Texas A&M Volleyball
Aggie volleyball earns seventh straight victory in sweep over Missouri
After a crushing loss to Arkansas to start conference play, the Texas A&M volleyball team (16-6, 9-2 SEC) was reeling at 7-5. Heading into Wednesday's match with Missouri (20-4, 8-3 SEC), the Aggies had won seven of their last eight and were riding a six-match winning streak.
With a win over the Tigers, the Aggies had a chance to grab a share of the conference lead.
They got what they were looking for.
Texas A&M trailed for much of the first set, having trouble dealing with Missouri's Alyssa Munlyn in the early-going. Down 20-22, the Ags managed to tie it up after a Tiger attack error and a kill from senior Shelby Sullivan.
The Aggies and Tigers traded points in a tense battle for the all-important first set until Kiara McGee and Ashlee Reasor finished things off with two quick kills. The 27-25 victory was a sign of things to come for the rest of the night.
The second set was just as close as the first for the most part, but thanks to Jazzmin Baber's 13 kills up to that point, the Aggies were the ones with the lead. Up 23-22, Texas A&M looked to McGee and Reasor once again to end the set.
Though Munlyn came up with a kill in between them, the duo did as expected, driving home two kills and giving Texas A&M a comfortable, 2-0, halftime lead. McGee explained the Aggies' thought process after the game.
"Everyone's out there working for every point. If something bad happens, we shake it off." She continued, "We believe in each other so much. We're always like, 'We're winning this set.' We come out, and we do."
As the third set rolled around, the Aggies did what they have become so accustomed to doing over the last nine matches: they finished.
Missouri kept things as close as ever throughout the third frame, but as it drew to a close the Tigers crumbled, giving the Aggies four of the last five points on unforced errors. On the other side of the net, Head Coach Laurie Corbelli's team remained poised en route to a win, 25-23.
Corbelli has been impressed with her team's ability to finish since the debacle against Arkansas in late September.
"It's easy to get beat in the last minute, but we wanted to do the hard thing," she said. "We challenged (the team), and they challenged themselves. Boy, they took it -- really seriously and really quickly -- to heart."
Texas A&M will have a good opportunity to stretch its winning streak to eight on Sunday as the Georgia Bulldogs -- who are a pitiful 0-10 in conference play -- come to College Station.
With a win over the Tigers, the Aggies had a chance to grab a share of the conference lead.
They got what they were looking for.
Texas A&M trailed for much of the first set, having trouble dealing with Missouri's Alyssa Munlyn in the early-going. Down 20-22, the Ags managed to tie it up after a Tiger attack error and a kill from senior Shelby Sullivan.
The Aggies and Tigers traded points in a tense battle for the all-important first set until Kiara McGee and Ashlee Reasor finished things off with two quick kills. The 27-25 victory was a sign of things to come for the rest of the night.
The second set was just as close as the first for the most part, but thanks to Jazzmin Baber's 13 kills up to that point, the Aggies were the ones with the lead. Up 23-22, Texas A&M looked to McGee and Reasor once again to end the set.
Though Munlyn came up with a kill in between them, the duo did as expected, driving home two kills and giving Texas A&M a comfortable, 2-0, halftime lead. McGee explained the Aggies' thought process after the game.
"Everyone's out there working for every point. If something bad happens, we shake it off." She continued, "We believe in each other so much. We're always like, 'We're winning this set.' We come out, and we do."
As the third set rolled around, the Aggies did what they have become so accustomed to doing over the last nine matches: they finished.
Missouri kept things as close as ever throughout the third frame, but as it drew to a close the Tigers crumbled, giving the Aggies four of the last five points on unforced errors. On the other side of the net, Head Coach Laurie Corbelli's team remained poised en route to a win, 25-23.
Corbelli has been impressed with her team's ability to finish since the debacle against Arkansas in late September.
"It's easy to get beat in the last minute, but we wanted to do the hard thing," she said. "We challenged (the team), and they challenged themselves. Boy, they took it -- really seriously and really quickly -- to heart."
Texas A&M will have a good opportunity to stretch its winning streak to eight on Sunday as the Georgia Bulldogs -- who are a pitiful 0-10 in conference play -- come to College Station.
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