St. Mary's (13-7, 7-6) at Texas A&M International (3-17, 3-10)
Friday, November 5 • 6 p.m. • Laredo (TAMIU Kinesiology & Convo Bldg)
St. Mary's at Texas A&M Kingsville (12-7, 6-7)
Saturday, November 6 • 1 p.m. • Kingsville (Gil E. Steinke PE Center)
The Series: Texas A&M International
Overall: 20-12
Home: 13-3
Away: 7-9
Current Streak: L2
Three Sets: 14-4
Four Sets: 3-3
Five Sets: 3-5
Coach Ulrich vs TAMIU: First Meeting
The Series: Texas A&M Kingsville
Overall: 29-21
Home: 15-6
Away: 7-11
Neutral: 7-4
Current Streak: L2
Three Sets: 16-11
Four Sets: 7-7
Five Sets: 6-3
Coach Ulrich vs TAMUK: First Meeting
First Serve
•The final road trip of the regular season for the Rattlers sends them to Laredo and Kingsville for battles with two Texas A&M schools.Â
•With the two wins over the weekend, the Rattlers climbed from 10th to a tie for seventh-place in the Lone Star Conference standings. The top 12 advance to the league tournament.
•St. Mary's has now won its last five sets that have gone extra points and are 10-3 this season in "overtime."
•The Rattlers have won five of their last six matches and are now 13-7 on the year. The team has two matches remaining with teams ahead of them in the standings and two with teams trailing StMU in the standings.
•Senior OH Alissa Tolbert is third in school history with 41 double-doubles in her career. She trails only the co-record holders, who each have 60.
•The Rattlers remain one of the least blocked teams in the league, ranking second with 1.53 opponent blocks per set.
•Senior MB Rachel McDonald totaled the third-most blocks in a four-set match when she had nine in the win over Midwestern State on Friday.
•St. Mary's is guaranteed a winning record in the regular season for the first time since 2017.
