Saturday, October 26
Las Cruces, NM
3:00 PM ET/1:00 PM MT
Liberty University
11-11,5-5CUSA
0
at
3
New Mexico State
14-10,8-4CUSA
1
2
3
F
Liberty
13
19
17
0
New Mexico St.
25
25
25
3
Aggies Sweep Lady Flames, 3-0
10/26/2024 5:11:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - New Mexico State posted its fourth sweep in a row, defeating the visiting Liberty Lady Flames 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-17) on Saturday at Pan American Center.
NM State (14-10, 8-4 CUSA) has won 12 straight sets during its four-match winning streak, extending its home winning streak to eight matches. The Lady Flames fall to an even 11-11 overall, 5-5 in Conference USA play.
Notable Numbers
Liberty remains on the road and will fly to Miami to take on FIU on Tuesday (noon) and Wednesday (2 p.m.).
NM State (14-10, 8-4 CUSA) has won 12 straight sets during its four-match winning streak, extending its home winning streak to eight matches. The Lady Flames fall to an even 11-11 overall, 5-5 in Conference USA play.
Notable Numbers
- The Aggies outhit the Lady Flames, .299-.032, holding Liberty to its lowest hitting percentage of the season. NM State also led in kills (42-23), assists (40-21), aces (5-2), digs (43-33) and blocks (10-5). Â
- Four different Aggies (Ashley Herman, Kacia Brown, Mari Sharp, Maggie Lightheart) scored eight kills apiece. Rilen Garcia dished out a match-high 20 assists, while Darian Markham collected a match-high 13 digs. Brown led all players with five blocks, while Starr Williams posted four blocks.
- Liberty's Kamryn Bacus and Kate Gammer tied for the team lead with eight kills each, with Gammer adding a team-high nine digs. Charli Crowson dished out a team-best 11 assists.Â
- NM State built sizeable leads in all three sets. The only two ties and the only lead change of the match came in the second set, as the Aggies remained in control all afternoon.Â
- New Mexico State leads the all-time series against Liberty, 4-1, including 3-1 during the last two years as Conference USA opponents.
- Liberty is 6-2 on Saturday this season.
- Lowery had collected 10 or more digs in each of her last 10 matches prior to corralling eight digs today.
- Similarly, Gammer saw her streak of consecutive 10-kill matches snapped at 10.
- This was the first time since Sept. 20 at Ohio where no Lady Flame reached double figures in kills in a match.
Liberty remains on the road and will fly to Miami to take on FIU on Tuesday (noon) and Wednesday (2 p.m.).
Team Stats
Lib
NMSU
Kills
23
42
Errors
20
13
Attempts
95
97
Hitting %
.032
.299
Points
30.0
57.0
Assists
21
40
Aces
2
5
Blocks
5
10
Game Leaders
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
2
Aces
0
Blocks
2
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