Rush Records Career-High as A&M Sweeps Arkansas

Friday, October 4

Fayetteville, Ark.

7:00 PM

Texas A&M

10-3, 2-1

Arkansas

6-9, 0-3

TAMU

Arkansas

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Texas A&M Athletics

Oct 04, 2019 | Volleyball

Box Score

By: Texas A&M Athletics Communications

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Texas A&M picked up an impressive road win with a 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-18) victory over Arkansas on Friday night at Barnhill Arena. The Aggies improve to 10-3 overall and 2-1 in league play and the Razorbacks fall to 6-9 and 0-3 in the SEC.

Freshman Treyaunna Rush registered a career-high nine kills, while hitting .471. Senior Hollann Hans hit a .625 mark and had 11 kills to earn her ninth straight match in double figures.

Middle blockers Makena Patterson and Mallory Talbert each finished with seven kills. Patterson hit .667 while Talbert led the team with a .700 clip. The middle blockers also combined for 10 blocks.

Junior setter Camille Conner logged 30 assists and five kills, en route to A&M's .378 hitting percentage. Senior Camila Gomez led all players with eight digs and Taylor Voss had five.

Set One
Arkansas started off the match with a 5-0 run, eventually building on its lead to go ahead 11-8. A&M trailed for most of the set until Lauren Davis started a 3-0 run that would give the Aggies a 19-18 advantage. Back-to-back kills and a solo block by Patterson would give the Aggies a 23-19 lead. A&M would end the frame on a 6-0 run as Hans secured the 25-19 set win, leading the team with five kills and a .571 mark.

Set Two
A&M took advantage of a 7-1 run and stormed out to an 11-4 lead. Camille Conner had two kills and a block assist during the Aggies' run. The Aggies were unstoppable as they had a 20-11 advantage after a Hans kill. A&M would end the frame with a 4-1 run to clinch the set, 25-16. Treyaunna Rush led the team with six kills, adding to her total of seven, which ties her career-high. Conner was also instrumental with four kills and 20 assists in the match. The Aggies hit .519 as a team and held the Razorbacks to a .156 clip.

Set Three
The Aggies once again took advantage of a 5-1 run to lead 13-7 early on. A&M continued to dominate the frame, taking a 20-13 lead with back-to-back kills by Rush. Conner gave the Aggies set and match point with her fifth kill of the night and freshman Lauren Davis closed out the match with a kill, 25-18.

Texas A&M Post-Match Quotes
Texas A&M Head Coach Bird Kuhn
Opening Statement
"That was a great team win on the road. The execution and focus was great and that's what we needed. It lacked in the first set, but to see our team come back and execute at a high level and finish that first set was huge. Our offensive balance was there and I commend Camille (Conner) because we talked about that after our match at Tennessee. We need the balance and we talked to her before tonight's match. She was in the zone and ran that offense. Our defense started sharpening up in the first set and honed in on our execution."

On the balanced attack and Treyaunna Rush's career-high
"That balance works well when you have a right side terminating like Treyaunnna (Rush) did tonight, getting her career-high nine kills. That's huge for her and I love that Camille kept going to her and Makena (Patterson). At the end of set one, she set them both up to score and it finished the set, which is huge for our offense and for their confidence. It needs to be a system and everyone needs to trust it.

Up Next
The Aggies have a quick turnaround as they travel to Columbia to face No. 22 Missouri. First serve is set for 1 p.m. in the Hearnes Center.

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