HOUSTON – The Texas A&M-Commerce Volleyball team traveled to Houston for their third Southland Conference match of the season against Houston Christian on Tuesday Evening. Taking the Huskies to four sets with a 25-23 win in the third, the Lions fell 3-1 with set scores of 25-16, 18-25 in the first two sets, and 25-19 in the fourth and final set against HCU.
 
The Lions kicked off taking the first three points of the set. The Huskies answered with a 3-0 run of their own before going toe-to-toe with the Lions for the first 12 points of the set. With a 10-2 run, the Huskies took the lead 23-14 before securing the set win 25-16 on an attacking error.
 
Neither team could pull away until a 6-1 run by the Huskies put them ahead 9-5. The Lions responded with a 4-0 run of their own to tie the set 9-9 trading the next six points with HCU. An 11-2 run put the Huskies up 23-13 with the Lions picking up five more points before the Huskies won the set 25-18.
 
On a 6-1 run, the Lions took the lead 9-3 and held the lead until the Huskies went on three 3-0 runs that put them ahead, 15-13, for the first time during the third set. The Lions respond with a 5-2 run stealing the lead back before a kill from Maddy Rashford (Placentia, Calif.) bagged the set win.
 
With a kill to take the first point of the set, Taryn Cast (Peaster) started things off for the Lions as they jumped ahead early, 7-4, on an 8-1 run. The Huskies advanced, 13-10, on a 7-1 run of their own holding the lead for the remainder of the set when a kill from Sara Arroyo collected the, 25-19, match win over the Huskies.
 
Rashford led the team recording 18.5 points with 18 kills and hitting .441 percent. Celeste Vela (Guadalajara, Mexico) clinched a double-double with 26 assist and 10 digs and led the team with three aces while Lyric Hebert (Arvada, Colo.) tallied 25 digs.


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The Lions return home this weekend to host UIW on Thursday at 6 p.m. and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Saturday at 1 p.m. As part of the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month on campus, fans are encouraged to arrive early to Saturday's match for free t-shirts until supplies last.