THIBODAUX, La. – The East Texas A&M University volleyball team swept the Nicholls Colonels on Saturday afternoon, winning via set scores of 26-24, 25-17, 25-22 in Stopher Gymnasium.
The Lions hit .246 to snap their four-match losing skid, above their season average of .230, while holding the Colonels to .095 and finished with a 13-7 advantage in total blocks. Their 13 total blocks were a season high.
The losing streak-stopping win moves the Lions to 9-12 overall and 3-5 in Southland play. The Colonels drop to 9-12 overall and 2-6 in Southland play.
The opening set stayed tight early before the Lions moved from a 7-5 lead to an 11-5 advantage behind two
Gracie Campbell (Klein Oak) kills, a
Samantha Mosley (Atlanta) kill and a Mosley-
Sabine Wenzel (Melrose, Mass.) block. The Lions later stretched the margin to 17-10 with Campbell adding another kill and
Jill Vinal (A&M-Consolidated) serving an ace, but the Colonels answered from 21-15 with eight straight points to move ahead 23-21.
The Lions came back with a Colonels service error and an attack error to tie it at 23-23, and but a kill put the Colonels up 24-23, Campbell tied the set with a kill.
Sediong Scott (Houston – Elsik) and
Haley Mullaney (Decatur) combined on a block for a 25-24 lead, and Campbell finished the set 26-24 with a kill from Vinal.
The Colonels moved in front 6-3 in the second set, but the Lions answered with six straight points, including a Wenzel kill, consecutive
Ariana Brown (Conroe) service aces and a Wenzel block, to take a 9-6 lead. After the Colonels broke the run, Mosley put down a kill and the Lions scored three more points on serves by
Jade Washington (Waco – Midway), with a Campbell kill and two block-assisted Colonels attack errors moving the lead to 13-7.
The Lions kept the margin at six or more through the middle of the set behind kills from Campbell, Wenzel, Brown and Mosley, reaching 23-15 on another Mosley kill. The Colonels cut it to 23-17, but Campbell's kill moved the Lions to 24-17, and a Colonels attack error closed the set 25-17.
In the third set, the Colonels moved in front 10-7, but the Lions worked back within 11-10 before a service error gave the Colonels a 12-10 edge. The Lions answered with six straight points on Brown's serve, getting two combined blocks from Wenzel and Mosley along with kills from Mosley and Campbell to move ahead 16-12. The Colonels later cut the margin to 20-19 and stayed within 21-20, but another Wenzel-Mosley block and a Colonels attack error pushed the Lions back in front by three. Mosley's kill put the Lions at set point, and after the Colonels answered once, Campbell finished the set with a kill from Washington for a 25-22 win.
Campbell led the Lions with 16 kills while adding seven digs and two block assists. Campbell recorded 16 kills for the second consecutive match. Washington recorded a team-high 22 digs and added eight assists, with her 22 digs exceeding her season average of 18.35.
Brown has recorded at least 10 kills in seven consecutive matches. Wenzel tallied seven blocks, including two solo blocks, and added two kills. Wenzel's two solo blocks surpassed her season average of 0.65. Mosley finished with 10 kills on a .333 hitting percentage and contributed five block assists.
Mosley's 10 kills exceeded her season average of 7.8, and her five blocks surpassed her season average of 2.65. Scott recorded six blocks, exceeding her season average of 2.9, and Mullaney recorded four blocks, exceeding her season average of 1.45.
UP NEXT
The Lions host SFA on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Field House. Tickets can be purchased at
LionAthletics.com/tickets.
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