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Winner West Tex. A&M WTAMU 8-2
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St. Mary's (TX) SMU-TX 7-4
Winner
West Tex. A&M WTAMU
8-2
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Final
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St. Mary's (TX) SMU-TX
7-4
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 5 F
West Tex. A&M WTAMU 25 21 22 25 15 (3)
St. Mary's (TX) SMU-TX 22 25 25 18 13 (2)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | RattlerAthletics.com

Volleyball Falls in Heartbreaker to Lady Buffs

By Heather Kennedy | RattlerAthletics.com

SAN ANTONIO – Despite career-high afternoons by San Antonio sophomores Julia Deais and Catherine Cruz, the St. Mary's Volleyball team lost a heart-breaking five-set match to West Texas A&M on Saturday at Bill Greehey Arena.

Deais had 12 kills, bettering her old mark of 10, with just one error on 31 kills for a team-best .355 hitting percentage, while Cruz recorded a match-high 30 digs, shattering her previous career-high of 22 digs from earlier this season against Edinboro (Sept. 14).

The Rattlers (7-5, 1-3 Lone Star Conference) have lost two very close matches to the Lady Buffs (9-2, 3-1 Lone Star) this season, today falling 22-25, 25-21, 25-22, 18-25, 13-15.

Senior KK Payne (New Braunfels, Texas) led the Rattlers with her fifth double-double of the year, posting 16 kills and 14 digs. She also had a career-high two solo blocks. Fellow senior Bree Perry (Houston, Texas) tallied her third double-double of the year and the 39th of her career with a season-high 49 assists and 12 digs.

Sophomore Jasmine Sims (Graham, Texas) was the fourth Rattler to post double digits in kills, with 10 and she hit .348 (10-2-23). Sophomore Alissa Tolbert (San Antonio) narrowly missed a double-double with nine kills and 17 digs despite coming off the bench in the first two sets.

The two teams battled back-and-forth in every set as there were at least five ties in each of the first four sets and three in the final stanza. There were also at least two lead changes in all five sets – including four in the opening set.

The Rattlers hit .207 for the entire match and hit .405 for the third set – with just two hitting errors in the set that saw the Gold & Blue lead a majority of the way. The Buffs hit .227 for the afternoon and were blocked seven times by the Rattlers (3 solo, 8 assists).

The Gold & Blue defense did hold Torrey Miller, the league's leading hitter – averaging 4.19 kills per set – well below her average – as she recorded just 13 in the match and hit -.019 (13-14-53).

TEAM & INDIVIDUAL NOTES
  • Julia Deias bettered her career-high in kills, posting 12 in the match. Her previous high of 10 came twice last season.
  • Cat Cruz shattered her career-high in digs with 30, bettering her previous high of 22 from earlier this season against Edinboro (Sept. 14).
  • KK Payne recorded a season-high 16 kills. She's had 14 twice earlier this year. She also tallied her fifth double-double of the year and her fifth at St. Mary's after getting 14 digs and she also notched a career-best two solo blocks.
  • Alissa Tolbert tied her career-high with three block assists. It's the fourth time in her career she's tallied three block assists in a match.
  • Junior Amara Martinez (Houston) also recorded a career-high in kills, getting eight. She bettered her previous high of five from 2017 against Howard Payne (Oct. 24).
  • The 63 kills by the Rattlers are the most this season, as are the 55 assists.
  • The Rattlers are now 1-2 in five-set matches – with both losses coming against the Lady Buffs.
UP NEXT
St. Mary's heads back out on the road for a pair of Lone Star Conference matches. They play at Western New Mexico on Thursday at 2 p.m. and Texas-Permian Basin on Saturday at 6 p.m. The Rattlers return home on Friday, Oct. 11 to host old Heartland Conference foe Texas A&M International at 6.
 
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