Despite a match-high 21 kills from senior Colleen Favaro, the Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team dropped a 30-32, 30-25, 30-27, 30-25 decision to Lone Star Conference (LSC) leader West Texas A&M (WTAMU) on Saturday.
The loss snaps a four-game home winning streak for the Lions who were victorious in the opening game, for the 15th time in 22 matches. With the loss, A&M-C fell to 8-14 overall and 2-5 in the LSC.
Three WTAMU players recorded double-digit kills, including the double-double performance from Laura Prinsen, who had 19 kills and 18 digs. The win moved WTAMU to 22-7 overall and 7-0 in the LSC.
In addition to the double-double performance from Favaro, A&M-C senior Wannie Neal had 12 kills and a match-high four block solos in the loss.
The Lions out hit WATMU .190 to .137 in the first game as Favaro had eight kills and freshman Terra Ousley added six.
In game two after the two teams were tied at 12, A&M-C would get no closer than two as Prinsen had seven kills as WTAMU out hit the Lions, .342 to .286.
In the third game, the Lions held a 14-11 lead midway through the game until a 6-0 run by WTAMU put them ahead 17-14 and the Lions would battle back to tie the game at 25. The rally would not be enough as WTAMU took the third game by a 30-27 margin.
In the decisive fourth game, WTAMU out hit the Lions, .339 to .224 as Prinsen and Melissa Harper each added six kills.
A&M-C will be on the road for its next four matches, including a contest against Abilene Christian on Thursday at 7 p.m. in Abilene.
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A&M-C won its fourth-straight home match on Thursday night in a 30-17, 30-26, 30-21 win over Eastern New Mexico (ENMU) in a LSC contest.
In the win, A&M-C out hit ENMU .309 to .032. The .309 is the third highest clip for the Lions in 2007. Senior Colleen Favaro recorded a double-double in the win with a match-high 16 kills and 13 digs; freshman Rachel Lance added 11 kills in the win. The Katy, Texas native hit at a season-high .409 clip and Ousley hit at a team-best .467 average with nine kills on 15 attempts.
ENMU who were 3-19 overall and 0-6 in the LSC got a team-high eight kills and block solos from Randi Egley. The ENMU attack was supplemented by five service aces.