WBU Volleyball Falls to Harris-Stowe on Senior Night

WALNUT RIDGE, Ark. (11/3/23)  – The Williams Baptist University volleyball team lost to Harris-Stowe 25-21, 25-17, 26-24, 25-19 Friday evening on senior night at the Southerland-Mabee Center. 

Hope Raymond, Krista Jones and Tinleigh Ruhman led the way for WBU with eight kills each, while Laykin Harkcom had 34 assists and 13 digs. Faith Raymond led the squad with 20 digs, while her sister Hope Raymond added 14 digs. Alonna Thomas added 11 digs and Jones finished with 10.

The third set was a thriller that saw Williams take a 10-3 after a Hope Raymond Kill. The advantage grew to 15-9 on a kill by Halli Bollinger-Yount and then 20-12 on a kill by Krista Jones. Harris-Stowe refused to go quietly however, and rallied to tie the set at 22-22. After trading points the set was tied again at 24-24 before the Eagles forced the Hornets into back-to-back attacking errors to close out the set to pull within 2-1. 

WBU was unable to carry the momentum in the fourth set, however and quickly fell behind 16-9. The Eagles put together a rally through the middle part of the set to get within 19-17, but Harris-Stowe find form again and closed out the set to win 25-19. 

The first was at 6-6 early on but the Hornets rallied off four of the next five points to build a 10-7 edge. Williams continued to hang close throughout the set and closed to within 16-14, but Harris-Stowe again pushed its advantage back to four at 19-15. The Eagles got within 21-20 after an Alonna Thomas service ace, but Harris-Stowe bared down defensively and held WBU to just one more point for the remainder of the set to win 25-21.

In the second set, Williams took a 9-8 lead after a Hornets attack error, but Harris-Stowe responded with a strong offensive effort to go up 16-10. The Eagles pulled within 20-17 late, but the Hornets finished the set on a 5-0 run to go up 2-0 in the match.