Volleyball falls in five sets at Northwestern State

Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi volleyball team fell to Northwestern State in a close five-set match, 3-2, at Prather Coliseum in Natchitoches, La., on Saturday.
- The Islanders are now an even 7-7 in Southland play with two regular season matches to go. The Lady Demons improved to 10-13 overall and 6-7 in conference action.

Key Islander Statistics
- Northwestern State won the first set, 25-18, third set, 25-11, and fifth set, 15-7. The Islanders took the second set, 25-19, and the fourth set, 25-22.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi's best set came in the second, hitting .344 with 16 kills while holding the Lady Demons to a match-low .119 attack percentage with seven errors.
- Julia Carter had a team-high 13 kills. She also added a pair of digs, a block and an assist.
- Madison Green finished with 45 assists, eight digs, four kills and three service aces. Her three blocks tied her career high.
- Kaylee Payne had 20 digs with an assist. It was her third match this season with 20 or more digs.
- Sam Dumity finished with 10 kills, a career-high eight digs, three blocks and two assists.
- Rachel Young had 11 kills with four blocks, three digs and an assist.
- Chloe Simon had nine kills with nine digs and three blocks.
- Kylie Filipiak added six kills, four digs and a block.
- Angel Felan recorded nine digs with an assist and a kill.
- Jenna Krenek finished with five digs and a kill.

Key Islander Sequences
- Simon helped push the Islanders to a second set win. With the lead at one, 17-16, A&M-Corpus Christi finished the set on an 8-6 run. Simon served as the catalyst, with four kills in the run. Green assisted on six Islander kills and combined with Young for a big block down the stretch. A&M-Corpus Christi got to set point on a Northwestern State attacking error. On the next play, Dumity put away a kill to give the Islanders the 25-19 set.

- It was a back-and-forth fourth set that saw Texas A&M-Corpus Christi take the point and tie the match, 2-2, forcing a fifth set. The Lady Demons pulled within one, 21-20, with a block but that was as close as the set got. Young made it a two-point game with a kill and then combined with Simon and Green on a block to make it 23-20. Green would make it set-point with a kill, 24-21 and two plays later, Carter ended the set with a kill off an assist from Green.

Up Next
- The Islanders play at Houston Baptist on Tuesday, Nov. 6 and close out the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 10, at the University of the Incarnate Word.

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