SAN ANTONIO – The St. Mary's Volleyball team gave sixth-ranked Angelo State all it could handle on Friday evening, but lost in four sets, 25-20, 12-25, 23-25, 22-25.
The Rattlers (13-10, 7-9 Lone Star Conference) out-blocked the Belles (22-3, 15-1 Lone Star) 11-10 and matched them in aces with five, but couldn't quite finish things off.
Senior middle blocker
Julia Deais (San Antonio) led the team in kills for the second time this season, getting 10 and she also posted a team-high seven blocks. Freshman setter
Cali Nims (Corpus Christi, Texas) had the team's lone double-double with 18 assists and a career-high 17 digs, while libero
Gabi Sandoval (San Antonio) recorded her ninth 20-dig match of the year with a team-high 23. Senior
Alissa Tolbert (San Antonio) also collected double digits in digs with 11.
Freshman
Alicia Virthe (Orlando, Fla.) made her first appearance since Sept. 25, returning with four kills and a block.
StMU closes out the regular season on Saturday at 2 p.m. against Lubbock Christian for Senior Day. The Lady Chaps defeated St. Edward's in five sets in Austin on Friday evening.
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER & TEAM NOTES
- Julia Deais led the team in kills for the second time this season and the first time since Sept. 25 against Texas A&M Commerce. In both matches she tallied 10 kills. Deais also paced the team with seven blocks, the sixth time this year she's had five or more in a match.
- Cali Nims tallied her fifth double-double of the season with 18 assists and a career-high 17 digs. She betters her previous career-high of 13 digs from the win at St. Edward's on Oct. 14.
- Gabi Sandoval led the team with 23 digs – the ninth time this year she's recorded 20 or more digs in a match.
- St. Mary's has recorded double figures in blocks in each of the last five matches. The Rattlers have increased their per set block average to 1.90.
