BEAUMONT – The East Texas A&M University volleyball team lost to Lamar in straight sets on Saturday at the McDonald Gym, falling via set scores of 19-25, 21-25, and 17-25.
The Lions totaled 34 kills and hit .101, while the Cardinals finished with 42 kills and a .267 hitting percentage. The Lions exchanged early points with Lamar, getting kills from
Ariana Brown (Conroe) and
Samantha Mosley (Atlanta), before the Cardinals broke a 4-4 tie with a four-point run. The Lions worked back into the set behind kills from Brown,
Gracie Campbell (Klein Oak), Mosley and
Sabine Wenzel, and a Cardinal attack error tied it at 15.
Lamar answered with five straight points to move ahead 20-15. The Lions got late kills from Campbell and Mosley, but Lamar reached 24-18 on a kill and finished the set 25-19.
After the Cardinals moved ahead 3-1, the Lions scored the next seven points, using a sideout kill by Brown and six service points from Brown to build an 8-3 lead. Lamar got back within 8-6, and although Campbell kills helped the Lions move the score to 11-7, Lamar answered with nine straight points to go in front 16-11. The Lions stopped that run with a
Haley Mullaney (Decatur) kill, but Lamar pushed the score to 19-12 before a kill from
Jill Vinal (A&M-Consolidated) and a bad set gave the Lions consecutive points. A Wenzel kill and a Lamar attack error later cut the margin to 22-19, and after the Cardinals reached 24-19, a service error and Vinal ace brought the Lions to 24-21 before the Cardinals closed the set, 25-21.
Lamar scored the first three points of the third set, but the Lions worked back within 5-4 on kills by Wenzel and Brown and Brown's service ace. The Cardinals answered with four straight points and later stretched the margin to 18-8. The Lions put together a late four-point push from 21-12 to 21-16 behind kills from Wenzel and Mosley and a Lamar attack error. The Cardinals took four of the final five points, closing the set 25-17 and the match.
Mosley tied for the team lead with nine kills while hitting .615 on 13 attacks and adding four digs. Wenzel also recorded nine kills, hit .467 and finished with two solo blocks and 11 points. Wenzel has recorded at least two solo blocks in three consecutive games. Mullaney posted 20 assists and 11 digs.
Jade Washington (Waco – Midway) collected a team-high 12 digs and added three assists.
The Lions are 9-14 overall and 3-7 in Southland play and the Cardinals are 8-15 overall and 5-5 in Southland play.
UP NEXT
The Lions host UIW on Thursday for the Pink Out match presented by Hunt Regional Healthcare at 6:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at
LionAthletics.com/tickets.
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