Spikers Fall To Aggies

Saturday, October 13

College Station, Texas

6 p.m.

Colorado

Texas A&M

Photo by: CUBuffs.com

October 13, 2007 | Volleyball

By: Megan Buckley, Student Assistant SID

COLLEGE STATION, Texas ? Schylur Edelman led the Buffs with 12 kills, but it wasn't enough to end the University of Colorado volleyball team's losing streak. CU lost its ninth straight match to the Texas A&M Aggies on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the G. Rollie White Coliseum. Game scores were 30-26, 22-30, 25-30, and 17-30.

Colorado hit .253 with 63 kills and 158 attacks but they were no match for Texas A&M, who hit .314 with 72 kills and 156 attacks.

Colorado came out strong in the first game and grabbed the lead from Texas A&M at 3-2, holding them off for the rest of the game. Three kills by Alex Buth and a block by Edelman helped the Buffs pull ahead 15-10. Though the Aggies attempted to come back, CU managed to avoid dropping the game.

Buth recorded a game-high 15 digs and contributed 10 kills. Mallori Gibson hit .320 with 11 kills on 25 attacks. Edelman hit 12 kills on 23 attempts and recorded her team's best hitting percentage at .435.

The Buffs and the Aggies fought hard for game three, tying the game 14 times and changing the lead nine times. TAMU pulled ahead 28-24 on two service aces by Kelsey Bryant and block by Jillian Phillips and Mary Batis. A kill by Batis ended the game and helped her hit a .211 on a game-high 16 kills on 38 attempts.

Bryant recorded the best percentage of the game at .812 with 13 kills on 16 errorless attacks. Batis led the match in both kills and attacks, dishing out 16 kills and 38 attacks.

Jen Moore contributed a team-high 13 digs and Mary Batis hit 11, helping the Aggies total 58 digs to the Buff's 55; despite the fact that three CU players picked up double-digit digs. In addition to Buth's 15, Callie Webster tallied 14 and Kaitlyn Burkett totaled 12.

The result of this match puts Colorado at 0-9 in the Big 12 and Texas A&M 4-6 in the Big 12. The Buffaloes also fell to 5-11 overall.

Colorado will return home to face Iowa State on Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Coors Events Center.

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