26 VB Seniors Neeyah Stevenson, Libby Foster, Mia Espinoza, Katrin Hardardottir
Larryn Rooks
3
Winner St. Mary's (TX) SMU-TX 14-13,7-10 Lone Star
1
Sul Ross St. SRSU 1-26,1-16 Lone Star
Winner
St. Mary's (TX) SMU-TX
14-13,7-10 Lone Star
3
Final
1
Sul Ross St. SRSU
1-26,1-16 Lone Star
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
St. Mary's (TX) SMU-TX 20 25 26 25 (3)
Sul Ross St. SRSU 25 21 24 15 (1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Lobos And Rattlers Go To War In Alpine

ALPINE, Texas – It was 125% effort and hustle as the Sul Ross State University volleyball team (1-16 LSC, 1-26) lost 3-1 (20-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-15) to St. Mary's (Texas) (7-10 LSC, 14-13), Saturday afternoon at the Pete P. Gallego Center.

In the first set, St. Mary's had the lead at 13-10.  Junior Libby Foster found the back corner to end an 8-1 run by Sul Ross State.

That put the Lobos up 18-14.  The Rattlers came back with a 4-1 burst to make it 19-18.  Senior Katrin Hardardottir fired the ball down the middle to start a run of four straight to effectively end the set.

In the second set, SMU scored the first five points and looked to be in control, up 11-6.  SRSU began to chip away.

Junior Anayah Sinclair bounced the ball off the block.  That ended an 8-1 run to put Sul Ross State up 14-12.

The teams went back-and-forth until freshman Madelyn Patterson had a kill down the line to tie the set at 21-21.  St. Mary's took the next four points to even the match.

In the third set, the Rattlers got off to an early 9-4 lead.  The Lobos came back with a 10-5 run to make it 14-14.

From there, it was back-and-forth until 20-19, SRSU.  Sul Ross State scored three in a row and looked to be in control, 23-19.  SMU stunned the Lobos with a 7-1 run to take the set.

In the fourth set, St. Mary's got off to a 14-2 start and didn't look back. 

For Sul Ross State, Foster had 11 kills and five total blocks while Patterson had 10 kills, seven total blocks and hit .526.

Junior McKenzie Hart and Sinclair had six total blocks each.  Defensively, junior Emily Scott had 24 digs and junior Novah Carrasco had 22.

For St. Mary's, Laurene Robinson had 17 kills and 21 digs while Kaylee Cavazos collected 29 digs.

Sul Ross State has concluded the 2026 season.

- SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY –
 
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