{"id":420915,"date":"2026-08-30T08:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T08:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420915\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T08:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T08:26:10","slug":"no-8-volleyball-sweeps-cal-poly-to-close-texas-am-invitational-3-0-texas-am-aggies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420915\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 8 Volleyball Sweeps Cal Poly to Close Texas A&M Invitational, 3-0 – Texas A&M Aggies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Aggies swept the Texas A&M Invitational after a straight-set win over Cal Poly.
\nNatalie Ring<\/a> paced the Maroon & white offensively with a season-high 15 kills.
\nKirra Musgrove<\/a> set career highs in assists (34) and aces (3) in the win.<\/p>\n

COLLEGE STATION \u2013 The No. 8 Aggie volleyball team swept Cal Poly to close the Texas A&M Invitational Saturday evening at Reed Arena, 3-0 (26-24, 25-15, 25-23).<\/p>\n

Texas A&M (3-2) made it back-to-back sweeps, as it downed Cal Poly (1-1) in three sets behind a dominant offensive showing spearheaded by Natalie Ring<\/a>\u2019s 15 kills. The outside hitter led an efficient night for the Maroon & White, hitting .387 while the team as a unit was at .333.<\/p>\n

The contest opened as a back-and-forth affair, with Texas A&M and Cal Poly trading points and finding level on six occasions before the Mustangs clawed a three-point lead at the first break, 15-12. Ring turned the tide in the frame, logging eight kills with her final one giving the team set point, 24-22. The victors leveled the game once again at 24, but an Eliza Sharp<\/a> kill paired with a Mustang error claimed the opener for A&M, 26-24.<\/p>\n

Continuing to build on the momentum, stints at the service line from Gabi Rodriguez<\/a> and Taryn Morris<\/a> prompted an early called timeout from Cal poly, 7-2. A&M kept its foot on the gas, holding the advantage late, 20-15. Leaving nothing to chance, Kirra Musgrove<\/a> led a 5-0 charge to conclude the frame, capped off by an ace for set point.<\/p>\n

Cal Poly responded in the early portion of the third, taking a four-point lead at double digits, 10-6. Kaia Castle<\/a> sparked an Aggie response from the middle of the court, recording three kills and a block in a six-point span to knot the set at 11. The programs battled late into the frame, and it was the Mustangs that forged a three-point gap as they hit 20. Needing to answer, A&M did just that with an 8-3 streak capped off by Ring\u2019s 15th kill of the game to seal the sweep.<\/p>\n

Stat Leaders<\/p>\n

Kills \u2013 Natalie Ring<\/a> \u2013 15<\/p>\n

Hitting Percentage (Min. 10 kills) \u2013 Natalie Ring<\/a> \u2013 .387<\/p>\n

Assists \u2013 Kirra Musgrove<\/a> \u2013 34<\/p>\n

Aces \u2013 Kirra Musgrove<\/a> \u2013 3<\/p>\n

Digs \u2013 Gabi Rodriguez<\/a> \u2013 10<\/p>\n

Blocks \u2013 Taryn Morris<\/a> \u2013 5<\/p>\n

Player Notes<\/p>\n

#1 Gabi Rodriguez<\/a><\/p>\n

Recorded her third-straight game with double-digit digs (10) and fourth of the year.
\nHas tallied an ace in all five games this season.<\/p>\n

#6 Taryn Morris<\/a><\/p>\n

Matched her career high of five blocks set vs. Louisville earlier this season.<\/p>\n

#14 Kirra Musgrove<\/a><\/p>\n

Set career highs in assists (34), aces (3) and digs (5).<\/p>\n

#17 Natalie Ring<\/a><\/p>\n

Logged a season-high 15 kills in the contest.
\nHas recorded double-digit kills in every game this season and has reached the milestone 46 times in her career.<\/p>\n

#19 Kaia Castle<\/a><\/p>\n

Secured a season-high nine kills, hitting at .438 percent.<\/p>\n

Team Notes<\/p>\n

The Aggies swept the Texas A&M Invitational for the third-straight year.
\n4,495 fans were in attendance for the game, marking the 10th-highest attendance in program history.
\nThe Maroon & White hit at .333 percent as a unit, their highest mark this season.<\/p>\n

Next Up<\/p>\n

The Aggies head to West Lafayette, Indiana, for the Big Ten\/SEC Volleyball Challenge Week where they will face No. 9 Purdue, Sept. 1, followed by the No. 16 Indiana Hoosiers, Sept. 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Aggies swept the Texas A&M Invitational after a straight-set win over Cal Poly. Natalie Ring paced the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-420915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}