COMMERCE – The East Texas A&M University lost to UTRGV 3-0 via set scores of 25-20, 25-22, and 25-21 on Saturday inside the Hunt Regional Healthcare Court at the Field House.
In the second set, ET cut a 20-12 deficit to 23-21, but the Vaqueros won the set 25-22.
Samantha Mosley (Atlanta) put ET on the board first, but the Vaqueros answered with a string of kills moved ahead 6-3 to open the match. The worked back into the set behind kills from
Sabine Wenzel (Melrose, Mass.),
Ariana Brown (Conroe) and
Haley Mullaney (Decatur), and Brown served consecutive aces to tie it at 10-10 before an ace from
Katelyn Pritchard (McAllen) gave ET a 13-12 lead.
The Vaqueros broke a 14-14 tie with three straight points, pushed the margin to 20-15, and after ET cut it to 22-19 on a
Sediong Scott (Houston – Elsik) kill. The Vaqueros closed the first set 25-20.
ET moved in front 3-1 on Brown's ace and a Vaqueros attack error, but the Vaqueros answered with three straight points for a 4-3 edge and later used Ema Petkovic's ace to go ahead 7-4. Kills by Brown and
Gracie Campbell (Klein Oak) and a block by Mullaney and Wenzel brought the set even at 7-7, but the Vaqueros built separation to build leads of 18-11 and 23-15. Campbell's kill to make it 23-16 put Mullaney at the service line, and ET won the next six points, with Scott's block, Mosley's kill, two Mullaney aces and Brown's kill pulling ET within 23-22. The Vaqueros stopped the run on Petkovic's kill for set point, then Carmina Tijerina served an ace to finish the set 25-22.
After the Vaqueros opened with two service aces in the third, ET answered with a Scott kill, a
Jade Washington (Waco – Midway) ace and a Vaqueros attack error blocked by
Allie Ihloff (Tulsa, Okla.) and Mosley to move in front 3-2. The set stayed tight through a 15-13 ET lead on
Samantha Mosley's kill, but the Vaqueros scored the next six points to go ahead 19-15.
Campbell's kill and a Vaqueros error cut the margin to 19-17, only for the Vaqueros to move back ahead 23-17. Brown had three kills and Ihloff served an ace in a four-point ET push to 23-21, but the Vaqueros reached set point on a kill and ended the set 25-21 on a block.
Brown led ET with 11 kills, four service aces and 15.0 points while hitting .321 and adding seven digs. Brown has recorded at least 11 kills in two consecutive matches. Mosley finished with nine kills on a .389 hitting percentage and added one block assist. Mosley has recorded a hitting percentage of at least .389 in two consecutive matches. Mullaney recorded a team-high 17 assists with two service aces, five digs and one block assist. ET totaled 10 service aces, surpassing its season average of 7.89, and reached 150 total blocks for the season with three blocks in the match.
The Lions are now 8-11 overall and 2-4 in Southland play. The Vaqueros are 10-7 overall and 6-0 in Southland play. East Texas A&M is 3-10 in its last 13 matches.
UP NEXT
ET travels to face McNeese on Thursday at 6 p.m.
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