Lady Aggies volleyball continues win streak
- by Jennie Hanna: News Editor

Domination drips like honey from this season’s volleyball team as the wins keep rolling in.

With a previous three-in-a-row winning streak from last week, the volleyball team added two more to their record by sweeping their conference held in Edmond Sept. 17 and 18.

Facing strong competitors throughout the entire conference, the Aggies held onto their winning record to clear the competition. Playing all five sets with St. Edwards for their first win, Sept. 17 senior Morgan Meyer brought 24 total kills for the team while sophomore Tayler Turner completed 27 digs to help win the second, fourth and final match to dominate their opponents.

The next day’s matches against Drury and Incarnate Word both tested the teammates’ abilities to work together and win. Playing against Drury in the morning, Meyer made a team record 15 kills in one match including two service aces. Being assisted by teammate, sophomore Vicki Ibarra, with 50 assists may have not been enough for the first round score of 30-32, but worked well to win the next three matches for a win over Drury.

Incarnate Word was their final opponent for the evening, and despite a first round win of 30-18, the next round was evenly matched until Incarnate Word took the win by six points. During the third and fourth round, the Aggies answered their opponents’ attempts to win by one kill after the next laid down by Meyer and sophomore Taran Turner to win both matches with 30-26 and 30-21 to complete their sweep of wins at the conference.

Tuesday, the Aggies’ attempt to add another win to their record came through victoriously as they played against Tarleton State. The team became more ferocious as the matches passed garnering wins in their first three rounds by scores of 30-26, 30-18 and 30-15.

With both teams having a five-in-a-row winning streak, this game was important to make that sixth win. The strong performances from senior Nicole Reinhart making five out of six kills in the first round and Ibarra dishing out 34 assists throughout the match demolished Tarleton State’s winning streak, leaving them with a record of 12-3 and the Aggies, a record of 7-8.