WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Cameron pushed their matches to the distance on their final day at Midwestern State's Invitational with CU falling to Southeastern Oklahoma, and later rallying back to best St. Edward's on Saturday.
 
The win over the Hilltoppers snapped a five match early season skid by the Aggies who have been pushed to five-sets in half of their eight matches.
 
Jenna Gillean was named All-Tournament after recording 62 kills in the four matches this weekend.  The Aggie sophomore was nearly flawless with only nine errors; she had a streak of 17 kills in a row on Friday, and topped that mark with 18 in a row on Saturday against Southeastern Oklahoma.
 
Cameron will see their record move to 2-6 heading into Lone Star Conference play that will start on Friday at home against West Texas A&M at 5:30 p.m.
 
Cameron vs. Southeastern Okla. (25-17, 19-25, 25-22, 23-25, 9-15)
In a seesaw battle with the Savage Strom (5-2), the Aggies fell late despite a 19 kill effort from Gillean in their early afternoon tilt.
 
The Aggies (1-6) dominated the early set with a 25-17 win off of 17 kills and a .282 hitting percentage.  Gillean hit .600, with six kills, and no errors as CU pulled away with six unanswered points. 

In set two, Cameron led 16-13 through the midway marker but momentum sided with SOSU and they knocked down the next seven points to even the match at one each.  With the sets tied, Southeastern Oklahoma held onto a 19-17 advantage until the Ags sparked off of Kylee Quillin at the service line with six straight points.  Quillin, the CU junior had a pair of service aces during their run to take the set.

Southeastern Oklahoma controlled the majority of the fourth set to push the Aggies to their third full match of the season.  Cameron did mount a late run with four straight points to get within one (23-22) but the Savage Strom would pick up a kill in the following rally to get to set point.

Cameron would fall flat in the fifth set offensively with four kills and five errors to allow SOSU to pick up their fifth win of the season.

The Aggies hit .188 at the net with 57 kills, while the Savage Storm went .221 and had 70 kills; SOSU knocked down ten blocks to CU's three.

Cameron (1-6) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Jenna Gillean 19-1-2; Ania Keene 9-0-0; Gabrielle Lerma 8-0-1; Joseline Caraveo 7-0-1; Hailee Faustner 6-0-0; Sabra Washington 3-0-1; Haleigh McClain-Ward 2-0-0; Hailey Lafler 2-0-0; Shelby Mench 1-1-0; Katrina Campbell 0-1-0; Kylee Quillin 0-3-0; Totals 57-6-3.0. (Assists) - Haleigh McClain-Ward 34; Shelby Mench 12. (Dig leaders) - Gabrielle Lerma 19; Katrina Campbell 19; Ania Keene 16; Kylee Quillin 9; Jenna Gillean 9; Haleigh McClain-Ward 9

Southeastern Okla. (5-2) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Abby Jameson 17-0-2; Julia Benford 15-0-5; Karine Cavalcante 14-1-2; Erika Costain 10-0-2; Arianna Baker 10-0-5; Kristina Bergman 2-0-0; Brittney Owens 1-0-2; Alissa Benson 1-1-0; Caitlyn Mills 0-0-1; Kristi Carter 0-2-0; Caitlin Cosby 0-1-0; Totals 70-5-10.0. (Assists) - Alissa Benson 63. (Dig leaders) - Caitlin Cosby 25; Alissa Benson 22; Bayley Cook 18; Karin Cavalcante 11; Erika Costain 10; Kristi Carter 10

Cameron vs. St. Edward's (10-25, 22-25, 25-20, 25-13, 15-7)
Saturday's finale proved to be tale of two CU different teams with the Aggies rallying back from two-sets down to win in five over the Hilltoppers. 
 
The Aggies (2-6) could only put up seven offensive points in the opening frame with Gillean accounting for four kills; the other three points came from St. Edward's (2-6) errors.  In the second set, it was all Hilltoppers until late in the set where they reached a 24-17 set point before the Aggies mounted a surprising five point run.  Cameron would fall in the set but the momentum carried with them the rest of the way.

CU opened the third set with seven straight points and never relinquished the lead off of 11 kills.  Cameron pecked apart St. Edward's as the Aggie offense kept pounding with 13 kills and a .303 hitting percentage; the set ended with a CU eight point run.

With the match even a two-sets each, the Aggies scored the first two points and rolled past St. Edward's.

The rally from two-down is CU's first since last season against Southern Nazarene in the Aggie Gym.

Cameron had 53 kills with a .166 hitting percentage, which was slightly better than St. Edward's who hit .134 but had 56 kills.  CU led 94-to-87 in digs but the Hilltoppers topped in blocks 12-to-4.

Gillean hit .324 with a match high 15 kills, and Gabrielle Lerma had a double-double with 21 digs and 13 kills.

St. Edward's (2-6) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Alexa McAndrew 13-2-3; Mikayla Parker 12-1-7; Katie Martin 12-0-2; Kate Hendrix 8-0-3; Madison McClurg 7-0-3; Tabitha Elder 2-0-3; Hailey Reier 1-1-1; Carlie Shmidl 1-0-2; Morgan Beckham 0-1-0; Totals 56-5-12.0. (Assists) - Avalon Frantz 29; Jaclyn Billie 16. (Dig leaders) - Morgan Beckham 32; Katie Martin 15; Alexa McAndrew 13; Jaclyn Billie 10

Cameron (2-6) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Jenna Gillean 15-2-0; Gabrielle Lerma 13-0-0; Ania Keene 8-0-0; Joseline Caraveo 6-0-4; Hailee Faustner 6-0-1; Haleigh McClain-Ward 4-0-1; Shelby Mench 1-0-1; Kylee Quillin 0-2-0; Totals 53-4-4.0. (Assists) - Haleigh McClain-Ward 34. (Dig leaders) - Kylee Quillin 26; Gabrielle Lerma 21; Shelby Pohlmeyer 11; Jenna Gillean 8