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MOBILE, Ala. – The University of South Alabama volleyball team fell in four sets to Texas State (19-25, 15-25, 25-21, 15-25) Friday in a Sun Belt Conference match at Jag Gym.

USA (10-12, 4-5 Sun Belt) will return to action Saturday when it hosts UTA in a Sun Belt Conference match at 6:30 p.m. at Jag Gym.
 
GAME FACTS
- South Alabama jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the opening set before Texas State went on a 10-1 scoring run for an 11-4 advantage. A 3-0 Jaguar run later in the set that featured a kill from Alexis Silver and Kelley Hartman cut the Bobcat lead to 16-12. Texas State earned set point at 24-18 on a kill by Amy Pflughaupt, and clinched the set 25-19 on a block by Pflughaupt for a 1-0 lead in the match.
- USA took a 2-1 lead in the set two after a block-assist from Meaghan Jones and Hannah Johnson before Texas State responded with a 10-1 run to build an 11-3 lead. The Bobcats earned set point at 24-15 on a kill by Pflughaupt, and clinched the set 25-15 on a second straight kill from Pflughaupt to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
- Texas State held a 2-1 lead early in set three before the Jaguars went on a 6-0 scoring run, highlighted by a pair of blocks and one kill from Kelley Hartman, and a block by Hannah Johnson and Meaghan Jones. A 3-0 Bobcat run cut the Jaguar lead to 15-13, but a 3-0 Jaguar run later in the set, highlighted by a kill from Iva Durdanovic and block by Kelley Hartman, gave the Jaguars set point at 24-18. USA clinched the set 25-21 on a Bobcat service error to cut the Texas State lead to 2-1 in the match.
- The Bobcats opened the fourth set with a 7-1 run, but the Jaguars put together a 3-0 run after kills by Jones and Johnson, and a block-assist from Jones and Kelley Hartman, to cut the Texas State lead to 7-4. The Bobcats scored four straight points later in the set to build a 16-9 advantage, but a 4-0 Jaguar run that featured a pair of service aces from Arissa Chappell cut the Texas State lead to 16-13. A 5-0 scoring run pushed the Bobcat lead to 22-14 before Texas State earned match point at 24-15 on a Jaguar attack error. Texas State clinched the match 25-15 on a service ace from Brooke Johnson.

NOTES
- Texas State finished with 16 total team blocks, while South Alabama recorded 10 total team blocks.
- Pflughaupt finished with a game-high 18 kills, .395 hitting percentage, two digs and two blocks to lead the Bobcats.
- Kelley Hartman recorded 13 kills, .375 hitting percentage, two digs and four total blocks to lead the Jaguars.
- Rachael DeMarcus finished with a team-high 33 assists, along with three kills, one service ace, six digs and one block.
- Chappell recorded a team-high 10 digs and two service aces. 
- Texas State posted a .336 team hitting percentage, while South Alabama finished with a .128 hitting percentage.

QUOTES
Head Coach Amy Hendrichovsky
- On the match:
"I don't feel like we came out ready to compete to start the match, and that's on us. We had some people respond and compete when they were challenged, and some people didn't. As a whole, we came out in the third set and played with a chip on our shoulder; that was the best set that we executed. Ultimately, we just didn't execute the game of volleyball in the three sets we lost."

- On the response she is looking for from the team in tomorrow's match:
"I hope we are more prepared and focused on what we need to do and how we can do our jobs better going into the match. We had multiple people who weren't prepared to do their jobs at a high level tonight, and that was unfortunate."

UP NEXT
South Alabama will return to action Saturday when it hosts UTA in a Sun Belt Conference match at 6:30 p.m. at Jag Gym.

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