Box Score

A&M-Commerce Lions 3, Tarleton State TexAnns 1
West Texas A&M Field House – Canyon, Texas
Records: A&M-Commerce (23-8), Tarleton State (15-14)
Up Next: LSC Semifinals – Nov. 22 7:30 p.m. - Canyon, Texas

CANYON, Texas – The fourth seeded A&M-Commerce volleyball team advanced to the Lone Star Conference Semifinals with its four set win over the fifth seeded TexAnns of Tarleton State. It is the first LSC Tournament win for the Lions since the 2009 season.

The Lions used a balanced offensive attack and got some timely plays in crucial situations to secure the four set win.

Breanne Snyder led the Lions offensively with 16 kills and hit .357. Amy Davault recorded 15 kills and 13 digs for her 19th double-double of the season. Ciara Holmes also had double digit kills with 13 while hitting .400. Ezon Onditi was the other Lion in double figure kills with 11 on the night.

Kayla Bond led the Lions in hitting percentage with a .429 clip with eight kills. Jordan Neal dished out 60 assists for the fourth time this season.

Defensively the Lions got 12 digs from Michaela Spicer and 10 from Dakota Crockett.

The two sides exchanged the first 16 points of set one before the Lions got a three-point lead after a kill from Holmes to make it 11-8. Tarleton State answered quickly with three straight of their own to tie the score.

With the score tied at 16 the Lions scored three of the next four points to take a 19-17 lead off a kill from Davault. Tarleton would eventually tie the score at 21 but the Lions ran off four of five points and sealed the set at 25-22 after an attack error from Tarleton State.

An ace from Neal got the Lions on the board first in the second set. The Lions built a 9-5 advantage with back-to-back aces from Crockett. The Lions did not trail in the set until the TexAnns took a 21-20 lead off a Kaitlyn Wallace kill. A&M-Commerce tied the scored at 24 with another kill from Holmes. TexAnns would score three of the next four to take the second set 27-25.

The third set saw seven tie scores and two lead chanced in the set. The Lions built a 10-6 lead, highlighted by an ace and kill from Bond. The lead would get to 16-10 with an attack error from the TexAnns. However, Tarleton would score the four to cut the led to two.

A&M-Commerce would not trail until the TexAnns scored back-to-back points to make it 27-26 after the Lions had three set point chances. The Lions would get a fourth set point before converting their fifth opportunity to win the set on another attack error from Tarleton State at 30-28.

The fourth set saw the Lions score the first three points and six of the first eight, capped by an ace from Davault. Tarleton State then scored six straight to take a 12-10 lead. The Lions battled back with a five to one run, with the help of Tarleton State errors, to take a 17-16 lead.

After Tarleton State tied the score at 17 the Lions scored another five straight to force a timeout from the TexAnns. The two teams traded points after the timeout and Snyder closed out the set and the match with a kill at 25-20.

A&M-Commerce now awaits the winner of the West Texas A&M and Eastern New Mexico quarterfinal to see who their opponent will be in the semifinals.