COMMERCE - The Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team picked up a comeback conference win over Tarleton State University Friday night. After dropping the first two sets, the Lions came back to win the final three sets. The set scores were 21-25, 23-25, 25-15, 25-20, 15-5.
 
The win brings the Lions to 13-10 on the season and 7-5 in the Lone Star Conference. Tarleton falls to 17-4 on the season and 9-3 in the Lone Star Conference.
 
The Lions return to action Saturday afternoon as they take on the LSC-leading and No. 10 Angelo State. The match begins at 2 p.m. at The Field House.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-The Lions had 20 blocks in the match, their most on the season and the most since Craig Case took over as head coach in 2010.
- Jaslyn Wacker and Bina Njikam each had 10 blocks. Taryn Driver had seven and Jaryn Wacker and Payton McMillan both had five.
- Jaryn Wacker had a season-high 16 kills and a .500 hitting percentage. Njikam also had a season-high 12 kills and a .474 hitting percentage. Driver had 10 kills. The Lions' hitting percentage was .236. The Texanns had a hitting percentage of .120.
- Hailey Roberts had 25 kills on 71 attempts for the Texanns.
- The Lions had six service aces while the Texanns had two. The Lions have had six or more aces in their last five games.

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Texanns jumped out to a quick 8-2 lead in the first set behind strong defense and their attackers finding open spots on the floor. Tarleton pushed its lead to as many as nine before the Lions clawed their way back. Jaryn Wacker had multiple kills and the Lion front line blocked multiple attacks to cut the Texann lead to one midway through the set.
 
The Lions tied the game behind two service aces by Savannah Rutledge. Rutledge continued to serve well as the Lions rattled off eight consecutive points to take the lead. The Texanns regrouped after a timeout to regain the lead and their attacks finally found their way through the Lion wall of defenders to take the first set 25-21.
 
The teams battled back and forth in the second set. Neither team led by more than two in the first half of the set.
 
The Texanns began to pull away midway through the set, taking a 19-15 lead. The Lions wouldn't be put away easily, scoring four of the next five points to cut the lead to one in the latter parts of the set.
 
It was a tightly contested finish as neither side could completely gain control. But the Texanns did just enough to keep the Lions at bay, winning the second set 25-23.
 
There were eight ties and four lead changes in the second set. Neither team held a lead of more than three. Jaryn Wacker had seven kills in the set for the Lions.
 
The momentum shifted after the intermission.  The Lions jumped out to the quick lead in the third set behind consecutive blocks by the front line. Njikam and Jaslyn Wacker both had three blocks in the set.
 
The Lions scored eight of nine points at one point to push their lead into double digits. Njikam was also an assassin, recording four kills in the set. The Lions took advantage of multiple hitting errors by the Texanns and ran away with the third set, winning 25-15.
 
The fourth set was tight until the end. The Lions fell behind by four early but rallied to take six of the next seven points to take the lead. Jaslyn Wacker had four kills to propel the Lions out of the deficit and into the lead.
 
The set was tied at 19-all before the Lion front line again awoke and shut down the Tarleton attack. The Lions scored the final four points, with three of those coming from blocks. The Lions took the fourth set 25-20.
 
The Lions ran away with the fifth and final set. Behind the brick wall their blockers made, they scored six consecutive points, three coming from blocks. The Wacker sisters finished off the set. Both Jaryn Wacker and Jaslyn Wacker had two kills to score four of the final five points for the Lions. The final set ended 15-5.