DENTON, Texas (Oct. 6, 2016) – Texas Woman's University rides its season-high three-game win streak into Silver City, N.M., for a match against Western New Mexico Friday at 7 p.m. CST.
TEXAS WOMAN'S (6-9, 2-4 LSC) at WESTERN NEW MEXICO (11-6, 3-3 LSC)
Friday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. CST
Drag's Court (Silver City, N.M.)
About the Pioneers
TWU has won three straight matches, a season high, after snapping a seven-game losing streak Sept. 27 with a five-set win over Dallas Baptist at home and followed it up with their first two conference victories over Midwestern State and Cameron inside Kitty Magee Arena. The Pioneers rank second in the Lone Star in digs per set (17.75) and attacks per set (38.40).
About the Mustangs
WNMU has recorded an overall record of 11-6 and is 3-3 in LSC play. Within the league, the Mustangs sit second in assists per set (1.75), hitting percentage (.236) and service aces (103).
History between Texas Woman's and Western New Mexico
The two squads have met just once with the Mustangs taking a 3-1 victory on Sept. 9, 2000.
TWU nets first conference sweep
DENTON, Texas (Oct. 1, 2016) – Texas Woman's University registered its first Lone Star Conference sweep of the season and extended their winning streak to a season-best three matches in a 3-0 victory against Cameron Saturday afternoon inside Kitty Magee Arena.
Sara Oxford tallied a double-double with her game-high14 kills and 13 digs, while
Anna McGee added 13 kills at a .429 clip.
Katy Ranes handed out a game-high 42 assists, and
Emma Petolick handled a game-high 17 digs in the three-set win (25-20, 25-23, 25-17).
Oxford recorded the first point of the afternoon after sailing a kill off of a blocker and kept TWU's lead at 9-8 on another kill. Four straight points extended the lead to 13-8, and a
Briley Cole kill upped the margin to 18-11. The Aggies (0-13, 0-7 LSC) pulled close with a 5-0 run before
Kerstin Jenkins and Cole produced kills for a 20-16 edge. A TWU service error did not help the cause, but an Oxford kill and dump from Ranes increased the lead to 22-17 as TWU (6-9, 2-4 LSC) went on to win by five.
Set two was a back-and-forth battle that had Cameron achieve several leads throughout with the first coming after back-to-back kills to go up 3-2. Ranes set another dump over the net for the first TWU lead at 8-7 before consecutive attack errors gave the Aggies back the advantage at 13-12. A CU kill and two more Pioneer mishaps put the Aggies in front at 16-13 and boosted the lead to 23-18. As they did last night against Midwestern Sate, TWU posed an improbable rally started by McGee who threw down a kill from the outside and then teamed up with
Courtney Noel for a block. Two Aggie errors were timely for the Pioneers as was a service ace by Oxford to tie the set at 23-23. A sky-high tip by McGee put TWU at match point, and a CU attack error put the Pioneers up two sets in the match.
The third set played close early on at 4-4 before TWU accumulated five straight points off of three CU errors, an Oxford kill and a
Jade Akins service ace. The Aggies responded with two kills and a service ace along with a pair of Pioneer attack errors to pull within 10-9. TWU strung together four straight for a 15-10 lead and increased it to 17-11 on an ace by Ranes. A kill by Jenkins from the outside preceded a block and two kills from Oxford, and a kill by
Caroline Noel off of the CU blockers extended the margin to 23-14. The Aggies tacked on three more scores, but it was not enough as Oxford put the match away on a kill from the middle.
