The University of Dallas women's volleyball team tipped off the University of Dallas Invitational on Friday night when they took on Rust College in their first match of the tournament. Along with playing their first game after Howard Payne University, Arlington Baptist College, and Rust College already had played, the team honored lone senior and outside hitter Cortney Anderson (San Antonio, TX/Antonian H.S.). Anderson, who is playing in her last home matches this weekend, registered a team high 4 service aces to go along with 3 kills and 2 digs in the matchup versus Rust.

The match was a relatively easy one for the Crusaders, as they handily defeated Rust 25-5, 25-8, 25-10. Since the match went so well, every Crusader got playing time and was given the opportunity to make her mark on the match. Given this, the statistics were distributed fairly evenly across the entire roster. Leading the team in kills were Elizabeth Baska (Tonganoxie, TX/Tonganoxie H.S.) and Celina Farrell (Corinth, TX/Lake Dallas H.S.). Baska had 11, while Farrell chipped in 7 and added 2 more block assists to her single season record. Many of the freshmen on the team performed well also. Freshman setter Amanda Kitten (Slaton, TX/Lubbock-Cooper) had 19 sets and 3 aces, while defensive specialist Emily Glick (Dallas, TX/North Hills Prep) led the team with 8 digs.

Today in the final day of the tournament, UD takes on Howard Payne University at 2:00 pm, and then they close out the day against Arlington Baptist College at 4:00pm.