Kameryn Hayes, Halie Harton and Erin Dougherty combined for 35 kills to lead
fifth-ranked West Texas A&M to a 25-20, 25-18, 25-16 win over Midwestern
State in Lone Star Conference play Tuesday night at the WTAMU
Fieldhouse in Canyon.
The Lady Buffs claimed their 13th consecutive match to improve to
13-1 on the season and to 4-0 in league play while sending MSU to its sixth loss
in seven matches to fall to 3-10 and 1-4.
Hayes, a sophomore from
Cypress, put down 14 kills while Harton and Dougherty added 11 and 10 kills each
as WT leveled the Mustangs with a .380 team hitting
percentage
Midwestern used a 7-0 run midway through the second set
highlighted by a pair of blocks and two big kills by junior outside hitter
Beatriz Villalba as the Mustangs rolled out to a 13-6 edge but the Lady Buffs
recovered to outpoint MSU 19-5 for the remainder of the stanza.
MSU
struggled with WT's big front, hitting into eight blocks while logging a .100
kill rate with 30 kills and 21 attack errors.
Senior outside hitter
Shelbi Stewart battled her way to a team-best eight kills (.040 attack
percentage) while Villalba and sophomore middle blocker Kasey Decker added five
kills each.
Junior middle blocker Michelle Blount (4 kills, 0 errors)
and Decker led the Mustangs at the net with two blocks each while sophomore
libero Casey Fletcher led back row efforts with nine digs.
Midwestern
State returns to D.L. Ligon Coliseum for a pair of LSC tilts this weekend as the
Mustangs take on Texas A&M-Commerce Friday night at 7 p.m. before battling
Texas Woman's University Saturday at 2 p.m.
Fletcher Earns LSC Defensive Honors
Midwestern State's Casey Fletcher garnered Lone Star Conference Defensive Player
of the Week honors Tuesday when league officials announced weekly
awards.
The 5-8 sophomore from Eddy enjoyed two her best performances of
the season while helping the Mustangs to a weekend split with conference foes
Incarnate Word and Texas A&M-Kingsville.
Fletcher averaged 5.33 digs
per set while posting back-to-back 20-dig efforts for the first time this
season.
The libero totaled 23 digs Friday against UIW before notching 25
digs in MSU's 3-2 win over TAMUK on Saturday.
Other honorees included
Texas Woman's sophomore Morgan Wilson as the other top defender, while Angelo
State junior Shelbi Goode and Incarnate Word senior Chetina Chavis garnered
offensive accolades.
West Texas A&M senior Lacy Hayes and Incarnate
Word's Danielle Suarez were tabbed co-setters of the week.
