ALPINE, Texas - Annika Canaba surpassed 1,000 career kills in her Sul Ross career and notched her seventh triple-double of the season on Friday night in a tight 3-2 loss to East Texas Baptist.

ETBU 3 SRSU 2
(33-35, 27-29, 25-23, 26-24, 9-15)

"I am so proud of this team" said head coach Troy Canaba. "It was a great game and we battled. I love this group!"

Set 1:
ETBU never trailed through the first 16 points of the game until a Daniella Garcia kill and a bad ETBU set gave Sully a 9-8 lead. They would get the lead right back and again held a lead or it was tied until kills from Daniella Garcia, Annika Canaba and Loren Garcia gave the lobos a 21-19 advantage.

The Lobos continued to hold the lead until the Tigers tied it at 25-25.

Each side got it to set point three times down the stretch before ETBU used their last time to take set one by a 35-33 score.

Set 2:
Trailing 2-1, the Lobos took a 4-2 lead with a 3-0 run and upped it to 10-6 with a 4-0 run.

Another 4-0 run gave Sully a 15-9 lead that saw a kill by Canaba and a service ace from Faith Herrera.

Sully was the first to 20 due to back-to-back ball handling errors by the Tigers for a 20-14 score.

ETBU then went on a 7-1 run for a 21-21 tie.

A Daniella Garcia kill preceded a Kamrynn Caruth ace for a 23-21 lead and they eventually got to set point at 24-23 on a Canaba kill

The Tigers tied the set wit the next two and next five points went back and forth for a 27-27 tie.

ETBU scored the final two of the set for a 29-27 win in set two.

Set 3:
The Lobos opened with a 3-1 run before the Tigers took their first lead with a 3-0 answer and extended it to 6-4.

A 7-1 run followed for Sully to for an 11-7 advantage that later extended to 15-9.

ETBU then cut it to 18-17 with a 8-3 answer and later took a 22-20 lead with a 5-0 run.

The Lobos answered back with the next three that was capped by kills from Daniella Garcia and Victoria Flores for a 23-22 lead. The Tigers then tied it with a kill before an attack error setup Flores for the match point kill for a 25-23 win in set three.

Set 4:
Flores opened the set with a kill before ETBU scored the next three.

The Lobos then used a 5-1 run for a 6-4 lead that would hold until the Tigers went on a 5-0 run for a 15-14 advantage.

Sully retook the lead at 17-16 and held it until a 3-0 run for ETBU made it 24-24.

Isabella Ruiz then brought it to set point before an attack error gave the Lobos a 26-24 win to force set five.

Set 5:
The Tigers started the set with a 5-1 run before Canaba's kill partnered with a Tatyana Colon ace and a ball handling error to trail 5-4.

Trailing 7-4, Canaba and Isabella Ruiz cut it to 7-6 with back-to-back kills.

ETBU then upper their advantage to 13-7 with a 6-1 run and took the fifth set and the match by a 15-9 score.

Canaba's triple-double came with 23 kills, 24 assists and 15 digs.

Caruth finished with a game-high 29 assists and had a team-best 19 digs.

The Lobos are 13-8 and 9-6 in conference. ETBU stands at 11-9 and 8-6.

Sully concludes the home part of their season at on Saturday, October 23 at 12:00 p.m. against Belhaven for senior night.