LAWTON, Okla. – The winning streak in Lone Star Conference matches improves to five for the Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team, who swept Cameron, 3-0 on Saturday afternoon at the Aggie Gym. The Lions took the three sets by scores of 25-20, 25-13, and 25-19, respectively.
 
The win helps the Lions move to 6-7 overall and 5-3 in conference matches and the Aggies drop to 1-18 overall and 0-8 in LSC play.
 
Cameron trailed 17-16 in the first set, before A&M-Commerce won the next three points for some breathing room and closed it on a 4-2 run. The set was won by the Lions on an ace by Ashley Pennington (Frisco – Liberty). The Lions had five aces in the match, served up by five different players.
 
The Lions cruised to a 25-13 win in the second set, they led by as much as nine points in the middle of the set, 17-8. The Aggies pulled to 17-12, but the Lions won the set on an 8-1 run. They won the set on an attacking error by the Aggies.
 
A&M-Commerce did not trail in the third set and won its fifth-consecutive conference match on a service error by the Aggies. The slimmest lead for the Lions in the set was at 17-15, but the Lions won the next five points.
 
Taryn Cast (Peaster) led the team with nine kills, she also had three assisted blocks. Essence Allen (Longview – Tatum) had nine kills and seven digs. Maddy Rashford (Placentia, Calif.) had eight kills, fellow Placentia, California, resident, Sydney Andersen had six kills and three blocks.
 
Celeste Vela (Guadalajara, Mexico) had 32 of the team's 35 aces. Lyric Hebert (Arvada, Colo.) had 20 digs, while Cast and Pennington had eight each.
 
The Lions hit .170 in the match and held the Aggies to a hitting percentage of .045.
 
UP NEXT
A&M-Commerce is at home during homecoming weekend. Lions take on Texas A&M International on Friday at 6 p.m. and Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday, October 16 at 1 p.m.