EDINBURG, Texas — Texas State volleyball completed its first sweep of an opponent this season, with a 3-0 win over Texas A&M – Corpus Christi in Friday afternoons match.
Highlighting the match was a career-best 13 kills from middle blocker
Jade Defraeye. She led the Bobcats in both kills and blocks tonight. That, and a standout performance from freshman outside hitter
Britton Finley helped the Bobcats to sweep TAMUCC.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
In the first set, Texas State took a lead after the 2-2 point and didn't relinquish the lead for the rest of the set. Extending its lead out to as many as five at various points throughout the set, Texas State controlled momentum most of the way. The Bobcats 12 kills in set one came from five different arms, with
Jade Defraeye and
Bailey Hanner tallying three each. Texas State outworked TAMUCC defensively, digging 12 balls to their 7, which helped them win the set in the end. Texas State led won set one 25-18.
Set two was similarly controlled by the Bobcats, with Texas State taking a tied 3-3 scoreline and building themselves a 12-3 lead early. Despite the Islanders doing their best to battle back, Texas State was able to hold on to a 25-19 lead.
Samantha Wunsch came alive in the second set for five of the team's 16 kills. Finley and Defraeye had four apiece as well.
The third set was more of a back-and-forth affair with nine tied scores and four lead changes. The match was tied as close to the end as 23-23, but Defraeye's 13
th kill of the night gave the Bobcats match point, and
Bailey Hanner got the final kill of the game to win it.
Texas State is now 3-1 on the season heading into the final game of the Southwest Showdown tomorrow.
STAT LEADERS
SCORES BY SET
- 1st | Texas State 25, TAMUCC 18
- 2nd | Texas State 25, TAMUCC 19
- 3rd | Texas State 25 TAMUCC 23
MATCH NOTES:
- Senior middle blocker Jade Defraeye had 13 kills, which is a career best for her. She also led the team in blocks tonight with three.
- Freshman Britton Finley had improved in each of her outings this weekend, with a new career-best of 12 kills tonight.
UP NEXT
Texas State will continue the Southwest Showdown tomorrow, Sept. 6 at noon versus UTEP. This will be the Bobcats' final of three games this weekend. Texas State will have its home opener next week against Arizona State on Sept. 11. That game will begin at 6 pm as the first of the Bobcats three in the Texas State Invitational. All three of the Bobcats' home matches next week will be streamed on ESPN+ or fans can buy tickets at txst.com/tickets.
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