Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi volleyball team defeated Southeastern Louisiana, 3-0, on Thursday evening in Hammond, La.
- The Islanders improved to 7-6 in Southland Conference play with the win. The Lions fall to 2-23 overall and 1-11 in league action.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi hit .237 for the match while holding Southeastern to just a .186 attack percentage with 20 attacking errors.
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Julia Carter had a team-high 10 kills, hitting .450 with two blocks, two digs and just one attacking error.
- A&M-Corpus Christi is now 13-1 all time against the Lions and have won five in a row in the series.
Key Islander Statistics
- The Islanders won all three sets by scores of 25-21, 25-22 and 25-23.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's best set came in the third, hitting .324 with 13 kills and just one error.
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Madison Green got her ninth double-double of the year with 30 assists and 10 digs. She also added a service ace.
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Rachel Young hit .500 with eight kills, no attacking errors, three blocks and a dig.
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Sam Dumity had eight kills with one attacking error. She hit .467 for the match with five digs and a block.
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Kaylee Payne had 14 digs defensively with a pair of assists.
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Jenna Krenek had 11 digs, two assists and a service ace.
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Angel Felan had six digs with an assist.
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Kylie Filipiak had five kills, four digs and a block assist.
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Chloe Simon had four digs, three kills and a service ace.
The Coach
- " I thought we did a really good job limiting their attack tonight," said head coach
Steve Greene. "Young and Dumity were great in the middle. We got some nice defensive performances from Payne, Krenek and Felan."
Key Islander Sequences
- Trailing 19-17 in the first set, the Islanders got a 4-0 run to take a lead they would not relinquish. Dumity and Filipiak had a block, and a bad set from the Lions tied the set, 19-19. After a Southeastern timeout, a pair of Lion attack errors gave A&M-Corpus Christi a 21-19 lead. The Islanders closed out the set by scoring four of the next six points.
- The Lions went on a 3-0 run midway through the second set to pull within two, 14-12. But A&M-Corpus Christi responded with a 4-0 run of its own, taking advantage of three Southeastern attacking errors while getting a kill from Young.
- In the third, it looked as if the Lions were going to pull away for a set win, taking a 20-16 lead. But the Islanders fought back with a 5-0 run. Carter got a kill and the Lions had an attacking error to make it 20-18. After a timeout, a ball handling error from Southeastern made it 20-19. On the next play, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi got a kill from Carter to tie the match. Green tacked on a service ace to give the Islanders a 21-20 lead.
Up Next
- The Islanders will head to Northwestern State for a 1 p.m. match on Saturday, Nov. 3. After that, the team plays at Houston Baptist on Tuesday, Nov. 6 and closes out the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 10, at the University of the Incarnate Word.
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