RICHARDSON, Texas - The UT Dallas volleyball suffered a 25-18, 25-18, 25-23 loss to Texas A&M-Kingsville in a Lone Star Conference match at the UTD Activity Center Saturday afternoon.
Before the match, the Comets (14-10, 10-5 LSC) celebrated five seniors -
Mari Hernandez,
Sydney Sabin,
Averi Frazier,
Laura See and
Avery Pickard.
The Javelinas (17-9. 10-5) used a 10-3 start to take control of the opening set. Tied at 12-12 in the second TAMUK finished the frame off with a 13-6 run.Â
UTD were up 20-18 in the third, but the visitors answered with a 6-1 rally to serve for match point. The Comets held off two match points with a kill by outside hitter
Morgan Helms and a service ace from
Maya Rhamy, before the Javelinas came out with the 25-23 win.
UTD hit .171 on 38 kills, two aces, 46 digs and four blocks. TAMUK hit .240 with 43 kills, nine aces, 51 digs and 10 blocks.
The two squads are now tied for fifth place in the LSC standings with two matches remaining in the regular season.
UT Dallas Notes
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Jane Burkhardt paced the Comets with 13 kills to go with two block assists and six digs. She now ranks 10th in program history with 370 kills this season.
- Helms finished with nine kills.
- See recorded six kills and three blocks form the middle. She moved into fifth on the Comet career total blocks list with 268.
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Lashae Goffney also recorded six kills.
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Scarlette Young had 17 assists and a pair of blocks.
- Setter
Abby Gentner posted her 26th career double-double with 15 assists and 12 digs.
- Libero
Avery Gray came up with 14 digs.
Texas A&M-Kingsville Notes
- Natalee Rush recorded 11 kills, five blocks and hit .364.
- Alexia Thompson had a double-double of 11 kills and 10 digs and served two aces.
- Cambelle Brammer added eight kills.
- Setter Alayna Guerrero had 35 assists, four aces, five blocks and eight digs.
- Karrington Crawford hit .455 on five kills and five blocks.
- Libero Monique Gonzalez had 12 digs.
Up Next
The Comets will travel to Dallas to face second-place DBU on Friday night at 6 p.m.
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