Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi volleyball team fell in five sets to Sam Houston State, 3-2, at the Johnson Coliseum in Huntsville, Texas on Tuesday.
- The Islanders are now 3-3 on Southland Conference play on the year. Sam Houston State improves to 12-5 overall and 4-1 in league action.
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Rachel Young hit .385 with a team-high 13 kills and just three attacking errors. She also added a pair of blocks and a dig.
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Chloe Simon recorded her second career double-double with 13 digs and 10 kills. She had a pair of blocks and an assist.
Key Islander Statistics
- The Bearkats won the first set, 25-12, before the Islanders came back to win the next two sets, 25-18 and 25-23. Sam Houston won the fourth set, 25-23 and took the fifth set, 15-11.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's best set came in the third, hitting .229 with 13 kills.
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Angel Felan had a career-high 37 assists and tied career-bests in kills with three and one block.
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Sam Dumity had a career high seven blocks and six digs. She added five kills during the match.
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Julia Carter set career highs in digs with seven and blocks with four. She also added 10 kills and a service ace.
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Kaylee Payne tied her career high in digs with 19. She also had a pair of assists and a service ace.
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Kylie Filipiak had a career-best 17 digs and three blocks. She had a three kills and a service ace.
Key Islander Sequences
- In the second set, A&M-Corpus Christi found itself down, 6-3. But the Islanders took control early and didn't look back. A quick 6-0 rally eventually turned into a stretch where A&M-Corpus Christi would outscore the Bearkats, 13-2. During the run, the Islanders got kills from four different players including three from Carter. The Bearkats also committed five attacking errors while Payne and Filipiak each notched service aces.
- The Islanders got back-to-back kills from Carter in the closing moments of the third set to make it 24-20. But Sam Houston State rallied with a 3-0 run to make it 24-23. But A&M-Corpus Christi controlled the serve on the next sequence and Carter put away her sixth kill of the set to give the Islanders the third set and a 2-1 set advantage.
Up Next
- The Islanders return home on Thursday, Oct. 11, against Houston Baptist. Fans can find the entire 2018 promotional schedule
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