Troy Volleyball Falls to Texas A&M, 3-1

Sunday, September 22

Madison, Wis.

1 p.m.

Troy University

5-5,0-0Sun Belt

Texas A&M

9-1,0-0SEC

Troy

Texas A&M

9/22/2024 4:29:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Madison, Wis. – The Troy volleyball team was firing on all cylinders in the first set, but Texas A&M rallied back in the next three sets to win 3-1 at the UW Field House on Sunday afternoon.

Troy (5-5) got good offensive production from Amiah Butler (15 kills) and Tori Hester (11 kills), but as a team hit just .102, while Texas A&M (9-1) hit .297 and got a match-high 16 kills from Logan Lednicky. The Aggies also had 13.0 blocks on 26 block assists, while the Trojans had 5.0 blocks.

Janelle Stuempfig, a native of Sussex, Wis., led Troy with 22 assists and had three kills of her own. Sara Bates had a team-high three aces for the Trojans. Maddie Waak had 43 assists for Texas A&M.

Set 1: Troy 25-22
The Aggies quickly jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first set, before the Trojans went on a 9-3 run to take a 10-8 lead, a lead they did not relinquish for the remainder of the set. Tori Hester clinched the set win for the Trojans on a kill off a Jordan Sinneess set.

It was Troy's best offensive set, as they hit .125 (11-7-32) and held Texas A&M to .077 (14-11-39) hitting. Butler and Hester each had three kills in the frame. Stuempfig and Bates each added an ace in the set. On defense, Troy had four of its five blocks in the set.

Set 2: Texas A&M 25-14
Each team grabbed a couple points early in the second set, but with the score tied at 2-2, Texas A&M exploded on offense and didn't look back. The Aggies hit .696 (16-0-23) and got eight kills from Lednicky in the set. The Trojans hit .107 (10-7-28).

Set 3: Texas A&M 25-15
The third set was the worst offensive one for Troy, as the Trojans hit .000 (9-9-33). The defense for Troy held the Aggie offense in check, holding TAMU to .143 (7-4-21 hitting). Troy had a brief lead, as they were up 7-6, but the Aggies defense came alive, and the offense started to settle in.

Set 4: Texas A&M 25-18
In the fourth set, the Trojans started strong and quickly found itself up 4-1, but the Aggies settled in offensively and hit .393 (14-3-28). Troy battled back through the set but could never string together long enough runs to slow down the Aggies rhythm.

Butler had four kills in the final set.

Quotable – head coach Josh Lauer
"I was proud of our effort and fight today against a very good Texas A&M team. We learned a lot this weekend as a team and now all our focus shifts toward conference play starting with South Alabama on Thursday in Trojan Arena."

Up Next
Troy returns home at the end of the week as they welcome South Alabama to Trojan Arena to open Sun Belt play on Thursday and Friday. Both matches are set to start at 6 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN+ with live stats available on Troystats.com.

Notables
• Troy is now 0-1 all-time against Texas A&M and 5-32 against teams from the SEC.
• Troy finishes the 2024 regular season 1-4 against Power Five teams and 1-2 against teams from the SEC.
• Tori Hester had 11 kills and has now recorded double figure kills in 32 straight matches.
• Amiah Butler had a team-high 15 kills.
• Janelle Stuempfig had a team-high 22 assists, while Jordan Sinness had 12 assists.
• The Trojans finish their non-conference schedule with a 5-5 record, including wins over New Hampshire, LSU, Alabama State, The Citadel and Kennesaw State.