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Chisum Wins 800th Game on Texas State Senior Night

Saturday, November 15, 2014

Chisum Wins 800th Victory on Senior Night

SAN MARCOS, Texas – Head Coach Karen Chisum and the Texas State Bobcats swept Troy Saturday night, 25-17, 25-17, 25-19, to earn Chisum her 800th career victory. The Bobcats hit an outstanding .364 hitting percentage in a dominating performance against Troy to improve to 19-11 on the season and 14-4 in Sun Belt Conference play. Texas State also honored its four seniors: Caylin Mahoney, Alexandra Simms, Ali Gonzales and Brittney Garcia.

With the victory, Chisum became the 22nd collegiate volleyball coach to ever reach the mark and just the 13th coach to do it in NCAA Division I history. Only nine other coaches across all three NCAA divisions have ever won 800 matches with one school as Chisum now has.

The Bobcats were able to win convincingly to get Chisum to 800 on senior night. Senior setters Mahoney and Gonzales combined for 30 assists and spread the ball around evenly to all the Texas State hitters.

Jordan Kohl finished with a team-high 10 kills and a .421 hitting percentage while Brooke Smith and Lauren Kirch each tallied eight kills. Mahoney added seven errorless kills on nine attempts for a .778 hitting percentage. Smith hit .583 and Kirch finished at .467. The Bobcats, as a team, did not hit less than .308 in any set and peaked at .394 in the second set.

Texas State was equally impressive defensively at the net. The Bobcats finished with 11 blocks with six coming from Smith. Kirch and Mahoney added four each to help Texas State outblock Troy, 11-2.

In addition to the blocks, the Bobcats finished with 42 digs, nine more than Troy. Sierra Smith led the way with nine while Kelsey Weynand added seven. Gonzales and Brenna Lyles added six apiece.

The Bobcat defense held Troy to a .000 hitting percentage in the opening frame and didn’t let the Trojans hit more than .156 in any one of the sets. Troy would finish the match with 24 errors to just 10 for Texas State and hit just .083.

The match was never in doubt as the Bobcats led throughout most of it. Troy’s most impressive lead was 9-7 in the third set, but the Bobcats used kills from Kohl and Brooke Smith along with a Troy error to take a 10-9 lead. With a 20-19 lead in the third set, Texas State closed out the match with five consecutive points.

Texas State heads to the road next to face Appalachian State at 6 p.m. CST Thursday and Georgia Southern at 12 p.m. CST Saturday. After that, the Bobcats will return home to host the 2014 Sun Belt Conference Championship in San Marcos Nov. 27-29.

Troy Falls at Texas State

SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Troy volleyball team traveled to second place Texas State on Saturday and fell to the Bobcats, 3-0 (25-17, 25-17, 25-19), at Strahan Coliseum.

Troy (9-21, 1-17) was led offensively by Symone Shaw who recorded a team-high 10 kills. Darby Griff hit a Troy best .263 with nine kills and four errors on 19 attempts. The Trojans hit .083 as a team on the night while Texas State hit .364.

The Bobcats took control from the very beginning as they took a 6-0 lead in the first set, thanks in large part to five Troy attack errors. The Trojans went on to hit .000 in the first set as Texas State won, 25-17.

Texas State (19-11, 14-4) hit a match-high .394 in the second set on its way to another 25-17 win. The third set was the tightest as Texas State led 20-19, but the Bobcats scored five straight to take the 25-19 win.

Defensively, Ali Dowdall led the Trojans with 13 digs. Troy had just 2.0 total team blocks while Texas State recorded 11.0 blocks as a team. Brooke Smith led the way with six blocks, she also hit .583 with eight kills and one error on 12 attempts. Jordan Kohl led the Bobcats with 10 kills.

The win was the 800th of Texas State head coach Karen Chisum's career. It was also the fifth win in six matches for the Bobcats while the loss was the 17th straight for Troy.

Troy returns to the court on Friday when it travels to Georgia State. Following that game, the Trojans will close their season at South Alabama on Saturday.

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