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     FORT WORTH, Texas - The Texas Wesleyan lost a highly contested match, to Red River conference-rival Houston Baptist, 36-34, 30-28, 30-27, Friday evening at the Sid Richardson Gymnasium.

     In game one, Texas Wesleyan (19-4, 14-2 RRAC) held a 29-28 lead but couldn't finish off the Huskies as the two teams traded side-outs. Houston Baptist rallied with two straight kills and a Ram hitting error to take game one.

     "If we would have pulled off game one the outcome of the match might have change," head coach Rick Johansen said. "Houston Baptist rallied and took that momentum into the next two games."

     In games two and three the Lady Rams hung with the Huskies but Houston Baptist (22-4, 13-0 RRAC) stepped it up at the end of both games to sweep the Lady Rams, 3-0.

     "I thought our girls played an excellent game," Johansen said. "We just didn't make the plays at key points in the match."

     Sophomore Rachel Loftin led the Lady Rams with 13 kills and six blocks. Junior Cortney Johansen dished out 35 assists and picked up six digs. Sophomore Susan Taylor tallied 20 digs to lead all Lady Rams.

     The Texas Wesleyan volleyball team will be back in action Saturday when they host conference-foe Huston-Tillotson at 11 a.m.