Mustangs sweep Firestorm for second-straight night

TMU Women's Indoor Volleyball did something on Wednesday night that it had not done yet this season: beat the same team for a second-straight night.
 
Master's previously beat Life Pacific and Ottawa University Arizona on the first night of a back-to-back, but were unable to win the second match the following day. This time, the Mustangs completed the job, sweeping Arizona Christian once again; this time by set scores of 25-23, 25-19, 25-18.
 
"Tonight our goal was to put together another win," Master's head coach Annett Davis said. "Winning two-in-a-row against the same team has eluded us, so I am proud of how we finished."
 
In the first set, the Mustangs fought off a couple Firestorm runs to take an early advantage in the match. Down 11-14, an Emily Scott kill and subsequent service ace helped the Mustangs regain their first-set lead.

After falling behind again, five-straight TMU points culminated by a Faith Tarver service ace put Master's up 22-18. After a Firestorm point, an Emilye Grace Williams kill and Karli Stults service ace gave the Mustangs set point ahead by five.
 
However, ACU threatened to tie the set with four-straight points before Davis called a timeout with her team clinging to a one-point lead. The delay in action had the intended effect, with Master's claiming the next point to take the first set by two.
 
The Firestorm continued their late first-set surge into the second, racing out to a 5-2 lead. TMU reduced ACU's advantage to one, before a 6-0 run put Master's ahead, 16-11. The Mustangs' lead never got lower than four the rest of the set, as TMU took a commanding two-set-to-none advantage in the match.
 
The third set remained close throughout with neither team leading by more than three points, until at 20-18, Master's scored the final five points of the set. That 5-0 streak to complete the sweep was bookended by Williams' kills.
 
Williams led TMU with 12 kills, while Katie Emmerling recorded 27 assists to pace the Mustangs. Both Williams and Emmerling contributed nine digs on the night.
 
Defensively, Jessi Swenning led the Mustangs with four blocks while Stults tallied the most digs on the team with 11.
 
Master's improves to 6-2 overall and 4-2 in the Golden State Athletic Conference. The Mustangs are scheduled to return to conference action on March 16 at 6 p.m. when TMU hosts William Jessup inside The MacArthur Center for the first match of a back-to-back set between the two teams.

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