Texas A&M’s Comeback Falls Short on Sunday – Texas A&M Athletics

ATHENS, Ga. – After trailing 2-0, the Texas A&M volleyball team (10-6, 2-3 SEC) made a valiant effort to come back against the Georgia Bulldogs (12-3, 3-1 SEC), ultimately falling in five sets (17-25, 18-25, 25-21, 25-22, 13-15) on Sunday afternoon at Stegeman Coliseum.
 
Caroline Meuth led the way with her fourth double-double of the year, piecing together 19 kills and 12 digs. Madison Bowser recorded a match-high .435 hitting percentage, finishing with 11 kills, while Logan Lednicky added 16 kills. Defensively, five Aggies turned in double-digit dig performances, led by Allison Fields, who finished with 13.
 
A pair of early aces from Ava Underwood and Elena Karakasi carried the Aggies to a 5-1 lead, but the Bulldogs fought back to jump out in front, 10-9. Logan Lednicky stayed hot, recording four kills, despite A&M trailing 15-13 at the media break. A kill from Madison Bowser squashed Georgia’s momentum, but six unanswered points by the Bulldogs pushed the home team ahead, 22-15, before taking it 25-17.
 
The Bulldogs continued to run in the second, but Caroline Meuth’s fourth kill kept A&M within reach. Georgia entered an 8-1 run, pulling ahead and taking its largest lead, sitting at a 15-6 advantage. A pair of blocks by Molly Brown highlighted the closing points of the frame, but Georgia recorded two stuffs of its own to grab the set, 25-18.
 

After trailing early in the third, Lednicky’s fifth kill ended a long rally to level the score, before the Bulldogs bounced back and charged ahead by five. Out of an A&M-called timeout with Brooke Frazier behind the service line, the Aggies responded with five-straight points to knot the score at nine-all. Providing a spark off the bench, Mia Johnson’s first kill gave the Maroon & White a slim 12-11 advantage. A tip over the block by Meuth ended another long rally, keeping A&M ahead by one, while three kills by Lednicky in a four-point stretch gave A&M the set, 25-21.
 

Meuth heated up in the fourth, registering a pair of kills to jump out to a team high of 13. Three-straight points from the Aggies forced the Bulldogs to use an early timeout, as A&M held onto an 8-5 lead. Georgia fought back, but a kill from Karakasi pushed the Aggies back in front, 12-11. A 5-0 run by the Aggies, highlighted by kills from three different Aggies created…