Box Score CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Texas A&M-Corpus Christi volleyball program hosts East Texas A&M as they near the end of their regular season Southland Conference schedule. It is the final home match of the regular season for the Islanders, set to begin at 1 p.m. inside the Dugan Wellness Center.
The Islanders enter with a 9-15 record overall and a 7-6 mark in conference play, as they are coming off a 3-1 win over Northwestern State on Thursday night. The Lions are 10-16 on the season and at 4-9 on the SLC after a five-set upset victory at UTRGV on Thursday. The Islanders sit in fifth place in the conference standings while the Lions sit in a tie for ninth.
Corpus Christi and East Texas A&M are meeting for the tenth time, with the Islanders leading the all-time series 8-1. TAMUCC defeated the Lions 3-1 when the two sides met earlier in Commerce this season.
Erin Herrmann and
Kenna Buchanan led the Islanders in that match with 13 and 12 kills, respectively.
The Islanders are coming off one of their better hitting performances of the conference season on Thursday night, as they hit .309 on senior night against Northwestern State. The victory gave them the season split with the Demons, as Mason Tatum set a career-high with 16 kills. The San Antonio native has been on fire of late, recording 12 kills in the previous three matches before Thursday. Two seniors, Buchanan and
Ally Saleh, each finished with 13 kills on the night they were honored prior to the game.
Virginia Van Der Werff ran the show for the Islanders as she came close to another triple double, recorded eight kills, a season-high 44 assists, and nine digs.
Saturday's match can be seen on ESPN+ at 6:30 p.m. with
Steven King on the call, and live stats can be followed along as the match happens.
Match 25 // East Texas A&M at A&M-Corpus Christi
Date: Saturday, November75th
Time: 1 p.m. CT
Location: Corpus Christi, TX
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