KINGSVILLE, Texas – Sophomore
Brett Zaccardo recorded 21 digs to move up to fourth on the Texas A&M-Kingsville volleyball team's single-season digs list Tuesday night but the Javelinas fell to Texas A&M International 3-1 (25-23, 25-22, 17-25, 26-24) in Gil H. Steinke Physical Education Center-Kingsville Hampton Inn Court.
The Blue and Gold are now 18-11 overall while the Dustdevils improve to 8-11.
For the season, Zaccardo now has 548 digs and is seven away from matching her total from last year. Both
Krystal Faison and
Casey Klobedans recorded double-doubles on the night. Faison finished with 10 kills and 16 digs and Klobedans was credited with 40 assists and 12 digs.
Leading TAMUK offensively was
Valarie Moehrig with 13 kills and a .188 attack percentage. Also reaching double-digits in kills was
Ashley Bukowski with 10.
Haley Hutchinson contributed seven kills and four blocks. Three of her rejections were assisted, giving her 87 on the season. The freshmen's total moved her past Danielle Godfrey (2005) for seventh place on the school's single-season list.
Jumping out to a 6-2 lead behind two kills from Faison were the Blue and Gold. An 8-2 scoring burst gave TAMIU the lead for most of the set. Down by five, TAMUK won seven of the next nine points, led by Hutchinson's two kills and a solo block, to tie the score at 23-23. However, the Dustdevils took the next two points to take a 1-0 lead in the match.
Four straight Javelina kills gave them a 9-4 lead in the second stanza. TAMIU responded with seven straight points to take a two-point advantage. The Blue and Gold managed to tie the score thrice, the last coming at 14-14 after a Dustdevil service error, but the visitors went on to take the set 25-22.
TAMUK went ahead 4-3 following back-to-back attack errors by TAMIU in the third. The Dustdevils answered right back with four consecutive points. Four attack errors from the visitors helped the Blue and Gold go on a 16-4 scoring burst and gave them the lead for the rest of the set.
The Javelinas led for most of the fourth stanza until TAMIU used a 5-1 scoring burst to take a 17-16 lead. TAMUK answered back with three straight to go up by two. Leading 22-19, the Blue and Gold surrendered four straight points to the visitors. The teams traded the next three points until the Dustdevils got back-to-back kills to end the contest.
A tough weekend awaits TAMUK beginning with a 6 p.m. Friday match against Angelo State, the second place team in the Lone Star Conference.
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