The University of the Southwest Volleyball Team traveled to Texas for two conference matchups this weekend. They took on Huston-Tillotson on Friday night in Austin, TX. They were able to win a thrilling match by a score of 3-2. They won the first two sets, dropped the third and fourth, and then took the decisive set five 15-13. They then traveled down to San Antonio to take on (RV) Our Lady of the Lake University. OLLU came into the match leading the West division of the Red River Athletic Conference with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses and had won all four RRAC matchups they had played so far. OLLU was able to take the Match from the Mustangs by the score of 3-0. The set scores were 25-18, 25-11, and 25-15. This dropped the Mustangs record in the conference to 3-1 and brought OLLU to 5-0 in conference play. 
 
Taking a look at the weekend as a whole, Head Coach Cass Smith said "Moving forward, it's important for us to understand that our win was not a fluke but a product of our hard work and dedication.  Though we fell short against OLLU, we did not play with the same focus as we did the night before.  Though the outcome wasn't what we had hoped we know now that we are capable and have to work on our consistency.  We know we have the talent, we have to work on staying out of our comfort zone and maintaining our new normal.  They made it happen, just have to believe."
 
They were several stand-out performers from the weekend. Junior Valeria Trevino had 15 kills, 1 block, and a hitting percentage of .182 on the weekend. Senior Autumn Lopez had 31 digs, 7 assists, and 1 ace this weekend. Freshman Alissa Mancera had 28 assists, 22 digs, and 1 ace on the weekend. When asked about some key players from the weekend Coach Smith said "Alina Gutierrez stepped up huge for us against HT with back to back to back digs gaining us momentum.  Fesili Masaniai was a leader on and off the court, she was a force on the court and her hustle kept morale up in key plays."
 
The Mustang volleyball team will have three matches this week as they look to continue their solid start in RRAC play. They will take on Sul Ross State in Alpine, TX on Tuesday at 2:00 PM MST. Then they will play an RRAC doubleheader at home next Saturday. They will take on Wiley College and Paul Quinn in the doubleheader, both are RRAC West division foes.