COMMERCE – The No. 23 Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team started off hot and rolled to a sweep of Texas A&M University-Kingsville in The Field House on Saturday afternoon. Set scores were 25-10, 26-24, and 25-20.
 
The Lions move to 9-4 overall and 2-2 in the Lone Star Conference with their second straight win. The Javelinas fall to 7-5 overall and 2-2 in LSC play.
 
A&M-Commerce plays the third of five consecutive home matches on Tuesday at 6 p.m., hosting Dallas Baptist in the final non-conference match of the season.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Lion offense hit .277 in the match and held the visitors to a paltry .011 percentage.
- The Wacker twins were the primary offensive weapons for the Lions. Jaryn Wacker had 12 kills on a .276 hitting percentage, while Jaslyn Wacker had 11 kills on a .318 hitting percentage.
- Celeste Vela (Guadalajara, Mexico) had a team-high 18 assists, while Carolina Machado (Sao Paulo, Brazil) passed out 15 assists.
- Daniela Santos (Caracas, Venezuela) led the team with 14 digs and three of the Lions' eight service aces.
- The Lions threw up 11 blocks, with Shelley Chapron (Houston – St. Pius X) in on six of those.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Lion offense came out of the gates firing, and threw down 13 kills with a .526 hitting percentage in the first set. Jaryn Wacker (Austin – Vista Ridge) had five kills in the set and teamed up with Chapron for three of the Lions' four blocks in the set. The Lions scored the first four points of the match and were quickly up 10-2. Chapron stayed on serve for six consecutive points and the Lions were then up 16-4. A Jaslyn Wacker (Austin – Vista Ridge) kill closed out the runaway set.
 
The second set was much tighter, as the Lions had multiple unforced errors. Despite hitting only .163 in the set, A&M-Commerce was able to hold off the visitors down the stretch, as the Javelinas hit only .026. The Lions had 19 digs in the set, as Santos had two aces and six digs. TAMUK had taken an 8-6 lead early before the Lions scored five straight on Vela's serve. After the set was tied at 18-all, the Lions got to set point at 24-22, but the Javelinas scored twice consecutively to force extra points. A Chapron kill and a block from Bina Njikam (Keller) and Santos have the Lions their second set win.
 
Santos' serve run in the middle of the third set put the Lions in position to close out the sweep, thought the Javelinas did not make it easy. The Lions led 15-7 before A&M-Kingsville fought back to tie the set at 17-all. Santos threw down two kills out of a timeout, a Lion block was thrown up, and Riley Davidson (Commerce) notched a service ace to give the Lions a 21-17 lead. In the final points, Chapron scored an ace and Njikam hammered down two kills to wrap up the sweep.