October 19, 2002
Kansas State extended its winning streak to five and A&M suffered its first sweep of the season as the Wildcats downed A&M, 30-21, 30-21, 32-30, in front of 774 at Ahearn Field House.
Unforced errors plagued A&M as the Aggies hit a season-low .087 for the match. In addition, A&M committed 35 errors, a season high for a three-game match.
The Wildcats led 7-4 in the opening game when A&M scored six consecutive points to take what would be its only lead of the match. With the Aggies up 11-8, KSU reeled off five straight points to regain the lead. A&M managed to tie the score three times, the last tie occurring at 18. The Wildcats, who outhit A&M .179 to -.021 in the frame, built a 25-21 advantage and then reeled off six consecutive points to end the game.
KSU jumped out to an 8-1 start and never trailed in the second game. The Wildcats built their biggest lead of the game at 17-6, and the Aggies could never get closer than seven points. The Wildcats outhit A&M, .250 to .067, in the game.
A&M spotted the Wildcats a 10-2 lead in the third game before rallying to get within 11-9. Laura Jones sparked the run with five of her nine kills of the game. The Aggies eventually tied the score at 25 following an ace by Jayna Baker. The Aggies also tied the score at 27 following a Melissa Munsch kill, and kills by Jones knotted the score at 29 and 30. Cari Jensen gave the Wildcats the lead for good with a kill, and an A&M attack into the net ended the match.
Jones led the Aggies with a match-high 15 kills. Munsch also reached double figures with 12 kills and added a team-high 14 digs.
Jensen led the Wildcats with 13 kills and Laura Downey-Wallace paced the back-row defense with a match-high 20 digs.
The Aggies posted 48 kills to KSU's 42 and also outdug the Wildcats, 64-54. The teams tied with eight blocks each.
With the win, KSU improves to 11-6 overall and 7-2 in the Big 12. A&M falls to 12-6, 4-5.
A&M returns home Wednesday to play host to Baylor. First serve is at 7 p.m. at G. Rollie White Coliseum.