Oct. 9, 2004
COLUMBIA, Mo.-- - A record crowd of 2,683 saw the Mizzou Volleyball team take a 3-1 (30-18, 30-22, 27-30, 30-21) win over No. 15 Texas A&M on Saturday at the Hearnes Center. The win is the third for the Tigers over a ranked opponent this season.
Lisa Boyd led MU with a career-high 21 kills and hit .486 on the night. Jessica Vander Kooi had 18 kills and Shen Danru followed with 15. Lindsey Hunter tied her season high with 68 assists, one short of her career high.
With a 15-13 lead in game one, Mizzou scored four straight points to build a six-point lead and continued to add to that lead. The Tigers led by as much as 12 before taking the 11-point victory and a 1-0 lead in the match.'
The Tigers out-killed Texas A&M 23-11 and held the Aggies to a .128 hitting percentage. Vander Kooi and Danru each had six kills and four digs to lead the Tigers. Danru hit .750 in the game, making no errors on eight attempts.
Vander Kooi had five kills in the second game, leading the Tigers to a .500 hitting percentage in the game and a 2-0 match lead with a 30-22 win. Hunter, who had 16 assists in the opening game, added 14 more in game two.
Trailing late in game three, the Tigers rallied to tie the score at 27, before Texas A&M scored the game's final three points to force the match to a game four.
Boyd led Mizzou in the third game with nine kills and Tatum Ailes had a team-high six digs in game three.
The Tigers trailed to begin game four, but tied it at 15 on an Vander Kooi ace. The next three points also went to Missouri, giving MU an 18-15 lead. Mizzou would hold the lead for the remainder of the game, taking the 30-21 win and the match victory.
The attendance surpassed the previous record of 2,344 which was set last season, also against Texas A&M.
Mizzou returns to the road heading to Austin to face Texas at 7 p.m. on Wednesday before taking on Kansas on Saturday in Lawrence.