The Lions win close match in five sets versus Texas A&M-Kingsville.

TEAM LEADERS
A&M-Commerce
Kills: Veronika Baric, 12
Blocks: Jaslyn Wacker, 6 (Two solo bocks)
Assists: Courtney Tate, 46
Aces: Jaslyn Wacker, 2
Digs: Ashley Mireles, 17

Texas A&M-Kingsville
Kills: Two players tied with 16 kills each
Blocks: Haley Hutchinson, 5
Assists: Casey Klobedans, 53
Aces: Krystal Faison, 3
Digs: Two players tied with 18 digs each
 
Turning Point
The turning point was at the beginning of the fifth set. The Lions came out strong jumping out to a 10-4 lead. A&M-Commerce had nine kills on 15 attacks resulting in a .533 hitting percentage and one error.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1 
Both teams started the match slow searching for a rhythm in the first set. Neither team had a lead bigger than three points and resulted into 18 ties and eight lead changes. Ashley Bukowski made a service error for the Javelinas late in the set to make the score 27-26 Lions. Immediately following the service error, the Javelinas committed a returning error from the hands of Courtney Tate. Lions win opening set 28-26.   
Set 2
The Lions win the second set in another tight set, this time 25-23. In this set, Veronika Baric set the tone with five kills. The Javelins had seven kills on 37 attacks ending the set with a match low .135.
Set 3
The Javelinas came out in the third set motivated to avoid a sweep and led 3-0. Later in the set, both teams continued to tie up until 19-19. That is when the Javelinas rallied off six straight points including two big kills by Haley Hutchinson to force a fourth set. Javelinas won by the score of 25-19.
Set 4
Texas A&M-Kingsville continued their dominance early in the fourth set and had The Field House silent by leading throughout the fourth set. The Javelinas went on to win the fourth set 25-19 forcing a fifth set. The Lions had a hitting percentage of .138 and finished with seven kills total where the Javelinas had 18 kills with a hitting percentage of .256.  
Set 5
The Lions governed the first half of the final set with an 8-3 lead. The Javelinas underestimated a powerful strike by Delanee Clark that lifted up the team as well as the crowd that extends the Lions lead 10-4. The Lions go on to win the set and match 15-11 after Veronica Baric deflated the volleyball with an immense kill.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
The Lions remain unbeaten when playing in five sets this season.
In the fifth set, the Lions had a hitting percentage of .533 and had one error.
The match had 46 ties and 18 lead changes.
Freshman Jaslyn Wacker had an impressive performance with nine kills on 13 attacks and finished with a hitting percentage of .692. She also led the team in aces with two and blocks with six.

Coach's Thoughts
"Like other big wins, we accomplished two big things. First, we played hard to take control of the momentum when we were struggling. Second, we played with alot of depth. We had different people step up and played big weather it was coming from off the bench like Summer Alford did, or playing for the first time this season like Delanee Clark did this entire weekend." 

-Coach Case

GAME INFORMATION
Sets: A&M-Commerce 3, Texas A&M University-Kingsville 2
Records: A&M-Commerce (10-4, 3-1 LSC), Texas A&M University-Kingsville (7-7, 1-3 LSC)
Series: A&M-Commerce are 41-11 against Texas A&M-Kingsville
Location: Lion Field House Commerce, Texas
Time of Game: 2 p.m.