SAN ANGELO – The No. 11 Angelo State volleyball team earned its second sweep of the weekend as it downed Eastern New Mexico (28-26, 25-17, 25-16) on Saturday afternoon in the Junell center.

With the win, ASU jumped to 18-2 overall and 9-1 in the Lone Star Conference, as well as increased its winning streak to five matches. This also marked the fourth consecutive sweep for the squad.  The Belles defense out blocked the Greyhounds 9-2 and held the ENMU offense to a .097 clip for the match. The Greyhounds dropped to 10-10, 5-5 LSC with Saturday's loss.  

"We've put a few matches together and I like the direction we are headed, "commented ASU head Coach Chuck Waddington. "I thought the team did well and we got everybody in, and that is a lot of people. I felt like they all did a good job and did what we asked them to do."

Middle blocker, Morgan Seaton, turned an outstanding performance for ASU on Saturday afternoon.  The junior out of Big Spring, Texas recorded a season and team high nine total blocks on defense for the Belles. She also recorded a team second kills for a .400 clip for the day.  

"Morgan is super quick laterally," added Waddington. "She did a nice job of closing the block, seeing what is happening, reading what is happening and I thought she did exceptionally well today"

Recording her sixth consecutive double –figure match, Mallory Blauser led ASU with 16 kills for the match. She also recorded an outstanding .553 hitting percentage against ENMU. The senior outside hitter contributed six digs to the defensive efforts.

Also turning in top offensive numbers for the Belles was junior Brianna Sotello. The San Antonio native rounded out the top attackers, firing in seven kills. On the defensive side of the ball, Sotello added a team third eight digs and three total blocks.

Making her fifth start at libero, Mallory Davidson chalked up a team-leading 19 digs. The sophomore also dropped in a service ace to take the second spot on the team.

Setting up the attack for Angelo State was Meghan Parker. The freshman setter recorded 37 assists marking her 18^th match of the season with at least 30 assists. She led the squad from the service line with a pair of aces and remains the overall team ace leader with 26 on the year.

Blauser kicked things off for the Belles as she fired in a kill for the first point of the match. The Greyhounds immediately responded taking a 9-8 lead over the Belles, but an ENMU error and a monster block from Blauser and Seaton would regain the lead for the Belles. The two teams continued the back-and-forth match with the hounds regain the lead a second time after bring the score to an even 20. Facing the loss of the first set and down 25-26, Seaton and Blauser combined again for a timely block to bring the game back to even. Abbie Lynn followed with a kill and an attack error by ENMU completed the ASU rally and closed out the set in the Belles favor.

Eastern New Mexico came out in the second set firing on all cylinders as it took an early 7-3 lead. It was at this point that Leiyona Young rocketed in a kill that set the Belles off on a 13-2 run to take over the lead. This run saw big swings from Blauser, Seaton and Lynn, with Parker adding a pair of service aces.  The Greyhounds would attempt to rally bring the score to 22-17, but would be unable to regain the lead. A kill from Blauser and Seaton followed by a combination block from the two gave ASU the final three points it needed to take a 2-0 lead into the break.

In the final set, Angelo State continued its momentum with a 10-2 run to start the set. ENMU would not place but two more points on the board before a Tulani Titley kill set the Belle off on another 6-1 run to increase the lead to 17-5. After the Greyhounds placed another three points on the board, Ali Davison checked in dropping in her first of two kills for the match. ENMU continued to close the gap and would pull to within seven at 23-16, before an attack error killed the rally. Davison then dropped in her final kill, marking a season high and securing the sweep for the Belles.

ASU hits the road to face Texas Woman's on Friday, October 21 at 7 p.m. and Texas A&M – Commerce on Saturday, October 22 at 2 p.m.