SAN ANGELO – Kaelen Valdez had 16 digs and 14 kills to help lead No. 12 Angelo State to a 3-1 (25-19, 25-22, 22-25, 25-13) Lone Star Conference win over Texas Woman's on Friday at the Junell Center.
 
The Belles (15-3, 8-1 LSC) are now 6-0 at home and have won 10 of its last 11 matches, while Texas Woman's (13-4, 7-2 LSC) dropped its first conference road match of the season.
 
“Everybody did a great job of taking care of their job on the floor,” Valdez said. “We stayed composed throughout the match even though we were down a lot in the games. We kept fighting the whole match.”
 
Maddie Huth led the Belles with 15 kills and four blocks, while Shelbi Goode matched Valdez's 14 kills. Alex Woolsey finished the match with a team-leading 48 assists and 19 digs against the Pioneers. Shelby Wilt and Katie MacLeay added 17 and 13 digs, respectively, while Chelsea Gibson had six kills and seven digs.
 
“I thought we played a really steady match,” ASU head coach Chuck Waddington said. “They are a very dangerous team that has weapons all over the court. We did a great job of keeping them off balance so that they couldn't take big swings all the time. It was good to see us take them out of their system throughout the night.”
 
The Belles, who hit over .300 in the first two sets, finished the night with a .251 hitting percentage and limited TWU to a .136 percentage. Josie Santos led the Pioneers with 16 kills, while Courtnee Davis had 23 digs.

Woolsey now has 4,400 career assists in her hunt for Amber Nelson's career record of 4,786 at Angelo State, while Huth now has 514 kills in her career.
 
ASU returns to action at 2 p.m. on Saturday against Texas A&M-Commerce at the Junell Center.
 
“Tonight's match was really important but tomorrow's is just as important,” Waddington said. “Our team has to know that. Commerce is really athletic and we are going to have to be mentally prepared for a challenging opponent.”