SAN ANGELO, TEXAS – West Texas A&M Volleyball (15-15, 9-8 LSC) season came to a close in the Quarterfinals of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) Tournament as they would be defeated in five sets (25-23, 17-25, 25-18, 13-25, 13-15) against No. 3 Angelo State.
The first set would be a set of runs with WT trailing 11-5 early but battling back to tie the match at 14-14 after a kill by
Skyler Massey. Interlocked play would arrive as the match would be tied at 22. WT would fall behind a point after a kill by ASU, but they got that point right back after a service error by the Rambelles. West Texas A&M would retake the lead as Massey put down a kill for set point.
Anna Ruter claimed the set point for the Lady Buffs as she finessed a kill as WT won set one 25-23.
In the second set, West Texas A&M would again trail early in the match at 13-7 as they called a timeout to halt a 4-0 spurt by ASU. Angelo State would push up their lead to 19-10 to force another WT timeout before they ultimately tied the match at 1-1 with a 25-17 set two win.
With the pivotal third set, the Lady Buffs got off to a strong start at 4-1 after a kill by
Casey Loewer. ASU would fight back and tie the match at 8-8. The set would then bounce back and forth with neither team able to lead by more than a point as the match was tied 17-17. Ruter would power the Lady Buffs as they burst the set open with a 7-0 run. Ruter produced two kills and blocks as WT led 23-17. Ruter sent down another kill as West Texas A&M reached set point before
Hannah Pemberton aced the Rambelles as WT took a 2-1 lead following a 25-18 set three win.
In the fourth set, Angelo State would use a 6-0 as they started 10-4 over the Lady Buffs to force a timeout. Angelo State continued to push their lead up as they led 19-7. West Texas A&M made a 4-0 run to gain some momentum, but they would ultimately fall 25-13 as the deciding fifth set was forced.
In the deciding set it was the Rambelles that burst out to a 5-1 lead following two kills and two aces. WT stayed resilient and battle back to tie and then ultimately took the lead at 8-6 following three consecutive blocks with
Parker Gladhill assisting on all of them. The teams then traded runs as ASU went up 11-9 after a 5-1 run before West Texas A&M retook the lead at 12-11 by again blocking three straight attacks. Angelo State would get to match points off two kills and an attack error to lead 14-13. They would put down the game-winning kill as the set finalized at 15-13 as ASU would win in five sets.
Top Lady Buffs
- Kaycee Cavanaugh recorded her 19th double-double of the season with 16 kills and 14 digs. Cavanaugh added four blocks and three assists in the match.
- Hannah Pemberton notched 27 digs to go with six assists and an ace.
- Parker Gladhill killed seven balls while blocking seven attacks which tied her season-high. She also hit .294 in the match.
Buffalo Bits
- West Texas A&M is now 66-34 all-time against Angelo State and have lost four consecutive matches.
- WT led the match in blocks (12-5).
- Bromli Watson notched her third double-double of the season with 18 assists and 15 digs.
- Casey Loewer also recorded a double-double with 11 kills and 23 assists. She added five digs and an ace and block. This was her 10th double-double of the season.
- Anna Ruter made 12 kills in the match while hitting .290. She added four blocks.
- Marin Brummund made nine digs in the match. This was her fourth game with 9+ digs this season.
- Skyler Massey totaled seven kills, two blocks, and a dig.
- Kael Wilcox blocked three attacks while adding two kills.
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