Box Score

ABILENE, Texas – It took one hour and 55 minutes, but McMurry University tied the school record for victories in a season as the War Hawks improved to 23-2 on the season with a 22-25, 28-26, 26-24, 25-21 win over Concordia-Texas at Kimbrell Arena Saturday.

The War Hawks used a balanced offensive attack with M.J .Vickers leading the way with 14 kills while Bailey Marcum and Stephanie Henry each had a dozen. Kasi Conners had eight blocks and 1 kills while Jasmine Qualls and Demi Holladay paced McMurry with 24 and 23 assists respectively.

In the losing effort, The Tornados had 15 kills from Shelbi Chipman and Amanda Alffolter had 11. CTX had just a .118 hitting percentage but managed to outblock McMurry for the first time since Howard Payne outblocked McMurry on Sept. 13. The Tornados had 12 team blocks compared to McMurry's nine led by Emma Clifford's eight total blocks.

In the first set, McMurry dug itself into hole trailing 10-3; the War Hawks battled back and got within two points of the lead at 23-21, however, CTX held on for the first-set win.

In the second set, the Tornados carried that momentum leading 17-12. But, the War Hawks clawed back and eventually knotted the score at 24, before taking the set in extras at 28-26. In the third set, McMurry led 5-0, but quickly CTX made it close again. Although the War Hawks never trailed, the Tornados tied the score at 24 before Kasi Conners recorded a kill and assisted on a block with M.J. Vickers to close out the 26-24 win.

In the final set, the Tornados didn't die leading late 21-20. However, Stephanie Henry led a 5-0 run for McMurry with three kills to close out the contest.

McMurry won 23 games in 1997 and 2002, and the War Hawks will go for the school record Friday in Kerrville against Schreiner at 7 p.m.