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Rhodes records 500th career assist in sweep of Islanders
September 09, 2022 | Women's Volleyball
HOUSTON – Another career milestone was hit today after junior setter Reese Rhodes recorded her 500th assist in a sweep of the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders at Tudor Fieldhouse by a score of 25-19, 25-15, 25-19.
Tech (7-0) hit .337 in the match after collecting 39 kills on 83 attacks. In addition, the Red Raiders tallied 31 assists, 33 digs and held the Islanders to a .143 hitting clip with seven total blocks (one solo, 12 block assists).
Senior Kenna Sauer posted another double-digit kill performance with 12 (.500 hitting), while also totaling two aces, seven digs and three blocks. Brooke Kanas was right behind after posting seven kills on 12 attacks (.417) with a team-high five blocks. Freshman Currie Marusak added six more kills for the Red Raiders and Karrington Jones collected five kills and a block.
Rhodes put together a 26-assist performance in the match, pushing her career total over 500 now. She also added three digs and two kills in the match. Junior Maddie O'Brien continues to dominate in the service game, picking up three more aces for a season total of 15. Freshman Dylan Hoskins also posted a career-high, three aces in the game.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Set One
Both teams started the set tied at 3-3 before Tech went on a 3-0 run sparked by an Islanders error. TAMUCC cut into Tech's lead when they served an ace for a one-point deficit at 10-9. The Red Raiders didn't let that faze them as they went on a huge, 8-3 run after a kill from O'Brien started it. Again, the Islanders would make a run of their own, but Tech ended the set on a 5-1 run to win, 25-19.
Set Two
The Red Raiders started the second set on a 9-4 run highlighted by kills from O'Brien, Sauer and Kanas. Tech would continue its hot start when O'Brien got to the service line at 13-7. She would serve eight consecutive times, picking up two aces along the way, to give Tech a 21-8 advantage. TAMUCC would fight back, but the Red & Black would take the set by a score of 25-15 on a Brynn Williams kill.
Set Three
The Islanders came out firing in the third set as they took an early 9-6 lead. Tech would eventually tie the set at 12-all on an attack error by the Islanders, then would take a 13-12 lead with a Marusak slam. The match was back-and-forth until it was 16-16, when Tech would take the lead on two TAMUCC errors and three back-to-back-to-back aces from Hoskins to make it 21-16. Tech would go on to sweep the Islanders with a 25-19 set after Kanas slammed down her seventh kill of the match.
NOTABLES
- The Islanders' 33 kills were the lowest the Red Raiders have allowed their opponents this season.
- Tech's nine aces are tied for the most this season for the Red & Black… The other time coming against Charlotte.
- With a .337 hitting clip, the Red Raiders have now hit .300 or better in four matches.
- Reese Rhodes earned her 500th career assist in the match, joining Kenna Sauer and Reagan Cooper to hit 500 career marks in the season.
- Sauer picked up her seventh, double-digit kill game with 12.
- Maddie Correa led the team with seven digs.
- Dylan Hoskins posted a career-high three aces in the match.
- Maddie O'Brien collected three aces in a match for the fourth time this year.
- Freshman Ellie Baumert tallied a career-high three assists.
Up Next
The Red Raiders face the Brown Bears tomorrow at 12 p.m. at Tudor Fieldhouse.
