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Tech Drops Tough Three-Set Battle In Morgantown
November 15, 2014 | Women's Volleyball
Emily Ruetter notched her fourth double-double in five games in Texas Tech's loss to West Virginia, on Saturday.
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. -- Texas Tech volleyball battled in two close opening sets, but eventually fell in three sets to West Virginia on Saturday, in Morgantown, W. Va.
Texas Tech (15-10, 3-10) went back-and-forth with West Virginia in the first set, hitting .178 compared to .167 from the Mountaineers, but eventually dropped it, 30-28. In the second set, Tech fought the Mountaineers to a 17-17 tie, before falling by a score of 25-23. West Virginia (14-13, 4-9) got off to a hot start in the third, taking a 13-5 lead, and never looked back, winning, 25-20.
"This is the ultimate team sport, and we need everyone to play to their potential and compete at a high level in every match to be successful," Texas Tech head coach Don Flora said. "We made a lot of great plays, but we needed to execute in crunch time. We weren't able to."
Jenna Allen led the way for the Red Raiders, notching her eighth double-double of the season with 12 kills and 11 digs. Bree David turned in eight kills, giving her 990 for her career. With 10 more kills, she will become the ninth Red Raider in history to record 1,000 kills.
Lauren Douglass and Mikia Mills combined for 15 kills on 33 swings, with five blocks. Douglass was efficient once again, with her nine kills coming on only 18 swings with just two errors.
"Our middles produced today," Flora said. "They were doing a great job, and when they're clicking like that we need to make quality plays to get them the ball more."
Emily Ruetter recorded her fourth double-double in five matches, recording 33 assists and a team-leading 14 digs. She now has 21 double-doubles as a Red Raider.
Rachel Brummitt record eight digs for the Red Raiders, meaning she only needs four more to be Tech's all-time leader for career digs.
Tech held West Virginia's Jordan Anderson, the Big 12 leader in kills per set, to 13 kills on 42 swings, slightly below her per-set average this season, which is 4.61 kills per set.
Tech will be on the road once again this upcoming Wednesday, Nov. 19, traveling to Fort Worth to face TCU. The match is set to begin at 7 p.m.
