DALLAS – The Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team snapped a six-match losing streak on Tuesday night in the Burg Center, earning a sweep of DBU.
 
Set scores were 25-20, 26-24, and 25-16. The Lions are now 3-6 overall and in the Lone Star Conference Central Division, while DBU falls to 3-8.
 
The two sides will meet again Wednesday at 6 p.m. in DBU's Burg Center.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The Lions hit .147 in the match with 38 kills, while limiting the Patriots to 29 kills and a .030 hitting percentage.
- Nicki Gonelli (Round Rock – Stony Point) lead the Lions with 11 error-free kills for a .579 hitting percentage.
- Maddy Rashford (Placentia, Calif.) hit .533 with nine kills.
- Natalie Sarbeck (Cy-Fair) had a double-double with 14 assists and 10 digs, and Aislynn Shore (Hockley - Frassatti Catholic) pass ed out 13 assists.
- Lyric Hebert (Arvada, Colo.) led all players with 17 digs, while Riley Davidson (Commerce) had 15 digs.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
After conceding the first two points of the night, the Lions went on a run, scoring eight of the next nine points. Shelbi Sheppard (Emory - Rains) had an ace and Maiya Dickie (Huntsville) pounded out two kills in that run. The Lions held a lead at 17-12 before the Patriots went on a four-point surge to cut the lead to 17-16. A kill by Andersen stemmed the tide and the Lions scored four of the last five points to take the first set, 25-20. The Lions had 11 kills in the set, with five players earning multiple kills, led by Gonelli's three.
 
The second set was neck-and-neck down to the very end of the set. Neither team was able to get a lead of more than two points until the Lions scored eight of 11 to take a 22-18 lead. DBU answered with a five-of-six run to tie the set at 24-all. Gonelli closed out the set for the Lions with a block and a kill for a 26-24 win and a two sets to none advantage. Gonelii had five kills in the set, as the Lions hit .163 in the frame.
 
The Lions carried that momentum into the third set, going ahead early and never looking back. A&M-Commerce went on a few 3-1 runs, getting out to an eight-point lead at 19-11. After a pair of DBU points, the Lions put the hammer down, scoring six of the next nine points to close out the sweep.