Wildcats out-claw Panthers in five-set thriller

Friday, September 13

Abilene, Texas

6:30 p.m.

Abilene Christian

1-7

Prairie View A&M

1-8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Prairie View	23	25	17	25	13	2
Abilene Christian	25	20	25	22	15	3

Photo by: Meda Bow

Wildcats out-claw Panthers in five-set thriller

9/13/2019 10:01:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

By: Cassie Kelley

ABILENE—The Wildcats faced a familiar foe in a rematch against the Panthers of Prairie View A&M. The two teams met this past Sunday in a single match on the Panthers home court. ACU came away with the 3-1 victory on Sunday but the revenge-minded Panthers wouldn't back down in the rematch. The teams battled in a five-set thriller with the Wildcats earning the 3-2 victory.

Prairie View struck early in the first set, pushing their lead to as many as five points, but the Wildcats were able to claw back behind an eight-point run which included three service aces from Lindsey Toney. ACU dropped set two after struggling with hitting errors and totaling a negative hitting percentage for the set. The team came out in set three on fire, opening on a 9-0 run before taking the set 25-17. The Panthers made plays down the stretch in set four, closing the match on a 7-1 run to even the match at two sets apiece and forcing a decisive fifth set. The Wildcats were able to close out the fifth, and earn the win to end the night on a high note.

Toney had another career game against the Panthers, earning her first career double-double with 16 kills and 15 digs. The sophomore just missed a triple-double after totaling eight aces for the match. Eighmy Dobbins put together a solid night as well with 10 kills and eight digs. Senior, Kennedy Shelstead bounced back after a tough game against Fullerton to hit .261 with eight kills nine total blocks. Libero, Mackenzie Harris anchored the defense yet again with 27 digs in the match.

Scoring Summary
Set 1: 25-23
Set 2: 20-25
Set 3: 17-25
Set 4: 22-25
Set 5: 15-13

News and Notes

Madison Rohre collected her first career double-double with 35 assists and 10 digs.
Toney destroyed the DI-era record for aces in a match. The previous record was five. The eight aces also tied her for seventh in the all-time ACU volleyball record book for aces in a match.
Breanna Box led the Wildcats with a .308 hitting percentage.
Harris totaled at least four digs in each set.
The Wildcats outblocked the Panthers 13-10.
Shelstead's nine total blocks ties with ten other players for the most total blocks in a match in the DI-era.

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The 2019 Wildcat Classics concludes tomorrow with three matches beginning at 11 a.m. The Wildcats will host the North Texas Mean Green at 2 p.m. in Moody Coliseum.