SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS – West Texas A&M Volleyball (12-14, 7-8 LSC) were defeated 3-1 (21-25, 25-27, 25-20, 17-25) Saturday afternoon against St. Mary's. The Lady Buffs were hurt by 25 attack errors in the match.
The first set went back-and-forth as both teams built multiple-point leads through the opening stretch. WT led 4-1 after an ace by
Hannah Pemberton but would find themselves down 9-8. The Rattlers built up a 17-11 lead with three kills and an ace, but the Lady Buffs responded with a 5-0 run to get within one point. STMU grew their lead right back up with 5-1 run before taking set one at 25-21.
Set two also started back-and-forth with the Lady Buffs holding a 7-5 advantage off a kill by
Casey Loewer. The Rattlers ran off a 5-0 run as they took a three-point lead. Consecutive aces by Marin Brummond got West Texas A&M back within a point at 14-13. The Lady Buffs continued to fight as a block by
Kaycee Cavanaugh and
Parker Gladhill tied the match at 19. Set two stayed interlocked over the next batch of points with an ace by
Pauline Gonzales tying the match at 23. WT got to set point off an error at 25-24, but two errors with an ace would lead to the Rattlers taking set two 27-25.
The third set followed suit to the interlocked play from the first two sets with the set being tied 10-10. WT pushed up a lead to 18-14 following an attack error. While the Rattlers would come back and get within two points at 21-19, West Texas A&M got on the board with a 4-1 run as
Anna Ruter secured set three with a block. A 25-20 set three win set the game score at 2-1.
Set four saw neither team able to get much separation early with a kill by
Tatum Busch tying at 8-8. From that kill by Busch, the Rattlers held all momentum with an 8-2 run to lead by six. They would grow a lead as big as eight points and went on to win set four and the match at 25-17.
Top Lady Buffs
- Parker Gladhill tallied 11 kills on a .381 percentage to go with three block assists. This was a season-high in kills for Gladhill.
- Anna Ruter hit .364 on nine kills with two solo blocks, which were a season-high. Ruter has now hit .364 in 10 games.
- Hannah Pemberton made 29 digs in the match to go with two assists. This Pemberton's second high dig total this season.
Buffalo Bits
- West Texas A&M is now 27-3 all-time against St. Mary's.
- WT led the match digs (65-47)
- Casey Loewer distributed 38 assists to go with nine kills, seven digs, and two block assists. This was Loewer's sixth game with 38+ assists.
- Tatum Busch hit .250 with six kills.
- Kaycee Cavanaugh neared a double-double with 13 kills and nine digs.
- Pauline Gonzales and Marin Brummund recorded eight and seven digs respectively. Gonzales added two assists and an ace while Brummund had two aces.
- Kael Wilcox had five kills in the match.
Up Next
West Texas A&M will be back in action tomorrow on Friday, November 6 as they take on Cameron at The Box. First serve is set for 6:00 p.m.
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