Texas State lost a heart-breaker in five sets (24-26, 25-19, 21-25, 25-22, 11-15) to James Madison (JMU) Friday night inside Strahan Arena.
Despite the loss, Texas State became the first-ever Sun Belt team to win multiple sets against the Dukes. The Bobcats and JMU (9-3, 3-0) battled throughout the night in front of a crowd of 1,050 fans, with 25 tied scores during the match’s five sets.
“Tonight was frustrating. It’s the same thing we’ve been talking about — we’re just too inconsistent right now. We knew JMU is a really good team, so they were going to game plan really well. And the most frustrating part for us, as a staff, is that we knew (Miëtte Veldman) and (Sophie Davis) were their go-to (student-athletes) and they did their job tonight,” head coach Sean Huiet said via Texas State Athletics. “And some of our go-to people — some that are all-conference level — did not have their best nights. I thought Lauren Teske did a great job off the bench.
