CANYON, Texas (KFDA) – West Texas A&M senior Taytum Stow became the program\u2019s all-time leader in solo blocks Tuesday night as the #14 Lady Buffs defeated Lubbock Christian 3-2 (23-25, 25-23, 25-23, 20-25, 15-11).<\/p>\n
The victory extended West Texas A&M\u2019s win streak to 10 matches while ending Lubbock Christian\u2019s 15-match winning streak in Lone Star Conference action.<\/p>\n
First set sees early momentum shifts<\/p>\n
West Texas A&M opened with Currie Marusak serving and took an early lead on a Lubbock Christian error. <\/p>\n
The visitors responded with a service ace and kills to build an 8-3 advantage.<\/p>\n
The Lady Buffs fought back with kills from Parker Gladhill and Emma Becker. <\/p>\n
Stow\u2019s blocks and Marusak\u2019s attacks helped West Texas A&M tie the set multiple times, including at 20-20. <\/p>\n
Lady Buffs take control in second set<\/p>\n
Lubbock Christian opened the second set with a service ace, but West Texas A&M responded with a kill from Gladhill. <\/p>\n
The Lady Buffs went on a 4-1 run with kills from Stow and Becker and a block by Stow to lead 8-4.<\/p>\n
Kills by Marusak and Bromli Watson extended the lead to 17-14.<\/p>\n
A late kill by Kaycee Cavanaugh and another by Marusak secured the set victory.<\/p>\n
Third set remains tight throughout<\/p>\n
Cavanaugh opened the third set with a kill, but Lubbock Christian built a 4-1 lead. <\/p>\n
A service ace by Becker helped level the score at 5-5.<\/p>\n
The Lady Buffs tied the game 11-11 on a service ace by Casey Loewer. <\/p>\n
A block from Cavanaugh and Stow sparked a late run, with consecutive kills by Cavanaugh and a service ace from Hannah Pemberton closing the set.<\/p>\n
Lubbock Christian forces fifth set<\/p>\n
West Texas A&M opened the fourth set with a 3-0 lead on kills by Becker and Stow, both assisted by Watson. <\/p>\n
The Lady Buffs extended their advantage to 6-2 and later led 15-7 after blocks by Stow and a kill by Cavanaugh.<\/p>\n
Lubbock Christian rallied to tie the set 18-18 and took control with a scoring run that led to a 25-20 victory.<\/p>\n
Lady Buffs close out match in fifth set<\/p>\n
After falling behind 2-0 in the decisive set, a kill by Becker sparked a West Texas A&M response that included contributions from Cavanaugh and Stow to tie the score 3-3.<\/p>\n
The Lady Buffs moved ahead 8-7 on an attack error and a block by Gladhill. <\/p>\n
West Texas A&M closed the match with a 5-0 run highlighted by kills from Becker and Marusak for the 15-11 victory.<\/p>\n
Head coach Terry Gamble said the match had momentum swings throughout.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt kind of went up and down because up 18-11, as good as we are in set four, we should not have gave that up and we kind of lost focus and made some errors,\u201d Gamble said. <\/p>\n
\u201cTo fight back in set five and being down 8-11 in set five, and then just go on a seven-point streak… I\u2019m so proud of these guys, and it\u2019s a great effort.\u201d<\/p>\n
Statistical leaders<\/p>\n
Marusak led West Texas A&M with 22 digs and contributed 20.5 points. <\/p>\n
Stow posted nine total blocks and 22 points. <\/p>\n
Becker added 19 digs and 18 points, while Pemberton collected 26 digs.<\/p>\n
West Texas A&M travels to Odessa on Friday to face UT Permian Basin at 6 p.m. in Lone Star Conference action.<\/p>\n
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