Final Stats THIBODAUX, La. – The Nicholls State University women's volleyball team fell in straight-sets to the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders 25-23, 25-16, 25-21 Thursday night in Thibodaux.

Nicholls falls to 5-9 on the season and 2-3 in the Southland Conference, dropping three straight matches for the first time since the beginning of the season.

The Colonels were led by Jennifer Brandt's ten kills and .214 hitting percentage, followed by Jasmine Harris' and Sarah Terry's five kills each. Jessica Addicks had three aces to go along with her three kills and four blocks, as Nancy Taylor set up 24 assists while Jeanne Logarbo finished with eight digs.

TAMCC was led by Shannon Hullum's game high 11 kills on .296 hitting, while Logen Bourque finished with 33 assists and 12 digs.

The home side began well as the Colonels were able to hold on to the lead for the first 33 points of the set. With only one tie coming with the score 6-6, Nicholls held serve until reaching the 17-15 mark when the Islanders rattled off three straight points to take an 18-17 lead. The next 13 points would be a see-saw battle for control until starter Brooke Hopper got injured for Nicholls and exited the game with a knee injury and didn't return. Corpus Christi went on to win the set 25-23 after breaking the final tie of the set.

The second was even tougher for the Colonels as the Islanders scored four consecutive points with the score tied 5-5 to go up 9-5 forcing a Nicholls timeout. The closest the Colonels would get to Corpus Christi for the rest of the set was two points, as the Islanders went on to win the set by nine after scoring the final four points in order to go up 25-16 and into the intermission up 2-0.

Nicholls put up a much tougher challenge for Corpus Christi in the final set, fighting back after falling behind 13-9 to win three of the next six points to cut the lead to 16-13. After a timeout, The Colonels got one more point before Corpus Christi got the next five to go up 21-14 prompting another Nicholls rally to make the score 21-17.  Although Nicholls clawed within three points of the Islanders with the score 23-20, the Colonels would only get one more point and end the game on a service error to fall 25-21.

The Nicholls women's volleyball team will return to action on Saturday afternoon against the Sam Houston State Bearkats at 2 p.m. in Stopher Gym.