Molly Howard-Gerwig Memorial Tournament Saturday, facing first-time opponent Penn. First serve against the Quakers is set for 12:30 p.m. inside Sharp Gym.

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