Women's Volleyball
Ballard leads A&M-Commerce past Central Oklahoma, 3-0
Box Score vs. Central Oklahoma
Sophomore Morgan
Ballard slammed a game-high 13 kills and finished with a
.611 hitting percentage to lead the Texas A&M
University-Commerce Lions past the Central Oklahoma Bronchos,
25-17, 25-18, 25-13, on Saturday night in Edmond, Okla.
A&M-Commerce improves to 15-9 overall and 7-4 in Lone Star
Conference play, while Central Oklahoma falls to 12-19 and 5-7.
“It was nice to see the team rebound so well after a bad
loss,” said Lions head volleyball coach Mark Pryor.
“They were still angry about Thursday, and they were able to
channel that emotion into tonight’s match.”
The Lions traveled to Southwestern Oklahoma State on Thursday and
dropped a 3-1 decision to the Bulldogs. But, the Lions, led by
Ballard, only went through nine lead changes the entire match
against UCO, and never trailed in the third.
Alyssa Oberle and Rachel Lance
each chipped in eight kills for A&M-Commerce, Perla
Faudoa collected 31 assists and Lauren
Flynn recorded a game-high 23 digs.
The Lions also improved their hitting percentage from .101 against
SOSU, to .257 against the Bronchos, and improved their chances of
continuing play past the regular season in the LSC tourney.
“They realized that they can not wait for something to
happen,” said Pryor. “They went out and were proactive
and took control. “I am very proud of them all.”
A&M-Commerce currently sits in a four-way tie for third place
with Midwestern State, Abilene Christian and Texas Woman’s.
West Texas A&M holds the top spot, followed by Tarleton
State.
The Lions return home to host Cameron on Thursday at 7 p.m. in the
A&M-Commerce Field House, before wrapping up the regular season
on Saturday at 5 p.m. against Midwestern St.
