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

SAN ANGELO – Mallory Blauser and Abbie Lynn had 13 kills each and Zoey Hanrahan provided four blocks to help lead the Angelo State volleyball team to a Lone Star Conference sweep (25-22, 26-24, 25-21) over Texas A&M-Kingsville on Saturday at the Junell Center.

The Belles (9-1, 4-0 LSC) have now won eight straight matches this season and nine straight decision over the Javelinas (7-4, 1-3 LSC). ASU made quick work of TAMUK on Saturday by limiting the Javelinas to a .068 hitting percentage with the assistance of a 67-60 dig advantage and eight blocks.

"We did a great job limiting their attacking," ASU head coach Chuck Waddington said. "They came into the weekend as the top offensive team in our conference. They have great attackers all over the place, but we did a great job of hanging in there and played great defense. We weren't extremely crisp on offense today but at the end of sets we were sharp and were playing to finish."

Shelby Wilt led the Angelo State defense with 21 digs, while Katie MacLeay added 11 and Haley Bianco contributed nine digs. Wilt has produced three 20-plus dig performance this season, 10 double-digit dig matches and now has 2,058 digs in her record-setting career. MacLeay's 11 digs takes her career total to 899 going into next weekend where the Belles travel to play at Eastern New Mexico and West Texas A&M.

On the attack, Lynn and Blauser led the way with their 13 kills and Cerbi Ritchey added nine kills for the Belles who hit .152 and had a 47-32 kill advantage over the Javelinas. Blauser finished the match with a .235 attacking percentage and Lynn was at .233. Alexa Johnson orchestrated the offense from the setter position and finished the three-set match with 35 assists and also had five digs and three blocks. Hanrahan, who now leads the Belles with 26 blocks this season, also contributed three kills against TAMUK and Brianna Sotello added four kills and Arielle Bond three.

"We have some injured players right now but our team is not using that as an excuse," Waddington said. "We have a lot of players stepping up and playing selfless volleyball to help their team. They are handling new responsibilities because of the injuries and I'm really proud of them for that."

Kelsey Washington led TAMUK with 10 kills and five blocks, while Casey Klobedans had 29 assists and 13 digs. Stephanie Johns joined Washington with five blocks and Krystal Faison and Ashley Bukowski each had seven kills. The Javelinas dropped to 1-3 in LSC playing after also taking a three-set loss to Tarleton State on Friday night in Stephenville.

The Belles return to action at 8 p.m. (CST) on Friday against Eastern New Mexico in Portales, New Mexico before taking on nationally-ranked West Texas A&M at 2 p.m. next Saturday in Canyon.