LAWTON –
Ashleigh McFatridge helped the Cameron volleyball team to their first Lone Star Conference win of the season as the Aggies took down Western New Mexico 3-1 (25-18, 21-25, 25-22, 25-18) Saturday afternoon in the Aggie Gym.
McFatridge notched 14 kills with no errors in 16 swings for a .875 effort, the best hitting clip by an Aggie netter since 2011 when Sarah Corbett hit .800 against Texas College. The 14 kills is also a season-high for the junior middle blocker who also added four blocks of CU's eight total.
"We came in with an open mind and with grit and determination," head coach
Tatiana Booth said. "We had people coming in clutch for us;
Brittany Lawson was great on defense.
Ashleigh McFatridge came up to us and said 'I'm not getting enough balls', so we told her if you get balls put them down, and she had her best game of all her matches.
"As a team this is our breakthrough. We're ready to take off now from here after our next couple of home matches. We showed today what we're truly made of."
Brittany Lawson also committed no attack errors on eight kills and totaled 11 digs.
Paige Dixon and
Brandy Carr led the Aggies in kills with 15 each. Recording her sixth double-double of the year was
Brook Conley pairing 49 assists and 18 digs.
Brittnee Altic matched Conley for 18 digs.
Leading WNMU was Kaylie Lyle with 19 kills and Alanna Watt 17 kills.
The first set saw a back and forth battle until the Aggies knotted the game at 16-all starting a 10-2 run for the 25-18 set one victory behind six kills from Dixon and two blocks by McFatridge. CU hit .424 in set one tallying 18 kills.
Set two was largely controlled by WNMU who posted their best hitting clip of the match at .261 holding the Ags to 13 kills while pounding 16 themselves to take the second set 25-21.
The Aggies brought energy to set three where both sides recorded an even 13 kills, but CU took advantage of a few Mustang errors to take the third set 25-22.
Cameron cruised past the Mustangs in the fourth set to take the match after winning 25-18 with just one error and 14 kills for their best hitting clip of the match at .520 claiming their first league victory of the year.
CU is now 3-8 overall and 1-3 in the LSC. WNMU is 2-10 overall and 2-2 in conference play.
