SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Volleyball) – A battle in the Alamo city from Texas A&M University-Kingsville (10-2, 2-0 LSC) fell short against St. Mary's University (7-6, 1-1 Heartland Conference) in four sets (19-25, 23-25, 25-18, 21-25) at the Bill Greehey Arena on Tuesday Night.

The Javelinas hit .201 in the match and was led by Krystal Faison who recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 15 kills, 12 digs and two aces. Madison Brabham followed the junior with 11 kills and tied Lexi Wick with three total blocks who also added eight kills. Haley Hutchinson had a good match with ten kills while Ashley Bukowski was one kill short of a double-double to go along with her 13 digs and single service ace. Casey Klobedans finished the match with 48 assists and registered three kills.  

GAME INFORMATION
Sets: Texas A&M-Kingsville 1, St. Mary's 3
Records: Texas A&M-Kingsville (10-2, 2-0 LSC), St. Mary's (7-6, 1-1 Heartland Conference)
Series: Texas A&M-Kingsville is 14-28 against St. Mary's
Location: Bill Greehey Arena
Time of Match: 7 p.m.

TEAM LEADERS
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Kills: Krystal Faison, 15
Blocks: Two players with three blocks each
Assists: Casey Klobedans, 48
Aces: Taliah Phipps, 3
Digs: Ashley Bukowski, 13

St. Mary's
Kills: Channing Hankins, 17
Blocks: Megan Isbell, 7
Assists: Bree Perry, 50
Aces: Two players with two aces each
Digs: Amanda Lake, 17
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

Set 1

The Hogs started strong and built a 15-7 lead before the Rattlers went on a massive 14-2 run to posses a 21-17 lead. StMU went on to take the opening frame 25-19 despite the set high five kills from Brabham who finished with a .625 hitting percentage to open the match. 

Set 2

A hard fought second set for both clubs resulted in a 25-23 win for the Rattlers. Faison struck back-to-back kills late in the set putting a rally in full motion as St. Mary's clung to a 24-22 lead. Maddi King committed an attack error to bring TAMUK within one point of a tie but made up for it by getting the final kill to end the set. Faison finished the with six total kills and Bukowski followed with five.  

Set 3

In a back and forth set No. 3 that featured 13 ties and eight lead changes, the Hoggies came out on top 25-18 to avoid the sweep. Kingsville was very balanced with three kills each from Faison, Hutchinson and Wick and two kills from Bukowski and Krystal Puente. Taliah Phipps had a set high of two aces including the final point of the set to seal the victory. 

Set 4

After being down 19-13, the biggest margin of the stanza, the Javs clawed their way back into the match to shrink the lead 21-19. In that run, Brabham gathered two kills, Faison and Klobedans each put down one kill and Puente came through with a big ace. Despite their efforts, the Javelinas were not able to get over the hump and fell 25-21 to end the match.

What's Next

The Blue and Gold will jump back into Lone Star Conference play on Friday, September 23 when they travel to Commerce, Texas to face Texas A&M University-Commerce at 7 p.m.

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