The Texas A&M
University-Commerce volleyball team won its 23rd match of the
season with a straight-set win over host Arkansas-Monticello on
Monday night.
A&M-Commerce (23-8) posted
win number 23 on the season to match the 2002, 1988 and 1978 squads
for the fifth-most wins in a season in school history. To lead the
attack was junior Naomi Mays, who had a match-high
11 kills as A&M-Commerce hit at a .228 clip in the win.
Southern Arkansas (15-17) hit
only .096 in the defeat. No player had more than five kills and
Vikki Crisco had 12 assists and two of her teammates had seven
digs.
The Lions took advantage of a
season-high 12 service aces including five each from freshman
Reagan Hayes (pictured) and a
career-high from senior Perla Faudoa. Senior
Lauren Flynn added 19 digs and Faudoa added 35
assists in the win to lead A&M-Commerce.
Mays led the Lions to a 25-15
win in the first set as she had six of her 11 kills. In the second
set, A&M-Commerce won by a 25-18 margin and Hayes and Faudoa
combined for five service aces as well as Mays and freshman
Rachel Robertson each had three kills. In the
decisive third set, senior Alyssa Oberle and Hayes
had four kills and Flynn added 12 digs to lead the Lions.
It is the 13th straight-set win
for the Lions, who will wrap up the regular season on Thursday at 7
pm against East Central and Saturday at 2 pm at Southeastern
Oklahoma State at the A&M-Commerce Field House.
