SAN ANTONIO - No.11 Tiger Volleyball drops a nail-biting five setter to Endicott in their first game of the 2024 Trinity National Invitational. 
 
The Tigers (3-4) finished the opener of their tournament 3-2. As a team, Trinity hit .404 with a total of 64 kills. Mackenzie Logan (Calgary, Canada / Bishop Carroll) led the Tigers with 24 kills while Maddie Fate (New York, New York / Croton Harmon) had 14. Setters Jozie Dhayer (Houston, Texas / Summer Creek) and Kendall DeRivel (Westlake Village, California / Viewpoint) combined for 51 assists. The Tigers are now 1-1 all-time against Endicott. 
 
The Rundown
 
Trinity started with a huge 21-14  lead in set 1. After an attack error by the Gulls late in the first, Trinity saw themselves just one point away from a set victory. However, Endicott went on a 9-1 run to comeback and win set one 27-25. 
 
Endicott had a 10-6 lead in the second set but the Tigers battled back and closed the gap to just 1. Fate sent a ball to the floor and tied it all at 16. Another back and forth battle saw the Gulls come out on top in set two 25-23. 
 
After dropping the first two sets, Trinity came out hot, going up 8-3. Marissa Drange (Boerne, Texas / Champion) to give the Tigers the biggest lead of the set at 7. Endicott sent a serve out and Trinity was ready to take advantage. DeRivel stepped onto the service line and laced a ball into the seam for an ace. Logan put in back to back kills, then the Tigers sent an attack back where it came from to go up 20-13. A few points later, Kathryn Detweiler (Goshen, Indiana / Goshen) roped a ball to the floor, Trinity wins set three 25-16.
 
Set four was much of the same for Trinity, going up 11-7. Despite Endicott tying the set, Trinity went on a 6-4 run capped off by a kill by Drange to take a 21-19 lead. Logan got a kill and Dhayer took a page from Mackenzie's book and hit a ball that scraped the back line for a kill. TU finished off the set with a block and took set four 25-21. 
 
The Tigers fought hard in the final set but ultimately lost the set 15-12. 
 
Up Next
 
Trinity will take on Covenant and Eastern at 11:00 AM and 4:30 PM.