The No. 13 WTAMU volleyball team traveled to Commerce to take on the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions on Nov. 3. WT defeated TAMUC in four sets by 25-18, 23-25, 25-20 and 25-22, improving to 29-2 overall and 18-1 in the Lone Star Conference.
The Lady Buffs trailed the Lions 5-7 early in the first set. A 7-1 run gave WT a 12-8 advantage going into a TAMUC timeout. Up 18-17, another 7-1 run gave the Lady Buffs the first set victory.
WT opened game two by taking a 9-2 lead into a Lions timeout. TAMUC battled back and cut the Lady Buffs’ lead to 15-14. The Lions went on a 6-2 run with the Lady Buffs up 21-19 to even the match at 1-1.“Set two should not have been close,” Head Coach Jason Skoch said. “We are still hung over from last week.”
The third game was almost entirely back-and-forth. WT and TAMUC had an answer for every point the other scored. Finally, with the score tied at 18, the Lady Buffs went on a 7-2 run to take the set.
The Lions started game four by taking a 7-9 lead into a WT timeout. The Lady Buffs trailed 9-13 when they went on an 11-3 run to take a 20-16 lead into a TAMUC timeout. Despite being outscored 6-5 at the end of the set, WT was able to hold on to win the set and clinch the match.
