BEAUMONT - The Sam Houston volleyball team  went into Beaumont Sunday afternoon and came away with a sweep of Lamar, handing the Cardinals a 3-0 defeat at the Montagne Center.
 
Sam Houston (6-1, 6-1 SLC) went through a back and forth first set with Lamar (1-10, 1-5 SLC), but controlled the next two to complete the sweep. The 27-25, 25-15, 25-21 win gives the Bearkats their sixth straight Southland Conference win of the season and third sweep.
 
Ashley Lewis led both teams in kills with 13, followed by Catherine Krieger with 10. Morgan Janda led both teams as well with 31 assists and a .545 hitting percentage. Lewis also led the Kats with 19 digs, followed by Hannah Baker with 17.
 
Lamar got off to an early 4-1 lead in set one, but Sam Houston quickly clawed back and held the lead all the way up until Lamar took it back 18-17. The Cardinals would then go up 23-19 before a 5-0 run by Sam Houston highlighted by a De'Janae Gilmore kill, three errors on the Cardinals, and another kill by Janda gave the Kats a 24-23 lead. From there it was a back-and-forth affair until another attack error on Lamar ended the set in the Kats favor 27-25.
 
The second and third sets were handled by Sam Houston throughout both. The Kats had a 5-0 run early on in the second set with kills from Breanne Chausse, Krieger, and Lewis that put them up 8-3 and they never looked back, leading the rest of the way and taking the set 25-15. In the third set Lamar held a 15-10 lead at one point but the Kats rallied back with a 5-0 run with two kills from Lewis and eventually took the set 25-21.
 
Sam Houston will come back home to the Johnson Coliseum for a match Tuesday, March 9 vs UIW, slated for 6:30 p.m.