CANYON. Texas – The #6 Lady Buffs of West Texas A&M remained unbeaten in Lone Star Conference play on Friday night as they powered past the Lobos of Sul Ross State (25-19, 25-8, 25-12) at the WTAMU Fieldhouse "The Box" in Canyon.
 
The Lady Buffs finished the night with 45 kills on 87 attempts with nine errors for a team attack percentage of .414 to go along with 40 assists, six aces, 45 digs and nine blocks. Sul Ross State registered 22 kills on 97 swings with 21 attack errors to hit just .010 as a team with 22 assists, two aces, 27 digs and a pair of blocks.
 
Currie Marusak led the way for the Lady Buffs as the junior from Amarillo had 11 kills on 22 swings with just one attack error to hit .455 on the night with three digs and three blocks. Emma Becker added 10 kills for WT to go along with two blocks and a dig followed by Kaycee Cavanaugh and Camy Jones with six kills each. Ainsley Malis paced the Lady Buffs offense with 17 assists and four digs while Bryli Contreras led the way in the back row with 18 digs in the win.
 
The Lobos were led by Cassandra Espinoza with seven kills on 29 swings with four attack errors to hit .103 on the night with three digs and an ace followed by Natalie Hernandez with six kills. Eliana Mata dished out a team-high 13 assists to go along with three digs while Miranda Acosta led the way defensively with 11 digs for the Lobos.
 
MATCH NOTES

• West Texas A&M is now a perfect 11-0 all-time against Sul Ross State as Friday night marked the first meeting between the two since October 7, 1983
• The Lady Buffs remain unbeaten in Lone Star Conference action, moving to 12-0 as WT claimed their 13^th straight victory dating back to September 20^th.

UP NEXT
The Lady Buffs hit the road for the final time in the regular season next weekend as they travel to South Texas for Lone Star Conference action against Texas A&M International on Friday night (5:00 p.m.) followed by a Saturday afternoon battle with Texas A&M-Kingsville (2:00 p.m.).