Arkansas Answers Aggie Rally, Earns Five-Set Victory

Regardless of the guests forcing a fifth and deciding set with victories within the third and fourth, the Razorbacks battled again in Wednesday’s midweek match towards Texas A&M with a 3-2 match victory, the group’s second of the season.

The Hogs at the moment are 14-5 total and 5-4 in SEC play. The Aggies transfer to 10-9 and 2-6 within the league.

Junior Taylor Head led the offense with 23 kills, which matches her profession excessive set earlier this season, and added 15 digs for a double-double. Senior Maggie Cartwright had a profession excessive 21 kills and hit .312, and freshman Avery Calame made her Arkansas debut on the evening and posted 11 kills on 29 makes an attempt with simply three errors, and 12 digs for a double-double.

Graduate setter Gracie Ryan had a season excessive 29 assists within the match, whereas her sophomore counterpart Hannah Hogue had 28 assists and 15 digs for a double-double, her eighth of the season.

Set 1
The primary set went back-and-forth to start with, and the rating was tied seven instances early. Arkansas then went on a three-point run and pushed the rating to 14-11, which despatched A&M to a timeout. The Hogs by no means relinquished the lead after that. The Aggies tried to regroup with a remaining timeout down 20-16, however Arkansas scored 5 of the following seven, and kills from Calame and Head closed the primary 25-18 in favor of Arkansas.

Set 2
The Hogs got here out quick and livid within the second set and shortly grabbed a 6-1 lead, which despatched the Aggies to huddle. A&M couldn’t mount a comeback and Arkansas grew the result in as many as eight factors, and whereas the Aggies made a three-point run, Cartwright answered with two kills for the 17-10 benefit, which pressured one other A&M timeout. The Aggies added simply two extra factors after that, and three straight Arkansas factors, capped off by a Calame ace, ended the second 25-12 and put Arkansas forward 2-0 within the match.

Set 3
The Hogs discovered themselves chasing the Aggies early within the third, and whereas two kills every from Head and Cartwright made it 10-8 Arkansas, the lead didn’t final lengthy. A 9-2 run shortly after powered the Aggies to a 17-12 margin. The Hogs reduce the deficit to 2 at 19-17 however couldn’t get a giant run going. A&M closed out the set with three straight for a 25-20 victory, and made the match 2-1.

Set 4
The Hogs scored the primary three factors of the set, however A&M answered with 4 of its personal, and the rating was tied 5-5. The Aggies shortly received the lead thereafter, and whereas the Hogs got here shut, A&M continued to maintain the strain on and didn’t let the house group get inside lower than two. The Aggies then took a timeout, and the Hogs received three of the following 5, which made it 24-23. A&M known as time, and Arkansas couldn’t reply. The Aggies closed it out with a kill for a 25-23 set victory and knotted the match 2-2.

Set 5
Arkansas answered A&M’s first two factors of the fifth with three, which featured kills from Dirrigl and Head for a 3-2 lead. The rating was then tied at 4-4, however Arkansas strung collectively a trio of factors for a 7-4 benefit, and A&M known as time. Cartwright and Calame added kills for a 9-5 lead, however a 4-1 run reduce the Razorback result in only one at 10-9. Arkansas took a timeout, however A&M stayed on the Hogs’ heels. Head and Cartwright then tallied kills to push it to 14-11, and an A&M timeout didn’t swing the momentum for the Aggies. Head put up a solo block to finish it 15-11 and for the 3-2 match win.

Up Subsequent
Arkansas now has 9 days off earlier than returning to SEC play towards No. 11 Florida in Gainesville on Oct. 29 and Oct. 30.

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