ABILENE, Texas – McMurry swept Schreiner University Friday night at Kimbrell Arena to earn its fourth-straight trip to the American Southwest Conference postseason tournament.

McMurry took a 27-25, 25-22, 25-17 victory to pick up its 15th victory of the season overall and moved to 12-6 in the ASC West to clinch the third and final spot in the six-team tournament scheduled for next
week in Seguin.

Bailey Marcum had 11 kills and Jasmine Qualls' 34 assists helped pace a .239 hitting effort and the defense held the Mountaineers to a .060 hitting percentage. Bennie Smith had nine kills and Terah Brown and M.J. Vickers each had eight apiece. Brown hit .438 and also added seven blocks on the defensive end. Sarah Anding's 16 digs led McMurry while Vickers added 15.

Brittany Boyet had 10 kills for Schreiner in the losing effort and Holly Howard had 19 digs to lead the Mountaineers defensively.

McMurry will face East Texas Baptist in the first round for the fourth consecutive year and the team has taken two out of three first-round battles in the last three seasons over the Tigers to move to the semi-finals round. McMurry will look for its first title game appearance since winning the title in 1997.

“I'm very excited at the beginning of the season you always set the goal to end up at the conference tournament and we are headed that way,” said head coach Cammie Petree of McMurry's fourth-straight trip
to the postseason.

Sul Ross State will mark the the final regular season match before the tournament begins. The Lobos and McMurry will square off Saturday morning at Kimbrell Arena at 11 a.m. and Petree will honor the team's
three seniors. Sarah Anding, Terah Brown and Mandie Moore will all play their final home games in a McMurry uniform Saturday.

“We have three seniors that have been amazing players for this program, and we're looking forward to the opportunity to honor them,” Petree said. “All three have been big contributors for the program”