Wildcats clinch second place in LSC South

ACU sweeps TexAnns, Kingsville to finish regular season 25-10

ABILENE -- The ACU Wildcats clinched second place in the Lone Star Conference South Division over the weekend, sweeping both Tarleton State and Texas A&M-Kingsville at Moody Coliseum.

The Wildcats hammered Tarleton State, 30-19, 30-21, 30-16, on Friday, and then came back Saturday and whipped Texas A&M-Kingsville, 30-19, 30-26, 30-25.  ACU finishes the regular season at 25-10 overall and 7-3 in the LSC South Division.  ACU and Eastern New Mexico both finished 7-3 in the LSC South Division, but because of tiebreaker rules in the conference, ACU goes into the LSC Post-Season Conference Tournament as the No. 2 seed from the LSC South, while the Zias go into the tournament as the No. 3 seed.

West Texas A&M, which won the LSC South Division, won the LSC South Division and will be the No. 1 seed and host for the tournament, which will get started Thursday night and conclude Saturday at 7 p.m. with the championship game.  ACU will play the No. 3 seed from the LSC North in Thursday night's quarterfinal match.

ACU hit .386 against Tarleton State on Friday (46 kills and only 12 errors on 88 total attacks) and .320 against Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday (56 kills and 15 errors on 128 attacks).

Senior outside hitter Haylee Hartline, playing in her final home match Saturday, had 14 kills Saturday against the Lady Javelinas.  She had 12 kills against Tarleton State to give her 26 for the weekend.

Sophomore outside hiter Michelle Bernhardt had 30 kills over the weekend to give her 599 for the season, only 71 away from setting a new single-season school record (669 by Susan Scott in 1980).