SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi volleyball team closes out its regular season tomorrow as they travel to face Incarnate Word. The match is set to begin at 11 a.m. as the Islanders look to bounce back from a 3-0 home defeat to the Cardinals earlier this season and lock up the five seed in the Southern Conference Tournament.
The Islanders enter with a 10-16 record overall on the season and sit at 8-7 in the SLC after their five-set win over Houston Christian on Thursday night. Incarnate Word sits tied atop the conference with their 13-2 record and are 15-9 overall. The Islanders are 21-5 all time against UIW but have dropped the last three matches the two sides have played.
Corpus Christi battled their way to a road victory Thursday night in Houston. The two teams split the opening two sets 25-15 each way before settling in for three tight sets to close out the match. The Islanders were down 2-1 but came back to take the fourth set 25-21. The fifth set went to extra points as Corpus Christi was able to face a match point and then take the match with an 18-16 win.Â
Kenna Buchanan and
Hadley Burger had career performances in the match over the Huskies. The pair each had 20 kills in the match and hit .360 and .488, respectively.
Ava Hight ran the show for the Islanders as the primary setter and finished with a team-high 35 assists.
The match can be seen on ESPN+
here, and live stats can be followed throughout the match
here.
Match 27 // A&M-Corpus Christi at Incarnate Word
Date: Saturday, November 14th
Time: 11 a.m. CT
Location: San Antonio, TX
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