THE LEAD
The Dallas Baptist Volleyball Team fell to the Texas A&M International Dustdevils in four sets, 3-1, snapping their six match win streak. Madeline Dolberry led the Lady Patriots with 11 kills, while Kaycie Bird had 15 assists, and Lauren Nicks registered a match high 24 digs.

In the early goings of the first set, the two squads exchanged leads to tie the game at 7-7. After the tie, the Dustdevils would go on a five point streak to take a 12-7 lead over the Lady Patriots. DBU responded with a flurry of scores led by two consecutive kills by Sidnee Jo Fitzpatrick. The rally pulled the Lady Patriots within one point trailing TAMIU by only one score, 15-14. DBU was not able to keep up with the pace of the Dustdevils, as they scored only two more points in the set and fell, 25-17 to go down 0-1 in the match.

With the score knotted 10-10 in the second set, the Lady Patriots would begin to pull away from the Dustdevils. DBU started their run scoring four of the next six points, taking a 14-12 lead over TAMIU. As the set continued, with the Lady Patriots up 17-15, they extended their advantage 22-15, putting together a five point streak behind service aces by Hannah Ballew. The edge would give DBU enough room to cruise to a 25-18 second set win and tie the match, 1-1.  

Taking a 5-4 lead in the third set, the Lady Patriots would watch as the Dustdevils scored six of the next seven points to gain the upper hand taking a 10-6 lead. From there TAMIU would continue to pull away from DBU going up by as many as seven points winning the third set 25-19, taking a 2-1 match lead.

The Lady Patriots jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the fourth set only to have the Dustdevils counter, scoring six of the next seven points to take a 6-4 advantage. DBU engineered a run helped by a trio of kills by Fitzpatrick, Cooper Martin, and Brooke Manley that pushed the Lady Patriots ahead 9-8, but the lead would be short lived as TAMIU scored nine of the next 12 points to go ahead 17-12. Undeterred by the scoring output, DBU gave the Dustdevils a taste of there own medicine taking advantage of a service error and turning it into seven straight points taking a 19-17 lead. The Lady Patriots went on to advance their lead to 23-19, before TAMIU pulled out another scoring outburst. The Dustdevils would score eight of the final ten points of the set going in to extra points for the win, 27-25, winning the match 3-1.

COACH'S QUOTE 
"We lacked fighting and competitiveness tonight. At this level against good teams, that will result in a loss." - Coach Cathy Kokel

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
91 Number of digs registered by TAMIU to DBU's 78.
16 Number of block assists register by DBU to TAMIU's six.
10 Number of service aces registered by DBU to TAMIU's seven.
4   Number of service errors registered by DBU to TAMIU's two.

WHAT'S NEXT 
DBU will face Angelo State on Friday, October 23, in San Antonio, TX. First serve is set for 3 pm.