LAWTON, Okla. – The No. 21 ACU Wildcats extended their second longest winning streak of the season to six games with a three set win over Cameron on Saturday afternoon at Aggie Gym.
Shawna Hines led the Wildcats with 14 kills and five blocks pacing ACU to 19-3 and 8-0 in the Lone Star Conference while Cameron fell to 7-14 and 2-6 in league play.
The win pushes the Wildcats to one win away from their third consecutive season with 20 wins. ACU finishes up non-conference play on Tuesday in action at UT-Permian Basin in Odessa at 7 p.m.
ACU got out to a 25-17 win in the first set before dominating the second set in their most lopsided set of the season 25-9. The Wildcats committed zero errors while hitting .700 while holding the Aggies to a sub -.029 hitting percentage. The final and third set saw ACU struggle committing 10 errors but edged Cameron 32-30 for the straight set win.
In the second set the Wildcats opened up a 2-5 lead to 3-10 after kill from Hines gave ACU a commanding lead. The Aggies would only get as close as 7-16 before Maddie Robinett served eight straight points for the Wildcats pushing the lead to 7-23.
Back-to-back kills from Hines finished the set for ACU with an error by Cameron in the middle for the dominating second set victory.
The Wildcats would be pushed to the edge in the third set battling from one point behind before a kill from
Jennie Hutt and IJ Moronu gave ACU the one point advantage. After trading points Robinett served an ace before Hines closed out the sweep with a high kill to give the Wildcats the straight set victory.
IJ Moronu followed up her first triple-double with her 11th double-double of the season recording 36 assists and 10 digs in the win.
Offensively Hines led the way for the Wildcats with her 14 kills hitting .333 on the match. She also led ACU in points with 16.5 points while adding 5 blocks defensively for the Wildcats.
The Wildcats will return to action on Tuesday to close out non-conference action at UT-Permian Basin before returning home for a pair of LSC matches with East Central and Southeastern Oklahoma.
