By Wes Bloomquist || wes.bloomquist@angelo.eduPORTALES, N.M. – The Angelo State volleyball team extended its winning streak to nine matches with a Lone Star Conference sweep of Eastern New Mexico (25-17, 25-18, 25-22) on Friday at the Greyhound Arena with the Belles owning a 60-46 dig advantage and finishing with a .246 attacking percentage.
"It was a good win in a really loud and hostile environment," ASU head coach
Chuck Waddington said. "We battle well to overcome a big third set deficit. Our young players are having to grow up fast."
The Belles (10-1, 5-0 LSC) will now play at 2 p.m. on Saturday against rival West Texas A&M in Canyon at the WTAMU Fieldhouse in a matchup of the previous two conference champions. The Lady Buffs (11-3, 4-0 LSC) are coming off a sweep of Tarleton State on Friday. ENMU fell to 5-6 overall and to 1-3 in conference play with the loss and will play the TexAnns on Saturday. Â Â
Brianna Sotello led Angelo State with a career-high 15 kills, while
Mallory Blauser recorded 13 kills and had three blocks.
Shelby Wilt led the Belles with 16 digs and contributed four assists and
Alexa Johnson provided 10 digs to go along with her 38 assists from the setter position.
Daeleigh Castile had a career-high .538 hitting percentage and finished the night with seven kills and a team-leading four blocks, while
Abbie Lynn had six kills and three blocks. ASU had a 9-8 block advantage in the match and limited ENMU to a .069 attacking percentage.
Lindsey Barron led ENMU with seven kills and Lindsay Bost had 20 kills in the Zia effort.Â
