DENVER, Colorado – The No. 19 Angelo State volleyball team upset No. 2 Wheeling Jesuit (21-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-19) in its final match of the Colorado Premier Tournament, after dropping its first match to No. 5 Southwest Minnesota State (22-25, 20-25, 25-27).

The Belles improved to 9-1 with Saturday's outcomes.  No.2 WJU is now the highest ranked team that ASU has upset in Coach Chuck Waddington's tenure as Head Coach. With the loss the Cardinals fell to 6-2 on the season. The loss to No. 5 Southwest Minnesota State was the first loss of the Belles 2016 campaign. The Mustangs improved to 6-1 with the win.

"So incredibly proud of our team for bouncing back after losing to SW Minnesota State," ASU head volleyball coach Chuck Waddington said. "WJ is an incredibly talented team. They came out in set one and really did a lot of things to get us out of our rhythm. We made some key adjustments in set 2 and came out with the win. Tough serving was key in our comeback. Morgan Seaton set the tone at service line, serving bullets and disrupting their offense. The rest of our team followed suit."

Mallory Blauser dominated the attack for the Belles on Saturday with an outstanding 47 total kills. She set a season high firing in 28 kills against No. 2 WJU and has now recorded a pair of games on the season with at least 20. Also during this match she recorded a team high .329 attack percentage and earned her third double-double on the season recording 12 digs. The senior has now improves her kills per set average to 4.71.

"Mallory was virtually unstoppable offensively all weekend,"  Waddington said. "She really established herself as an elite attacker against some of the best teams out there. So proud of her for leading this team and demanding excellence from herself and her teammates."

Brianna Sotello and Abbie Lynn followed closely behind. Sotello recorded 24 total kills on the day and her fifth double-double of the season as he recorded a season high 22 digs against the No. 2 Cardinals. She recorded a total of 35 digs between the two matches. Lynn added 16 total kills and three blocks to her overall numbers. She is now third on the team's kill list with a total of 81.

Also assisting the Angelo State offense was freshman Tulani Titley, who recorded a season high eight kills against No. 2 Wheeling Jesuit. She also recorded a season high six blocks against the Cardinals to assist the Belles defense.

Heading up the defense for Angelo State was Micheala Sifuentes and Mallory Davidson. Sifuentes continues to lead the squad as she added 38 total digs to her numbers. This included a 2016 high for the sophomore recording 20 digs against No. 2 WJU. Davidson also set a season high recording 20 digs against the Cardinals. She totaled 25 during the two matches.

Setting up her fellow teammates, Meghan Parker continued to produce stellar numbers. The freshman tallied a career high 53 assists in the days second match-up while recording a total of 95 for the pair of matches. She continues to lead the team in the service ace department as she added another two bringing her to a total of 16.

After losing the first match of the day and dropping the first set of this match, 25-22, the Belles bounced back against the Cardinals in the second set. The two teams traded points, until the Belles went on a 7-1 rip to jump out to an early 7-4 lead. The runs saw a pair of kills from Blauser and a big solo block by Lynn. Wheeling Jesuit would regain its composure and climb back into the set bringing the game to an even 10. After a Sotello kill to give ASU a 21-17 lead, Tulani Titley checked in with her first kill of the match. After the Cardinals added a pair of points, Blauser put the nail in the coffin rocketing in another big kill to give the Belles the set win and even up the match at 1 set each.

ASU continued to cruise in the third set as the team started with a 7-2, run with Blauser contributing four kills to the run. WJU regained the lead midway through the set and continued to hold on to it until, with the score 13-11, Blauser went on another tear kicking the team off on a 10-0 run. With a 24-17 lead, the Cardinals rallied to climb to within one. However, Sotello had other ideas and fired in the winning point of the set giving ASU a 2-1 set lead.

Angelo State opened the final set with a fire as they rattled of five points to take a 5-1 lead. In this set the Belles would not relinquish the lead. ASU continued to press towards the upset as Blauser and Titley lazered in kills, Blauser added an ace, and a block by Lynn and Titley pushed the score to 19-10. This was the largest lead of the set. Holding on to a 23-19 lead, Blauser fired in the last two of her 28 kills to secure the victory.

The Belles began the day with No. 5 Southwest Minnesota State. ASU began the first allowing the mustangs to strike first, however, Lynn and Blauser quickly gave Angelo State a 3-1 lead. The Belles would continue to hold on to the lead for the majority of the set until tied at 21, the mustangs scored four of the final five points to take the early 1-0 lead.

In the second set, ASU started hot with a 6-0 run that saw kills by Young, Lynn, Blauser and an ace by Parker. SMSU rallied to bring the set score to an even 12. The Mustangs then pieced together a 6-1 run that gave them a 17-13 lead. They continued to roll taking a 2-0 set lead over the Belles.

In the final set, the Belles once again took an early 5-4 lead. The two teams continued to battle and exchange points. At the 13-13 mark, the Mustangs began to pull away and hold off the Belles until a kill by Lynn, a block by Morgan Seaton and Parker, along with an ace from Mallory Davidson regained the 21-20 lead. Despite adding a smaller run later in the set to take the score to 25-24 in favor of the Belles would lose the set and the match.

The Belles return to the Stephens Arena on Friday, September 16 at 7 p.m., where it will begin its Lone Star Conference schedule against Texas Women's.