BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The Aggie volleyball (1-2) dropped a three-set match (19-25, 17-25, 21-25) to No. 6 Pitt (2-1) Sunday to wrap up the 2022 Texas A&M Invitational.
Graduate transfer Caroline Meuth was placed on the all-tournament team, as she finished the weekend averaging 3.64 kills per set and 44.5 points in three starts on the outside. In the straight-set loss to the Panthers, she led the team with nine kills while Logan Lednicky and Lauren Hogan each turned in double-digit dig figures with 11 and 16, respectively. The Aggies recorded seven blocks as a team led by junior Molly Brown, who turned in a career-high five stuffs.
The Maroon & White trailed early, before Ciera Hecht’s first kill of the match brought A&M within one, sitting at an 18-17 deficit. Pitt responded by rattling off five-straight points to regain control. With the Panthers at set point, setter Elena Karakasi recorded her third kill of the match, but a service error handed the visitors the opening frame, 25-19.
A&M jumped out to an early lead in the second set, highlighted by Madison Bowser’s third kill. The Panthers scored four unanswered points to hold a slim 7-6 advantage over the Aggies. Kills from Lednicky and Bowser helped the Maroon & White chip away at the deficit, before an attacking error by Pitt knotted the scored at 15-all. The Panthers surged ahead late in the set, closing on a 10-2 run, to take it, 25-17.
In the deciding set, the Aggies continued to fight and carried a 15-14 lead into the media break, courtesy of a block from Brown and Lednicky and a service ace from Brooke Frazier. The back-and-forth battle continued, before Pitt bounced back with five-straight points to hold a 21-18 advantage. Karakasi’s fourth kill kept the Aggies within reach, but the Panthers held on to win the set, 25-21.
2022 TEXAS A&M ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
Gabby Blossom, San Diego (MVP)
Grace Frohling, San Diego
Ashley Browske, Pitt
Rachel Fairbanks, Pitt
Caroline Meuth, Texas A&M
Tiffany Westerberg, Hawai’i
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