LAWTON – Senior
Brook Conley achieved her 17th double-double of the year on 24 assists and 10 digs in the Aggies' 0-3 (20-25, 19-25, 25-27) loss to Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday afternoon.
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Cameron recognized Conley and
Lari Robertson for senior day in the Aggies' final home and regular season match.
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Conley also added two kills, two blocks and a service ace to close out her career with the Black and Gold. The setter from Carmine, Texas averaged over eight assists per set and three digs per set this year.
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Other top performers against the Javelinas included
Brandy Carr with nine kills and six blocks,
Paige Dixon with eight kills and
Brittnee Altic with 12 digs.
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On the Javelinas' side, Madison Brabham led with 14 kills and Lexi Wick had 12. Casey Klobedans recorded 39 assists and Krystal Faison 23 digs.
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To open the match, Kingsville kept a steady lead over the Aggies and took their largest advantage of six points, 22-16. CU went on a 5-2 run to put the game at 23-20, but the Javelinas knocked down back-to-back kills to take the set 25-20.
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Cameron's offense struggled in set two, hitting below .100. After six early ties, the Javelinas chained four points for a 9-6 edge. CU kept within reach until Kingsville went on a six point run, which included four kills, to further their lead to 22-14. The Aggies went on another 5-2 run but were halted by a service error on Javelina set point to fall 25-19.
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Cameron found power in set three to push down a two point deficit with a seven point chain to lead 13-8, their largest advantage of the match. Their chain included three blocks from Carr. The Javelinas would take it back though with an 8-1 run of their own to lead 16-14.
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Momentum swung back in CU's favor on a 7-2 chain putting them ahead 21-18 forcing a Kingsville timeout. From the break, Wick put down three kills and forced an Aggie error to put her side up 22-21. The game tied four times and for a final time at 25-25 until a CU attack error and kill by Faison ended the match in favor of Kingsville, 27-25, despite the Javelinas hitting below .100 on 12 errors themselves.
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The Aggies end the season with a 7-22 overall record and 3-17 league mark. The Javelinas move to 21-11 and 13-7 in the LSC.