The Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team dropped a 25-22, 25-16, 25-18 decision to visiting Angelo State in Lone Star Conference action on Thursday night at the A&M-Commerce Field House.

A&M-Commerce (4-7, 0-3 LSC) fell victim to a hot-hitting Angelo State squad that out hit the Lions by a .247 to .082 margin. In the loss, sophomore Rachel Robertson (pictured; photo by Jared Horn) had a team-high and match-high 10 kills for A&M-Commerce. Freshman Jordan Neal had 22 assists and freshman Dakota Crockett had 10 digs in the defeat for the Lions.

Angelo State (5-6, 2-1 LSC) spread the attack around throughout the match, including a team-best eight kills from Chelsea Gibson and Julie Kennedy and seven more from Alex Meredith. ASU has won all five of its matches in 2010 in three sets. Plus, the Rambelles also got a match-high 31 assists from Alex Woosley and three service aces from Katie Coleman sparked the service game.  

In the opening set, after a brief 3-3 tie, the first of three service aces by Coleman put the Rambelles ahead for the remainder of the set. Coleman, Gibson and Meredith each put down three kills en route to an opening set victory for the eighth time on the 2010 campaign.

The Rambelles raced out to a 12-5 advantage in the second set and took advantage of eight hitting errors and four service errors by the Lions to take a two-set lead with a 25-16 victory.

The Lions built a 15-12 advantage in the third set on the strength of an ASU attack error and back-to-back kills by Robertson and Naomi Mays. The lead prompted a Rambelle timeout. The set ended up tied at 17 to mark the eighth time in the set. Angelo State closed out the contest with an 8-1 run to secure the victory.

A&M-Commerce is back in action on Saturday at 2 pm when they host Abilene Christian at the A&M-Commerce Field House.