Video (courtesy of Jared Horn of the final two points)

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The Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team extended its winning streak to four in a row with a five-set win 25-23, 25-21, 13-25, 15-25, 15-11 over Tarleton State on Saturday afternoon at the A&M-Commerce Field House.

A&M-Commerce (8-9, 1-5 LSC) had three players with double-digit kills in the win, including sophomore Rachel Robertson, who led the attack with 16 kills. Senior Naomi Mays recorded her third double double of the season with 10 kills and 10 digs and senior Terra Ousley (pictured; photo by Jared Horn) added 10 kills.

Tarleton State (14-7, 2-4 LSC) also had three players with double-digit kills, including a double double performance from Rachel Wolf with 14 kills and 16 digs. Irelis Ilarraza and Flynn Harrell added 11 and 10 kills, respectively in the loss.

The opening set was tied 12 times, including at 21 each. With the set, the TexAnns took a brief two-point lead, 23-21, until the Lions capitalized on a pair of an attack errors and a Robertson kill to take the opening set. It marked the ninth time on the season that A&M-Commerce had won the initial set. For the season, the Lions are 7-2 when the first set.

The Lions built an early 4-0 advantage in the second set and led until the TexAnns rallied to tie the set at 20. A&M-Commerce came back with two kills each by Ousley and Morgan Moeller and a service ace by Jordan Neal put the Lions ahead two sets to none.

Tarleton came out of the intermission and dominated the third and fourth set to even the match. In the third set, the TexAnns took advantage of eight attack errors by the Lions for a 25-13 victory and in the fourth set, the TexAnns had just one attack and won the fourth set by a 25-15 margin.

A&M-Commerce started the fifth set like it did the second, jumping out to a 4-0 advantage which prompted a Tarleton timeout. The Lions stretched the margin to 9-3 to prompt another TexAnn timeout.

With the early lead, the Lions spread the attack along the front line led by its senior Terra Ousley. The Houston, Texas native delivered on five of her 10 kills and Robertson added three more to secure the victory.

Next on the schedule is a trip outside of the Lone Star Conference on Monday, Oct. 11 when they travel to Magnolia, Arkansas to face Southern Arkansas at 6 p.m.