The Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team raised its record to 8-3 on Thursday night with a 25-16, 25-15, 25-10 win over Ouachita Baptist and a 25-21, 17-25, 25-13, 25-21 win over Arkansas-Monticello at the A&M-Commerce Field House.

The Lions are in the midst of a four-match winning streak. Ouachita Baptist falls to 2-8 and Arkansas-Monticello falls to 1-6.

After beginning the season with nine matches away from home, the Lions were excited to play in front of the hometown fans. Freshman Rachel Robertson paced an A&M-Commerce attack that hit .279 win and committed just 12 errors in the straight-set win. The Princeton, Texas native had a team-best 11 kills, senior Amy Addison and juniors Terra Ousley and Naomi Mays (pictured by Jared Horn) each had six kills. The play at the net was instrumental in the win as the Lions matched a season-high with seven blocks. Senior Perla Faudoa recorded a match-high 36 assists and senior Lauren Flynn had a match-high 27 digs in the straight set; plus the Lions had five service aces including two from freshman Ashleigh Barnett.

With back-to-back kills by Mays and freshman Reagan Hayes and an OBU attack error that gave A&M-Commerce a lead it would not relinquish in the opening set. The Lions capitalized on a Tigers attack that made seven errors an A&M-Commerce took the opening set. Roberts paced an A&M-Commerce attack that hit .314 with five kills en route to a 25-16 victory. In the second set, senior Amy Addison led the Lions with five kills and Flynn had nine digs and Hayes had a block solo and a block assist en route to the 25-15 win. The Lions closed out the match with a .267 hitting percentage and just three attack errors as six different players recorded a kill, including four more from Robertson. Plus, Flynn had 13 digs and Robertson posted a block solo and two block assists. In addition to the blocking success of Robertson, the Lions had five total blocks. 

A mere two hours later, the Lions played their second match of the evening and came away victorious with a 25-21, 17-25, 25-13, 25-21 win over the Blossoms of Arkansas Monticello. Naomi Mays and Reagan Hayes led an attack that hit .221 with 14 and 10 kills, respectively. Faudoa had 42 assists and Flynn posted a season-high 41 digs.

Seven players recorded a kill as Addison led A&M-Commerce with five kills in the 25-21 win in the opening set. In the second set, the Lions hit .161 as they dropped a 17-25 decision before bouncing back to take the third set in convincing fashion by a 25-13 margin. In the third set, Hayes had five kills and two service aces and Flynn added 11 digs to lead A&M-Commerce. To close out the match, the Lions hit at a .262 clip as Mays had four kills and three different players had three kills and Flynn added 11 more digs in the win.

Next, Texas A&M-Commerce will travel to Dallas to face host Dallas Baptist at 5 pm on Friday, Southern Arkansas and Southwest Baptist on Saturday at 11 am and 5 am, respectively.