Zias coast past Wayland Baptist

CANYON, Texas — Sophomore middle blocker Grace George compiled 15 kills and senior outside hitter Anna Bellum added 10 kills and eight digs Thursday night as Eastern New Mexico University cruised past Wayland Baptist 30-25, 30-19, 30-19 in the Lady Buff Classic volleyball tournament, hosted by West Texas A&M-University.

Junior outside hitter Lindsay Schiely also had 10 kills for the Zias (13-5). Four ENMU players compiled eight or more digs, led by senior libero Jessica Weeks with 10.

The Pioneers (3-15) got nine kills from Mary Grace Moore, but had almost as many hitting errors (25) as kills (29) for the match.

ENMU will complete play in the three-day event today, facing St. Mary’s at 1 p.m. and Texas A&M-Commerce at 5 p.m. (MDT).

ENMU 3, Wayland Baptist 0

ENMU 30 30 30

Wayland Baptist 25 19 19

Kills — Eastern New Mexico, Grace George 15, Anna Bellum 10, Lindsay Schiely 10. Wayland Baptist, Mary Grace Moore 9. Block solos — Eastern New Mexico none, Wayland Baptist none. Block assists — Eastern New Mexico, Wayland Baptist none. Set assists — Eastern New Mexico, Margie Goble 29, Amber McCarthy 9. Wayland Baptist, Kourtney Dunnam 14, Abby Loerwald 12. Digs — Eastern New Mexico, Jessica Weeks 10, Kelley McGinty 9, Bellum 8, Olivia Boan 8. Wayland Baptist, T’Leah Eicke 11, Randi Trew 11. Aces — Eastern New Mexico, Goble 3, Boan 1, Weeks 1. Wayland Baptist, three tied with 1. Records — Eastern New Mexico 13-5, Wayland Baptist 3-15. T — 1:15. A — 102.

Vixens sweep Elida — Fort Sumner took over sole possesion of the District 3-1A lead Thursday night with a 25-16, 25-14, 25-4 victory at home over Elida.

The Lady Tigers hung with the Vixens (11-3, 4-0 district) fairly well for two games before falling off badly. Elida (11-4, 3-1) played without senior hitter Adrienne Coe, who was at the Eastern New Mexico Fair in Roswell.

“They’re extremely athletic and they play well together,” Elida coach Darrell Chenault said of the Vixens. “We didn’t play that badly in the first two games, except our serving wasn’t quite what it needed to be.”

Fort Sumner won the junior high preliminary 25-13, 25-14, while Elida came away a winner in the junior high contest 11-25, 25-18, 15-12.

Dora falls in five — Dora’s rally fell short and the Lady Coyotes were beaten by visiting Melrose 26-24, 25-19, 20-25, 23-25, 15-10 in District 3-1A play on Thursday night.

Dora fell to 5-7 (2-3 district) with the loss.

“We played well,” Lady Coyotes coach Myra Skinner said. “We just didn’t get it in the win column.”

Dora took the JV match 25-14, 25-13, while Melrose captured the junior high tilt 25-22, 25-19.