The Abilene High Lady Eagles won in four games against North Crowley Tuesday night, 19-25, 25-10, 25-18, 25-21.

Tuesday's match was the first time during district play that the Lady Eagles dropped a game in a match they won.

"We definitely didn't play at the same level that we played Weatherford on Friday," coach Didi Pierce said. "Our passing wasn't as good and that took us out of the game offensively."

The team had 16 aces overall. Caroline Cleveland had six aces and 11 kills, and Libby Sinclair had four aces and 11 kills.

Abilene High, now 29-6 overall and 8-1 in district, is off on Friday and will face Burleson next Tuesday.

GOLF

McM men take 4th at Alamo City Classic

McMurry shot a second-round 297 on Tuesday en route to placing fourth at the Alamo City Classic.

After a first-round 300 on Monday, the McMurry men bettered their round on the second day to take fourth place out of seven teams.

Division II Newman University (Kan.) took first place with a 582. Newman shot a round-one 301 on Monday before coming through with a 281 on the final day to win the tournament. UT-Brownsville, an NAIA school, was second with a 590, followed by Division III Southwestern University in third with a 592.

McMurry was paced by David Buchheit and Tyler Becker, who both tied for ninth place in the individual portion with a two-round total of 147.

Rounding out McMurry's effort was Larry Courtney, who finished in 13th with a 148; Matt Quails, who fired a 155 to tie him for 26th; and Matt Ragovin, who shot a 164 to place 39th.

Cowgirls place fourth in San Antonio

Hardin-Simmons shot a new team season low with a 349 and placed fourth at the Alamo City Classic at River Crossing Country Club in San Antonio Tuesday afternoon.

HSU shot a 353 in the first round and finished with a 704 total. The Cowgirls finished three shots behind McMurry. St. Mary's won the tournament with a 644.

Ashley Luecke led the Cowgirls with an 80-80--160 and finished fourth overall. Maris Mauldin of Southwestern shot a pair of 70's to claim the individual title.

Tiffany Hambrick shot a 175 and Ashley Jacques shot a 179 to finish in a tie for 21st and 23rd respectively. Delane Griffith shot a 190 and Andrea Tharp rounded out the team with a 213.

McM women best DIII team at Alamo City Classic

McMurry was the highest-finishing Division III school at the Alamo City Classic on Tuesday as the Maroon and White finished in third place with a two-round total of 699.

That placed them three strokes ahead of the next Division III school -- crosstown rival Hardin-Simmons.

Libby Scarlett led McMurry's effort with a two-round total of 168, which placed her tied for 12th overall in the individual battle.

After Scarlett, McMurry's effort was led by Katie McElroy, who tied for 15th overall with a 170; Monica Harris, who tied for 17th with a 173; and Saegan Allyn, who tied for 28th with a 188.

SWIMMING

Southwestern sweeps McMurry

Southwestern University left the Phillips Family Center on Saturday with a clean sweep of McMurry as the Pirate men knocked off McMurry 120-83, while the Southwestern women beat McMurry 116-87.

Marlee Hager, Sarah Duerr, Erin Johnson and Amber Perkins started the meet off on a positive note for McMurry as they won the women's 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:54.44.

Other McMurry women winners included Pekins, who won the women's 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 11:01.77 and also the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:19.61; Johnson, who continued her early season dominance of the 100-yard butterfly as she won the event by posting a time of 1:01.56; and Hager, who took the women's 100-yard backstroke prize as she swam a 1:03.12.

Craig Osterman had the lone McMurry men's victory as he won the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 49.26.

Both McMurry swim teams will look to bounce back next Saturday, when they head to Sherman to take on Austin College.

VOLLEYBALL

Wylie falls at Graham

The Wylie Lady Bulldogs fell to 21-16 on the season and 2-4 in District 2-3A Tuesday with a 25-21, 25-15, 25-12 loss to Graham.

"We were very competitive in the first game, and I felt like we were focused," Wylie coach LeAnn Thomsen said. "But our passing started slipping, and I feel that was the difference in the game. Graham's defense and passing was phenominal."

Errors in all phases plagued the Lady Bulldogs as they racked up 19 passing errors and eight missed serves.

"I'm OK losing when we play good, but I'm not OK losing with how we played tonight," Thomsen said.

One bright spot for Wylie was the play of sophomore outside hitter Natalie Davis, who had a team-high 10 kills.

ACHS makes quick work of Happy Hill

Abilene Christian High School swept Happy Hill 25-4, 25-6, 25-6 on the road Tuesday to move to 27-10 on the season and 5-0 in TAPPS District 2-2A.

The team's comfortable lead gave ACHS coach Rhonda Davis a chance to rotate a number of players in, and she said the win was a result of a good team effort.

"We had a day off, coming in from a three-day holiday and I told them I wanted our goal to be to pass the ball better on serve receive," Davis said. "I felt like the day off didn't hurt us and they came in ready to play."

The Lady Panthers return to action Thursday, when they play their last home match against Watauga Harvest. The team will be honoring its two seniors, Emilee Davis and Kelsey Hancock, during that match.

Cowgirls win seventh straight

Hardin-Simmons won its seventh straight match with a 25-15,15-25, 25-18, 28-26 American Southwest Conference win over Howard Payne at the Brownwood Coliseum.

Cambra Hughes led the Cowgirls with 12 kills as she hit .440 for the match. Amanda Mace recorded a double-double with 11 kills and 13 digs. Kaela Parnell had 10 kills for HSU.

Gracen Harris led the Cowgirl defense with 16 digs. HSU limited HPU to a .147 hitting percentage in the match, while hitting .256.

The Cowgirls are now 13-6 overall and 10-1 in ASC action. Howard Payne fell to 11-10 overall and 4-8 in league play.