Story Headlines
- The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi volleyball team fell to the University of Miami, 3-0, at the Dugan Wellness Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday.
- Miami improved to 3-3 on the year while the Islanders fall to 1-8.
- This was just the third ACC opponent that Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has faced. Earlier this year, the Islanders took on Clemson and Duke.
Key Islander Statistics
- The Hurricanes won all three sets by scores of 25-15, 26-24 and 25-23.
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Sam Dumity reached double-figures in kills for the second time in her career, notching 11 to go along with one block. She had just two attacking errors and hit .429.
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Kylie Filipiak had a career-high 11 kills, hitting .233 for the match.
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Madison Green had her fourth double-double of the season with 36 assists and 12 digs. She also had four kills and a service ace.
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Rachel Young added nine kills with four digs and an assist.
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Chloe Simon had seven digs and seven kills to go along with a block.
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Jenna Krenek had 13 digs and one service ace.
- The Islanders' best set came in the third as the team hit .250 and maintained a sideout percentage of 60.
Key Islander Sequence
- The Islanders got off to a hot start in the second set. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi got a kill from Simon to start the set and Green came up with an ace to make it 2-0. After a Miami attacking error, Filipiak got a kill to make it 4-0 Islanders. The Hurricanes would get a couple points back but another kill from Filipiak pushed the lead back to 5-2. Dumity made it 6-2 as she recorded a kill off a Green set. The Islanders gave a point back on a service error but Dumity made it 7-3 as she recorded her second kill of the set.
Up Next
- The Islanders will hit the road for four-straight matches beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at UTRGV in the second installment of the South Texas Showdown presented by NavyArmy Community Credit Union. After a three-match tournament in Missouri, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi returns home to face Nicholls State in the Southland Conference opener on Thursday, Sept. 20 at 6:30 p.m. Fans can find the entire 2018 promotional schedule
HERE.
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