By Wes Bloomquist  ||  wes.bloomquist@angelo.edu

SAN ANGELO – The Angelo State volleyball team cruised to a 3-0 Lone Star Conference win over Cameron and raised $3,001 to donate to the Side-Out Foundation in its Dig Pink match on Friday at the Junell Center.

The Belles (13-5, 7-4 LSC) bounced back from two conference losses last weekend in the 25-16, 25-16, 25-19 match by hitting .248 as a team and limiting themselves to 13 errors while holding the Aggies (10-9, 3-7 LSC) to a .092 attacking percentage where they had 20 errors.

"We competed well and handled our side of the net the way we're supposed to for the first time in a while," ASU head coach Chuck Waddington said. "That was really good to see. Our middles were really active and were able to keep Cameron's team off balance. Our ball control was good and we created good chances for us in transition. That's the way you have to play to win matches."

Mallory Blauser led the Belles with 13 kills and had a .343 attacking percentage, while Zoey Hanrahan had 10 kills, four blocks and seven digs. Alexa Johnson added 36 assists in the three-set win and also had seven digs and three kills from the setter position. Back at libero, Shelby Wilt led the defense with 21 digs and also provided two service aces.

Brianna Sotello had a strong match on both sides of play with 12 digs and seven kills and Abbie Lynn provided nine kills and had a .364 attacking percentage. The Belles had a 6-4 block advantage with Johnson having three blocks assists and Blauser adding two more block assists to go along with her offensive numbers. Blauser now leads the team with 251 kills this season, while Wilt has 328 digs (5.05 per set).
Kendra Evans led Cameron with eight kills, while Lindsey McCauley had 13 digs. CU was limited to a .019 attacking percentage in the second set and a .094 percentage in the third set. ASU dominated the first set with a .455 attacking percentage to get the match started.

The Belles are back in action at 2 p.m. on Saturday against Midwestern State at the Junell Center.

DIG PINK
Along with the win over the Aggies, the Belles raised $3,001 to donate to the Side-Out Foundation's Dig Pink campaign to raise funds for Breast Cancer research. The team auctioned off the match-worn pink jerseys and also sold t-shirts and raffle tickets for a variety of items.  

"The crowd was great for us tonight during our Dig Pink match," Waddington said. "We sold almost every shirt and all our jerseys went for a lot of money that we are donating for a great cause. It was a good night to have a good night."