Concordia's Tompkins Reaches 1,500 Career Assists as the Tornados Close the Regular Season
Texas Lutheran swept Concordia Texas in Sunday's regular-season finale at the Christian Fieldhouse — but the afternoon belonged to senior setter Aniyah Tompkins, who crossed 1,500 career assists in her final regular-season match.
AUSTIN — The Concordia Texas volleyball team closed its 2026 regular season Sunday afternoon with a three-set loss to Texas Lutheran University, 18-25, 12-25, 18-25, at the Deb & Don Christian Fieldhouse — an afternoon that will be remembered less for the score than for the milestone reached inside it.
Senior setter Aniyah Tompkins reached 1,500 career assists in her final regular-season match, finishing the contest with 11 assists, six digs, one kill and a service ace, according to Concordia Athletics. A setter's 1,500th assist is a career's worth of offense run through one pair of hands — every hitter the Tornados have put on the floor across her seasons is in that number.
Brooklynne Fitzgerald led Concordia on the day with nine kills and 11 digs, adding a service ace of her own, as the Tornados were swept by a Texas Lutheran side that took control early in each set — the second set's 12-25 margin the widest of the three.
The regular season is over; the season is not. Concordia now turns to postseason competition, carrying a senior setter who just put her name on a round number most college setters never reach.
