CANYON, Texas- The No. 5 West Texas A&M Lady Buffs battled the Dallas Baptist Patriots in four (20-25, 25-20, 31-29, 25-20) in front of over 1,400 fans in The Box in the NCAA South Central Regional semifinals tonight.

The Match
#5 West Texas A&M 3, Dallas Baptist 1 (20-25, 25-20, 31-29, 25-20)
 
The Records

• West Texas A&M 30-3 (14-2 LSC)
• Dallas Baptist 24-8 (14-2 LSC)

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lady Buffs and Patriots battled until the end with each set ending within five points going to WT or DBU. The first set, the Patriots came out with fire as they kept the Lady Buffs at a .000 hitting percentage within the first 15 points. The Patriots were hitting above .400 as a team and kept putting pressure on the Lady Buffs court with outside hitter Delaney Fuller leading the Patriots offensively (19 kills, .185%). DBU would go on to take set one 25-20 over the Lady Buffs. 
 
The second set the Lady Buffs took an early lead, opposite of how they started the first and gained the largest lead of the match at 19-11. DBU would pull within three points but the Lady Buffs back-to-back blocks from the front line along with the tough serving at the back line would prove lethal for WT. The Lady Buffs out-aced the number one serving team in the conference 10 aces to their five.  
 
The third set saw 20 tied score and six lead changes making the final score 31-29 to fall to the Lady Buffs. WT stayed right on the tails of DBU and went point for point in The Box. A block by Taytum Stow and a kill by Torrey Miller would end the battled set. 
 
The fourth set was a dog fight to the end with the Lady Buffs putting up 15 total team blocks and the Patriots coming up with 54 digs on the match. Miller was too hot to handle as she led the match in kills (21) and had her 10^th double-double of the season with 10 digs. Opposite Camy Jones would finish the match with a sliced kill falling on the Patriots side. 
 

BY THE NUMBERS
Torrey Miller led both sides of the net with 21 kills on 50 attempts with seven errors to hit .280. Blair Moreland led with 26 assists while Bryli Contreras had  18 digs and Taytum Stow matched her game high in blocks with 11 total.

MILESTONES

• WT moves to an overall 60-22 record in the NCAA post-season play
• Kendra Potts moves to 11-2 in the NCAA tournament with a 121-23 overall record 
• Taytum Stow has leads the team in blocking for the 17^th time this season matching her personal best 11 blocks in a match
• Torrey Miller has her 11^th double-double this season and 58^th career putting up 21 kills and 10 digs tonight 

COMING UP
The Lady Buffs will face off against MSU Denver on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 5:00 p.m. for the finals match of the NCAA South Central Regionals in Canyon, TX at The Box. Tickets are available on gobuffsgo.com.