Aggies Fall in Three to No. 25 San Diego – Texas A&M Athletics

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Aggie volleyball team (1-1) fell in three sets (17-25, 15-25, 22-25) to the nationally-ranked San Diego Toreros (2-0) in Saturday afternoon’s match inside Reed Arena.
 
The Aggies struggled offensively, as newcomers Caroline Meuth and Logan Lednicky led the team with eight kills each. Defensively, libero Lauren Hogan scooped a team-best 12 digs while Madison Bowser recorded four blocks.
 

San Diego began the match with a five-point run, giving them an early 12-6 lead. After an Aggie timeout, the Maroon & White found their momentum, rattling out five-consecutive points, including a kill from Mia Johnson to make it 16-14. San Diego answered with another five-point surge and capped off the set with a 25-17 win.
 
Despite the Aggies’ best effort, the Torero’s led the majority of the second set and powered ahead to earn a 25-15 victory. Meuth’s service ace and kill put the Aggies up early, 4-2, in the third. The Toreros responded with a 5-0 run, before a Lednicky kill and back-to-back service aces from Ava Underwood knotted the score at 10-all to force a San Diego timeout.
 

The Aggies recovered from an 18-13 deficit, coming within one and trailing 22-21 late in the third set. A four-point run was highlighted by A&M’s sixth block, as Nisa Buzlutepe and Molly Brown teamed up on the outside. Meuth’s eighth kill kept the Aggies within reach, but the Toreros held on to win it, 25-22.
 
UP NEXT

The Aggies conclude the Texas A&M Invitational Sunday in Reed Arena with a match against No. 6 Pitt. First serve is set for 12:30 p.m. and is available for streaming on SEC Network+.
 
BIRD BITS
Texas A&M head coach Bird Kuhn
On moving onto tomorrow’s game…
“Volleyball is a game of momentum, but we also knew San Diego was going to be a good team. We got to see them yesterday, they have solid ball control and a great setter. When we are attacking, it gets frustrating not being able to get kills. I am proud of our response in the third set, they were making us feel it and I think we responded well. At one point we had three liberos players back there working trying to get in system, but we have to bounce back. We have to find our competitive chemistry as a team and learn how to respond faster in matches like that. We…