SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State volleyball team completed a season sweep over Little Rock with a 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-16) triumph Sunday afternoon inside Strahan Coliseum.
 
The Bobcats (20-8, 11-2 SBC) reached the 20-win plateau for the fourth time in five years since joining the Sun Belt Conference, while also providing coach Karen Chisum with her 24th 20-win campaign in her 38 seasons at the helm.
 
The Trojans (9-18, 5-10 SBC) suffered their second shutout loss to the Bobcats this year.
 
Junior Madison Daigle led the maroon and gold with 12 kills and just one error for a team-high .478 hitting percentage. She also added six blocks. Sophomore Megan Porter contributed 12 digs and nine kills, while classmate Amy Pflughaupt filled the stat sheet with nine digs, seven kills, four blocks and three aces. Senior Erin Hoppe supplied a match-high 36 assists, and sophomore Micah Dinwiddie totaled a match-best 25 digs. Her dig total was the highest by an SBC player in a three-set match this year.
 
The first set was never in doubt after Texas State used a 9-0 run to turn a 5-4 LR lead into a 13-5 TXST advantage. The lead inflated to 13 at one point (20-7) before contracting back into the final nine-point cushion of 25-16.
 
The second period had a few more twists and turns before the Bobcats were finally able to seize control. Little Rock enjoyed a 13-10 lead that forced a Texas State timeout, but the home side blitzed the visitors with an 11-1 run that put the maroon and gold on top 21-14. The Trojans were able to climb back within three but would not come any closer.
 
LR continued to fight in the third frame and even found one final lead at 12-11. Texas State would not be denied the clean sweep, however, as the Bobcats closed out the afternoon session on a 14-4 run.
 
The Trojans failed to have a player reach double-digit kills for the second time this season against TXST. Veronica Marin led the offense with nine kills, Taylor Lindberg had 29 assists, and Sydnee Martin registered 19 digs. SBC Freshman of the Week Mya Robinson was held to just six kills on a .115 percentage.
 
The Bobcats led in all major statistical categories, including kills (40-32), attack percentage (.252-.080), assists (40-31), aces (7-1), digs (66-44), and blocks (10-4).
 
The maroon and gold will conclude its stretch of three matches in four days with a road trip to Arlington, Texas. TXST will face UTA in the final road contest of the season at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 6 inside College Park Center.
 
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