Canyon, Texas- The Dustdevils entered Friday after coming out with a win against a well-coached West Virginia State team the night before. After winning the first game of the season, the Dustdevils went into familiar territory going up against Lone Star Conference foe and host West Texas A&M in game one of two on the day.
West Texas A&M entered the game ranked third in the nation with a 0-1 record after dropping a five-game set the previous night against Ferris State. The Dustdevils entered the series 1-8 all-time against the Buffs.

The Dustdevils came up short falling in three sets (25-20, 25-17, 26-24) to the host school. The Dustdevils finished game one with 36 kills on 95 attempts. The Lady Dustdevils also tallied 2 service aces, 8 blocks, 33 assists and 31 digs respectively.TAMIU was lead in kills by Anna Ligart finishing with 9 on evening along with 2 blocks and 1 service ace. The sophomore finished the game hitting .350 on the afternoon. Sierra Long finished on the day with 7 kills and 7 digs. Caitlyn Cornell followed suit with 6 kills and 5 blocks. Preseason setter of the year Emma Lade finished the evening with a match high with 26 assists and 4 digs respectively. Lixai Perez led the Dustdevils in the back row with 10 digs.

The Dustdevils later took on Ferris State University who is currently ranked 18^th in the country (7^th on Massey Ratings). The Bulldogs took down the #3 ranked Buffs the night before and were looking to use that momentum in today's game.TAMIU came out fighting but the Bulldogs play proved to be too much on the day as they swept the Dustdevils (25-17, 25-18, 25-16). Offensive woes seemed to be the tale of the tape for the Dustdevils as they finished with 25 total kills on 91 attempts. Mia Molina helped lead the way for the Dustdevils with the match high in kills with 9. Emma Lade finished the evening with 18 assists and 10 digs. The Lady Dustdevils will look to bounce back into the win column tomorrow.

Coach Jimenez commented,

"We played a great match against a very talented WT squad. We had a steady serve and pass game and great defense, but WT was able to out muscle us offensively. Ferris State did a great job keeping us out of system which highlighted a part of our game that needs some polishing. Overall, today's matches gave us things to reflect on and we will work to improve."
 
The Lady Dustdevils Volleyball team will be back into action tomorrow facing #15 Central Missouri tomorrow at 11:00 PM.