Wichita, Texas - The 2024 Volleyball season continued today for the Western New Mexico Mustangs. They would finish off the second day of the LSC Crossover with one match against Midwestern St. University. Western's Mustangs would battle tough with each of the sets but would ultimately fall 3-0.
 
Midwestern St:
 
Jayden Hughes (High Rolls, NM/Cloudcroft High School) led the offense for the Mustangs with 9 kills. Eimaya Medina (Las Cruces, NM/Centennial High School) would spread the ball around the court nicely with 15 assists. Eimaya Medina (Las Cruces, NM/Centennial High School) would end up being the only player to end the game with a service ace with one on the day.
 
Lilouann Bechec (Cannes, France) would lead the team in digs with 14. Jade Rampton (Nelson, New Zealand/Shanghai American School) ended the game with the most block assists recording a total of 3 match's end. 
 
Set 1
Midwestern would hold a steady lead and go on to win the first set 25-17, putting Western at an early deficit.
 
Midwestern St. 1, Western 0.
 
Set 2
Western starts out the set well taking an early lead that maxed out at 6 points. Midwestern would go on to make a comeback that would land them the win with a score of 25-20.
 
Midwestern St. 2, Western 0.
 
Set 3
Midwestern wasted no time going up big in the 3rd set. Western couldn't gain the momentum necessary to make a comeback and would eventually fall for a final time in the match 25-11, bringing the set count to a final 3-0.
 
Midwestern St. 3, Western 0.
 
The Mustangs completed their second day at the LSC Crossover with a loss in their only match of the day. The Mustang Volleyball team will be back tomorrow at 3 PM MST. Make sure to tune in and support our Western Mustangs against ENMU!
 

This game recap is presented by First American Bank. First American Bank is a proud supporter of WNMU Athletics!  

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