Talita Milasauskas (14) stretches out to block shot by Bellevue player Friday, August 24.

Hastings, Savannah College Win Opening Matches at SPI Tournament
August 7, 2007
Three nationally ranked Hastings College and Savannah College of Art & Design went undefeated in their first two matches of the Bahia Mar Resort-South Padre Island Invitational Volleyball Tournament Friday, August 24 at the SPI Convention Centre.

Hastings defeated two Texas universities, Lubbock Christian College, 3-0, and Texas Wesleyan University, 3-1, while SCAD defeated Lubbock Christian, 3-0, and UTB/TSC, 3-1.

Hastings came into the tournament as the ninth-ranked team in the NAIA, while SCAD is ranked 10th.

The Scorpions lost their second match of the day in five games to Bellevue University, 37-35, 26-30, 28-30, 30-26, 15-11. Bellevue is ranked 17th in the NAIA.

UTB/TSC defeated SCAD in the first game of the match, 30-27, but dropped the next three close games, 31-29, 30-28, 30-26.

Thus, in the nine games the Scorpions played, they lost six games by a total of 18 points.

In the two matches, Talita Milasauskas had 36 kills, Claudia Alarcon 33 kills and 26 digs, and Dainarah Bracero had 86 assists.

The tournament schedule can be found here.