STEPHENVILLE – No. 13 Tarleton Volleyball swept its third straight match and extended its winning streak to 11 in a row with the sweep of Texas A&M-Kingsville (25-13, 25-15, 25-22) on Tuesday night.
 
Tarleton (18-4, 10-1) tied the 2015 record for second longest winning streak in program history. The 1991 team won 12 straight to set the school record. It's the 12^th sweep of the season for the TexAnns, who hold a one-game lead over Texas A&M-Commerce for first place in the Lone Star Conferece.
 
The TexAnns had a .379 hitting percentage in the match with 44 kills and just eight errors. Tarleton held Texas A&M-Kingsville to a .179 hitting percentage with 18 errors.
 
In the opening set, the TexAnns used a 6-1 run in the early stages to jump out to an 8-3 lead behind a pair of kills from Adriana Darthuy. Leading 17-9, Tarleton used a 4-0 stretch with a service ace from Blanca Izquierdo and a kill by Darthuy to gain a double-digit lead at 21-9. The TexAnns closed out the set with three straight points on a kill from Hailey Roberts, an ace from Adriana Knutson and a kill by Amber Strange.
 
Texas A&M-Kingsville took an early 6-4 lead in the second set that forced Tarleton into a timeout. The adjustments were made and the TexAnns never trailed again in the set. After the timeout, Strange, Hannah McManus and Alex Applewhite powered down three straight kills to regain the lead at 7-6. The TexAnns would use a 10-2 run with Jordyn Keamo taking over offensively with two aces and five kills for a 19-10 advantage. Darthuy and Roberts put the finishing touch on the final two points with a pair of kills.
 
The third set was the closest of the match, with the two teams splitting the first 22 points of the set that featured seven lead changes and six ties. With the score tied at 11-11, however, the TexAnns pulled away with five straight points, including two aces from Roberts, for a 16-11 lead. The Javelinas cut the lead to 23-21, but the TexAnns took two of the next three points on a kill from Strange for game point and a block by McManus to complete the sweep.
 
Amber Strange led the TexAnns with 11 kills and a .588 hitting percentage in the match. Strange also had three blocks. Hailey Roberts posted 10 kills and six digs.
 
Jordyn Keamo delivered with eight kills on an .800 hitting percentage, along with a game-high 26 assists, seven digs and three aces.
 
Defensively, Hannah McManus had a game-high five blocks, while Adriana Knutson had a game-high 13 digs.
 
The TexAnns will be at home for a pair of weekend matches when they take on Texas Woman's on Friday, Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. and Texas A&M-Commerce on Saturday at 2 p.m.