GEORGETOWN, Texas – The Maryville College (7-8, 1-6) volleyball team dropped their midday matchup against the Pirates of Southwestern (13-5, 4-2). As a unity, the Scots posted 24 kills, 20 assists, and 16 digs.

Southwestern initiated the scoring in set one, but kills from Charli Grubbs, Kiana Kent, Addison Appleby, and Lexi Davis interrupted Pirates's scoring. After responses from the Scots, Southwestern took set one, 25-9.

The Pirates kicked off scoring in set two, but kills from Appleby, Aubrey Gibson, and Ruby Walton kept the Scots in the set. Despite putting points on the board, Maryville struggled to reclaim the lead, but down by six, Walton pieced together two aces alongside Southwestern errors to cut the lead to two at 20-18. A final pair of kills from Grubbs and Izzy Freeman was not enough to overcome the Pirates, and Maryville lost set two, 25-20.

Maryville was fighting back from the first point, but Grubbs and Halie Rosasco pieced together points to close the gap to 6-4. Despite successful attacks from Davis, Kent, Walton, and Rosasco, Maryville was defeated by Southwestern, 25-14.

The Scots are back in action tomorrow, October 11 at 11:00 AM CT, taking on #15 Trinity to wrap up their time in Texas.