Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi volleyball team dropped a five-set thriller to UT-Rio Grande Valley, 3-2, on Tuesday night at the Dugan Wellness Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
- The Islanders fall to 0-4 on the year while UTRGV improved to 3-1.
- This was the first matchup of the South Texas Showdown, presented by NavyArmy Community Credit Union, between the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and UTRGV.
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Rachel Young notched a career-high 17 kills to go along with four digs and two blocks.
Key Islander Statistics
- The Islanders won the first set, 25-23, but dropped the next two, 25-15 and 25-8. A&M-Corpus Christi won the fourth set, 27-25, but lost the deciding fifth set, 15-11.
- Young was joined in double-figure kills by freshman
Jenna Lyons who hit a career-high 10 kills with a dig and two block assists.
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Jenna Krenek had a career-best 17 digs to go along with a pair of service aces and two assists.
- Krenek was one of four Islanders in double figures for digs.
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Chloe Simon added 10 digs and nine kills.
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Mackenzie Coates had 10 digs and 23 assists to go along with a kill and a service ace.
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Kaylee Payne had 11 digs and a kill.
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Madison Green racked up 25 assists with nine digs, seven kills, two blocks and a service ace.
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Sam Dumity added five kills and a pair of blocks.
- The Islanders' best set came in the fourth as the team hit .429 with just three attacking errors and 21 kills.
- The announced attendance for the match was 1,005.
Key Islander Sequence
- Leading 23-19 in the first set, UTRGV went on a 4-0 run and tied the set at 23-23. After A&M-Corpus Christi called its second timeout, Simon came up with a kill off a feed from Coates to give the Islanders set point. Lyons and Young came up with a block on the next point to give the Islanders the first set, 25-23.
- The fourth set included 12 ties and three lead changes, eventually leading to an Islander point, forcing a fifth set. With the match tied at 24-24, UTRGV took the lead on a Ragni Steen Knudsen kill to force match point. But a service error tied the match back up at 25-25 and gave the Islanders the serve.
Jenna Krenek kept the ball in play and Lyons responded with a kill to make it 26-25. On set point, it was the left-handed freshman
Kylie Filipiak who made the big play, notching a kill off a feed from Green to send the match into a fifth set.
Up Next
- The Islanders will head to the LSU Tournament in Baton Rouge, La., for three matches this weekend. Friday's slate includes the host Tigers at 12:30 p.m. followed by a 5 p.m. contest against South Florida. On Saturday at 11 a.m., the Islanders take on Duke. The next home matches are scheduled for Friday, Sept. 7 as part of a double header. Texas Southern visits the Dugan for an 11:30 a.m. match followed by a marquee matchup against the University of Miami at 5:30 p.m.
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