KINGSVILLE – The Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team saw its Lone Star Conference Tournament run end in the quarterfinal round on Wednesday night, falling in three sets to Texas A&M University-Kingsville.

The Lions end the tournament with a 7-7 overall record, and the Javelinas move to 13-0 headed to next week's semifinals. Set scores were 25-15, 25-20, and 25-20.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Lions were held to a .069 hitting percentage, while the Javelinas hit .231. Kingsville had 17 blocks in the match.
- Sydney Andersen (Placentia, Calif.), Nicki Gonelli (Round Rock – Stony Point), and Keziah Williams (Branson, Mo.) tied for the team lead with six kills apiece. Destiny Greenwood (Fairfield, Calif.) and Celeste Vela (Guadalajara, Mexico) each had five kills.
- Vela also passed out 14 assists and Aislynn Shore (Hockley – Frassati Catholic) passed out 10.
- Lyric Hebert (Arvada, Colo.) had a match high 15 digs and Riley Davidson (Commerce) had 11.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The opening set was nip-and-tuck until the Javelinas went on a mid-frame run. The Lions trailed by only two points at 11-9, but Kingsville took off on a 13-3 run. Vela had two late kills and Hebert had an ace to briefly fend off the end of the set, but the hill was too high to climb. Kingsville hit .294 in the set, while Commerce hit only .056.
 
The Lions battled in the second set as well, also within reach at exactly 11-9, as in the first set. The Javelinas had a four-point run that was part of a 12-7 surge, giving the hosts a 23-16 lead. Andersen and Gonelli had kills and Vela had an ace, narrowing the deficit to 23-20, but TAMUK killed off the final two points for a 2-0 lead. Williams had four kills in the set for the Lions, who hit .091 in the set.
 
A&M-Commerce jumped out to a 6-3 lead in the third set before the Javelinas reeled off seven straight points to go ahead 10-6. The Hogs pushed their lead to six points before the Lions kept the fight going, knocking down six straight points to tie the frame at 16-all. Greenwood had a block and two kills in the rally. The Javelinas scored five of the next six points to push ahead, and the hosts ended the match with another block.