SAN MARCOS, Texas — It wasn't the result Texas State volleyball fans wanted Tuesday night against Texas A&M, but it was progress in the right direction, according to head coach
Sean Huiet, despite the Aggies knocking off the Bobcats in straight sets.
In front of a season-high 836 attendees Tuesday night, Texas State (2-8) raced out to a 17-13 advantage in the first set. But a 7-3 Aggie run tied the set at 20-20. Texas A&M (7-2) continued the run by scoring five of the next six points to win the set.
The second set was a lot of the same from the first set as Texas State held an 11-7 lead, then eventually a 21-19 advantage until Texas A&M went on another 6-1 scoring run to close out the set.
Set three was a battle through and through as there were 18 ties with the latest coming at 24-24. Texas State went ahead 25-24 on an attack error, but Texas A&M closed out the match with a kill and back-to-back Bobcat attack errors.
FROM HEAD COACH SEAN HUIET
"I don't love losing, but I thought we finally put some things together tonight and took a step in the right direction. You don't see it on the scoreboard, per se, but we made a jump today. Again, I don't like losing and won't ever say good things about losing, but we saw some things from this team that we hadn't seen in a while."
STAT LEADERS
SCORES BY SET
- 1st | Texas A&M 25, Texas State 21
- 2nd | Texas A&M 25, Texas State 22
- 3rd | Texas A&M 27, Texas State 25
MATCH NOTES
- Tuesday night, Texas State recorded its most service aces (5) in a home match this season, breaking the previous mark of four set against Alabama on Friday, Sept. 10. The five service aces against the Aggies mark the second-most aces in a match by the Bobcats this season after having seven against Cincinnati.
- The third set of Tuesday night's match marked the first time this season Texas State did not win a set despite scoring 25 points. The only other time the Bobcats surpassed the 25-point mark in a set, Texas State won the second set, 28-26, against Cincinnati.
- Since taking over duties as the team's primary setting 10 days ago, sophomore Ryann Torres create a streak of double-digit assist matches. Following Tuesday night's contest against the Aggies, Torres' streak now sits at six consecutive matches with double-double assists.
UP NEXT
- Texas State will travel to Corpus Christi, Texas to participate in the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Tournament hosted by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Bobcats will open play against the Islanders on Thursday, Sept. 16 at 6:30 p.m., before playing UTEP (10:30 a.m.) and Tarleton State (3:30 p.m.) on Friday, Sept. 17.
- For the latest information on the team, follow @TexasStateVball on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. General athletic news can also be at @TxStateBobcats on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
