The Lady Patriot Volleyball Team played Texas A&M International on Saturday afternoon and fell to them in five games.  With the loss, DBU fell to 3-4 overall and 0-2 in conference, while A&M International improved to 1-7 and 1-1.

DBU started off strong winning the first two games of the match in convincing manner, 30-24 and 30-27.  However, the Lady Patriots could not finish off TAMIU and ended up dropping the final three matches, 30-27, 30-24, and 15-13.

TAMIU had three girls with double figures in kills and Mary Koch led the way with 43 assists.  The difference in the match was that TAMIU forced the Lady Patriots to commit 16 more errors than they did.

Leading DBU Saturday was Sophomore Amanda Emmert, who had 17 kills and 11 digs, while Sophomore Vickie Mundell contributed with 51 assists and 18 digs.  Junior Lauren Secord added 16 kills, while Junior Erin Black had 27 digs in the back row.

The Patriots will be in action again September 18, when they welcome Southeastern Oklahoma State University to the Burg Center for a 7:00 match.