Despite a match-high 16 kills from senior Colleen Favaro, the Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team dropped a 30-20, 37-35, 30-23 decision to host Midwestern State on Saturday night.
The Lions (3-9, 0-2 LSC) were out hit by the Mustangs, .250-to-.147 in the loss. In addition to the 16 kills from Favaro, the Lions had nine blocks; including a season-high five blocks assists from freshman Terra Ousley.
Midwestern State (14-2, 2-0 LSC) had two players with double digit kills, including 14 from Krissa Johnson and 10 from Jessica Ransom. Allison Schreiber had a match-high 45 assists and was one of the three Mustangs to record double figure digs with 10. MSU also had nine service aces in the win.
With the opening game tied at five, the Mustangs went on a 13-3 run to take an 18-8 lead en route to the opening game victory. In game two, the two teams exchanged the lead throughout the game. Favaro had nine kills for the Lions, but it was the Mustangs who capitalized on four service aces to take a 2-0 lead into intermission. In the decisive third game, Johnson had six kills as MSU clinched the match, out hitting the Lions .310-to-.093.
Next the Lions will return to Commerce for their first home match of the season on Thursday at 7 p.m. when they take on Southeastern Oklahoma State. Earlier this year, the Lions dropped a 26-30, 30-15, 30-38, 30-20 decision to the Savage Storm at the Texoma Challenge.
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Updated Volleyball Stats:
Lone Star Conference Stats (Individual) as of 9/15/07:
Brittany Williams ranks 8th in LSC for assists per game, with 424 assists total, and is averaging 9.64 assists per game. Williams has transitioned to the position of setter after being middle blocker for the Lions last season.
Colleen Favaro ranks 2nd in LSC for kills per game, with 186 kills total, and is averaging 4.43 kills per game.
Lauren Flynn ranks 4th in LSC in service aces per game, with 29 total, and is averaging .64 service aces per game.
Lauren Flynn ranks 7th in LSC in digs per game, with 207 total, and is averaging 4.60 digs per game.
Colleen Favaro ranks 3rd in LSC in points per game, with 209.0 total points, and is averaging 4.98 points per game.