The Bulldogs volleyball team traveled to Canyon, Texas, and they won three straight matches.
Ferris opened its regular season with a three-match tournament against West Texas A&M, Texas A&M International and West Virginia State.
The Bulldogs faced off against national championship runner-up West Texas A&M on Thursday for their first matchup of the weekend. Ferris won the first two sets of the match, with set one being won by a score of 25-20 and set two being won by a score of 25-21. The Lady Buffs struck back winning the next two sets 25-22 and 25-16. The Bulldogs closed out the win in the fifth set with a score of 15-12.
Senior middle hitter Chelsie Freeman gave the keys to defeating tough opponents.
“One of our goals as a team is to row our oar, meaning that we all will play our role to the best of our ability and guiding our team to success and to our goals,” Freeman said.
On Friday, we saw the Bulldogs face off against the Texas A&M International Dustdevils for game two of the invitational. The Bulldogs dominated the Dustdevils, winning the match in three straight sets. The first set was won 25-17, set two ended 25-18, and set three was won by a score of 25-16. Freeman led the match with eight kills on 17 total attempts and 10.5 points. Senior outside hitter Claire Nowicki also had eight kills on 11 attempts and had 9.5 points.
In the final game of the invitational, the Bulldogs faced a tough opponent, the West Virginia State Yellow Jackets. Ferris closed out the match in three sets. Set one was won 25-18, set two 26-24 and set three ended 25-21. This match saw senior outside hitter Olivia Henneman-Dallape have an excellent match, having 14 kills on 30 attempts and 14 total points.
Henneman-Dallape gave credit to her team for her success during the invitational.
“Just have to give the credit to the girls next to me, starting with the amazing passing, setting and covering,” Henneman-Dallape said. “Just having the trust in the girl next to me no matter what we’re going to have the next ball mentality.”
Senior libero Leah Bylut plans for the team to keep this momentum going into the next set of matches.
“We have already moved on from celebrating these wins and we are focused on the next games,” Bylut said. “We will start implementing our strategy from our scouts on these upcoming opponents in practice this week. We respect all and fear none of our opponents, so we are going into our upcoming matches fully prepared and ready to compete.”
The Bulldogs will be traveling to Huntsville, AL. on Friday, Sept. 13 for the University of Alabama Huntsville Invitational, which will have the Bulldogs face off against the Emmanuel Lions, the Tusculum Pioneers, the Alabama Huntsville Chargers and the Harding Bisons.