KINGSVILLE, Texas – The Cameron volleyball team lost their fourth straight match on Friday night, falling to Texas A&M-Kingsville in three sets.

The Aggies hit just .086 on the attack with only 29 kills. Usually strong on the service line and at the net, they tallied only one ace and three total blocks against the Javelinas. In comparison, their opponent recorded nine aces, 9.0 blocks, and hit .337 with 41 kills in the three set match.

Shantalle Demirjian and Arianna Navarrete, who are leading CU in kills on the season, continued that trend on Friday as both tallied nine kills against TAMUK. Katherine Manning had a team0high 11 assists to go along with seven digs, while Peyton Little led Cameron with 12 digs and had five assists.

Texas A&M-Kingsville didn't waste any time against CU, jumping out to an early 13-5 lead in the first set. After Cameron got to within seven thanks to a 3-2 stretch, TAMUK scored eight straight to take a 23-8 advantage. The Aggies answered with a 4-1 run, but it was little too late as the Javelinas earned a 25-12 win on a kill by Jordan Wonders.

In the second set, Cameron led early and then had to fight back from a five-point deficit with a 4-0 run to set the score at 18-17. TAMUK responded with a 7-2 run down the stretch to claim the set 25-19 and take a 2-0 lead in the match.

Texas A&M-Kingsville kicked off the third set with an 8-4 lead and then stretched that to 17-7 later in the set thanks to a 7-0 run. CU stopped the rally with a pair of kills by Riana Blount and Demirjian, but the Javelinas answered with six straight to go up 23-9. Cameron got two points back, but the Javelinas closed out the set with a kill by Mia Soto and an ace by Jordan Schenkel to win 25-11.

The Aggies will look to snap their losing skid on Saturday as they visit Texas A&M International for just their second meeting in program history. The match against the 2-15 Dustdevils is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. in Laredo, Texas.