LAWTON – The Cameron volleyball team claimed their second Lone Star Conference victory in a row by defeating rival Midwestern State 3-1 (25-23, 25-14, 23-25, 25-20) on Tuesday evening in the Aggie Gym.
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The win brings CU to 4-8 overall and 2-3 in the league, and MSU is now 7-6 and 2-3 in the LSC as well.
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The Aggies edged the Mustangs with a .179 attack percentage to their .106 while posting 48 kills to MSU's 43. Both sides had nine team blocks.
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Paige Dixon led the Aggies with 15 kills and
Bristol Lewis with nine. Lewis also had four block assists alongside
Brandy Carr.
Brook Conley had 33 assists and 13 digs for her seventh double-double of the season. With 15 digs was
Brittnee Altic, and
Katrina Campbell added ten.
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Cameron opened the match strong, leading by as much as nine points until a couple of late MSU runs closed the gap and tied the match at 23-all. However, the Aggies would put down back-to-back kills to take set one, 25-23.
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In the second set, Cameron cruised to a 25-14 victory after MSU hit in the negative attacking percentage. The Mustangs would turn around in set three to prevent the Aggie sweep by watching the Aggies hit at a negative clip. The set saw 12 ties but the Mustangs stayed the course to take set three, 25-23.
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Although MSU nabbed the first point of set four, Cameron jumped on an eight point run. The closest MSU would close the gap was 21-19 when the Aggies committed three straight attack errors. The Aggies would end the match in good fashion, chaining a 4-1 run behind three kills and a block to take the fourth set 25-20 while pounding a match high 17 kills.
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Rockelle Gohlson led MSU with 19 kills.
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Next, Cameron will host Texas A&M-Commerce and Texas Woman's Sept. 29-30 in the Aggie Gym.
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