LEADING THE WAY (Double-Digit Statistical Leaders)
- Kills – Cori Haley (WT, 16 Kills), Samantha Haupeakui (WNMU, 15 Kills), Heather Verrill (WNMU, 14 Kills), Taylor Kress (WT, 12 Kills), Crystal Thomas (WT, 11 Kills), Shannon Rich (WNMU, 11 Kills), Larami Lancaster (WT, 10 Kills), Kelli McGhiey (WNMU, 10 Kills)
- Assists – Selena Batiste (WT, 37 Assists), Melanie Hughes (WNMU, 36 Assists), Kyli Schulz (WT, 24 Assists), Cristal Carrizoza (WNMU, 23 Assists)
- Digs – Ashley Mataele (WNMU, 31 Digs), Lauren Britten (WT, 14 Digs), Cori Haley (WT, 12 Digs), Kyli Schulz (WT, 12 Digs), Kalie Lyle (WNMU, 12 Digs), Selena Batiste (WT, 11 Digs)
SILVER CITY, New Mexico – West Texas A&M senior libero
Lauren Britten continued her march up the program's all-time career digs list as the Amarillo native became just the fourth Lady Buff in history to surpass the 2,000 career digs mark in a five set loss at Western New Mexico (25-20, 19-25, 25-19, 21-25, 12-15) on Tuesday night at Drag's Court in Silver City, New Mexico. The Lady Buffs drop their third straight contest as they fall to 14-12 (9-7 LSC) while the Mustangs improve to 16-10 (8-7 LSC) on the season.
The Lady Buffs were led offensively by
Cori Haley with 16 kills on 57 swings with 12 attack errors to hit .070 on the night followed by
Taylor Kress (12),
Crystal Thomas (11) and
Larami Lancaster 10 with double-digit kills,
Selena Batiste paced the WT offense with a match high 37 assists with 11 digs followed by
Kyli Schulz with 24 assists and 12 digs for double-doubles while Britten tallied 14 digs followed by Haley with 12 for a double-double. WT registered 66 kills on 172 swings with 26 attack errors to hit .233 on the night with 62 assists, 72 digs and six total blocks.
Western New Mexico was led by Samantha Haupeakui with 15 kills on 30 swing with just four attack errors to hit .367 on the night while Heather Verrill (14), Shannon Rich (11) and Kelli McGhiey (10) all registered double-digit kills in the win, Melanie Hughes dished out a team high 36 assists followed by Cristal Carrizoza with 23 while Ashley Mataele led all players with 31 digs followed by Kalie Lyle with 12. The Mustangs registered 65 kills on 175 swings with 22 attack errors to hit .246 on the night with 63 assist, 67 digs and 13 total blocks in the win.
UP NEXT
The Lady Buffs return to the friendly confines of the WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box" for their final five matches of the regular season starting on Friday as they take on St. Edward's with first serve set for 1 p.m. followed by a Lone Star Conference matchup with Texas A&M-Kingsville at 7 p.m. in Canyon.
