Box Score BOX SCORE

THE RUNDOWN
AUSTIN, Texas. – Newman used a 9-0 run midway through the fourth set and carried the momentum to a five-set slugfest road win over St. Edward's Thursday at the RCC. The Jets (8-9, 2-0) won 30-28, 18-25, 19-25, 25-10, 15-8 dropping SEU to 11-5 overall and 2-1 in league play.

After outlasting SEU 30-28 in the opening set, the Hilltoppers battled back with an impressive .348 hitting mark to even the match in set two, with 17 kills and just one error. SEU took the advantage in the third set adding 13 more kills on a .250 hitting mark.

However, after the Jets' Reagan Roth had a setting error that closed the gap for the Hilltoppers to six points in the fourth set, making the score 15-9, Newman rattled off nine straight points before eventually forcing the match to a fifth set with a 25-10 win, and the Jets coasted in the fifth set.

The Jets' win marks the fifth consecutive time they have come to Austin and taken a victory over SEU.

HIGHLIGHTS
• ALEXA MCANDREW led SEU with 17 kills on a .341 hitting mark; she recorded her fourth career double-double and surpassed the 350 career-kills mark in the process (17k, 13d).
• Both SEU setters, JULIA HARTLEY and MADISON HEALD, had double-doubles in the losing effort. Hartley posted her 24th career double-double with 26 assists and 13 digs while the freshman, Heald, had 18 assists and 16 digs for her second double-double of the season.
• MORGAN BECKHAM led all players with 31 digs; it was the 11th match of her career with 30+
• MIKAYLA PARKER's seven blocks gave her 20 career matches with at least five.
• KATIE MARTIN collected the 20th double-double of her career with 11 kills and 15 digs.
• KATE HENDRIX's 11 kills gave her seven matches on the season in double-digits, and it marked the 12th time in her career to collect 10+.

STAT OF THE GAME I
11 – The Hilltoppers surrendered a season-high 11 receiving errors in the loss to Newman.

THEY SAID IT
SEU Head Coach Mary DeJute on individual performances and what prevented the win …
"I thought [Alexa] McAndrew and [Kate] Hendrix played well offensively. This is the first match that I feel that our setters ran the system. We were just unlucky and our hitters weren't able to put the ball down tonight. Between our serve reception not working and being off on our swings, it's just a recipe for disaster."

WHAT'S NEXT
St. Edward's resumes conference play Saturday at home vs. UAFS at Noon.