MADISON, Wisc. – Texas Tech volleyball’s historic period arrived to a heartbreaking end Friday night in Madison, Wisconsin as the Red Raiders fell to the FGCU Eagles in five sets in the 1st spherical of the NCAA Championship.

It was the tale of two halves for the Purple Raiders who began the match potent, before the Eagles picked up the reverse sweep, hitting .449 in the last 3 sets to occur from driving for the gain. 
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Tech started the match outhitting FGCU .262 to -.013 by means of the initial two frames. The Eagles edged the Purple Raiders in blocks, 13-12 and companies aces 7-5, while Tech tallied a lot more kills (59-51) and digs (64-51).

Kenna Sauer concluded with a double-double of 18 kills and 18 digs, introducing a few blocks and two aces for 21.5 points. Reagan Cooper tallied 14 kills and Karrington Jones posted 10 to put 3 Purple Raiders at double-digit kills. Jones also managed a time-ideal 9 blocks, 1 short of tying her occupation-superior. KJ Adams matched Sauer with 18 digs to tie for the Purple Raider lead and complete the season with 485, sixth most in solitary-time method history. Alex Kirby’s 52 assists pushed her career total to 2,519, ninth most by any Pink Raider.

The Crimson Raiders handedly took the to start with set 25-14, keeping the Eagles to a -.029 hitting clip in the opening frame. Tech gave FGCU difficulties from the assistance line with a few aces, two coming from Alex Torres. Tech struck very first, foremost 6-2 on a 4-stage operate to pressure an early timeout. Back-to-again aces from Torres and a block from Brooke Kanas and Sauer built it 13-6, Red Raiders. Tech continued to pull forward with an ace from Jones to go up 20-11 and closed out the established profitable 5 of the future 7 points.

Tech continued to search potent in the 2nd established, taking…