Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi volleyball team swept the University of New Orleans, 3-0, on Saturday at the Dugan Wellness Center in Corpus Christi, Texas.
- The Islanders move to 3-12 overall with the win and 2-0 in Southland action. The Privateers fall to 7-9 and an even 1-1 in conference play
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Chloe Simon had a match-high 11 kills, hitting .375 with four digs, an assist and a block.
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Madison Green had a career-high four service aces in the match. She nearly hit her career high with 36 helpers. Green added nine digs, six kills and a block assist in the win.
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Kaylee Payne got the start at libero and had career highs in digs with 19 and assists with five.
Key Islander Statistics
- A&M-Corpus Christi won all three sets by scores of 25-20, 25-18 and 27-25.
- The Islanders hit .277 for the match and had a sideout percentage of 64 percent.
- The team's best set came in the second, hitting .333 with 16 kills and just three attacking errors.
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Rachel Young hit .583 for the match with seven kills and no attacking errors. She added a pair of digs defensively.
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Julia Carter had eight kills with a pair of service aces in her second collegiate match.
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Sam Dumity had seven kills, three blocks, two assists and a dig.
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Angel Felan hit a career high with three service aces.
Key Islander Sequences
- In the second set, the two teams looked to in for a back-and-forth battle but a 7-0 run by the Islanders midway through gave them the momentum to pull away and take a 2-0 lead. A UNO attacking error gave the serve back to the Islanders and Green. Green would then run off six-consecutive points from behind the service line. She started the rally with an ace then assisted on a kill from Simon. After a Privateer substitution, Green connected with Filipiak to make it 16-11 A&M-Corpus Christi. A UNO timeout didn't help as Green found the court twice with back-to-back aces. A setting error by the Privateers helped cap the 7-0 run and put the Islanders up, 19-11.
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi nearly led the third set get away as UNO battled back from an eight-point deficit to take a 23-21 lead. Young started the rally with a kill and Felan added a service ace to tie the match, 23-23. The Privateers regained the lead on a kill from Rhyan Rand but Young tied things back up at 24-24 with a kill off a feed from Green. Simon gave the Islanders a quick lead on a kill but an A&M-Corpus Christi service error tied things back up, 25-25. The Islanders got a set point after a UNO attacking error and on match point, a Privateer attack hit the net and sailed out of bounds for an error, capping a 6-2 A&M-Corpus Christi run to win the match.
Up Next
The Islanders head to Central Arkansas on Thursday, Sept. 27, for a 7 p.m. match, followed by a 1 p.m. contest at Stephen F. Austin on Saturday, Sept. 29. A&M-Corpus Christi returns home on Thursday, Oct. 4, against Incarnate Word. Fans can find the entire 2018 promotional schedule
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