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EL PASO, Texas - No. 16 Texas A&M capped a 3-0 weekend at the Borderland Invitational by defeating UTEP, 25-16, 26-24, 25-15, today at Memorial Gym.Texas A&M, which swept both Arizona and tournament co-host New Mexico State on Friday in Las Cruces, N.M., extended its win streak to four and improved to 6-3 overall. UTEP, playing its home opener, falls to 2-6.The Aggies held a 9-7 lead in the opening set before UTEP scored five consecutive points to take its first lead since 1-0. After an A&M timeout, junior outside hitter Kiara McGee ended the Miners rally with a kill. UTEP got an out-of-system kill on the next play to put the Miners ahead, 13-10, before sophomore middle blocker Kaitlyn Blake sparked the Aggies, getting two kills and teaming with junior opposite hitter Ashlie Reasor for two blocks during a six-point A&M rally.?The Aggies, who outhit the Miners .289 to .028 in the frame, led the remainder of the set.With Texas A&M up, 18-15, freshman outside hitter Hollann Hans, junior setter Stephanie Aiple and senior middle blocker Jazzmin Babers connected on consecutive kills during a 5-0 run that put the Aggies ahead, 23-15. Although a serve into the net ended the streak, Hans quickly put A&M at set-point with her fifth kill. Babers then ended the set, strategically tipping the ball to the open sideline for a kill.Senior setter Kaysie Shebeneck made her first appearance of the season, starting the second set and directing the Aggies to a 13-8 lead, forcing UTEP to call a timeout. A&M committed three consecutive errors coming out of the timeout, and the Miners eventually tied the score at 13-13. A combined block by McGee and Blake and a service ace by sophomore defensive specialist Amy Houser put the Aggies up, 15-13, but the Miners tied the score at 15-15. Freshman outside hitter Kiana Peroff kept the score in favor of the Aggies with a kill down the line, but UTEP countered with a kill and A&M followed with four consecutive hitting errors to put the Miners up, 20-16. Hans then had thee kills-two courtesy of UTEP overpasses-during a 4-0 spurt that tied the score at 20-20. The teams exchanged points until back-to-back kills by Babers put A&M ahead, 23-21. UTEP came back to tie the score on an A&M block error and attack error before Babers got a kill through the Miners block to put the Aggies at set point. UTEP stayed alive and tied the score for the 13th time in the frame with a kill before Blake and McGee teamed for a block and Hans got a kill to end the set, giving Texas A&M a 2-0 lead in the match.Texas A&M never trailed in the third set. UTEP managed to tie the score only once, 7-7, before the Aggies went on 8-1 run to go up 15-8. The Miners got within 15-11 following a three-point rally but were able to overcome the deficit.Setter Lexi Lopez made her official Texas A&M career debut in the third set, subbing in for Aiple at 17-11. The freshman from Austin, Texas, stepped to the service line and served an ace on her first play in the maroon and white and then set up Blake for a kill to put the Aggies ahead, 19-11. The Miners registered a kill before Blake recorded back-to-back kills and teamed with Reasor for a block to give A&M a double-digit lead, 22-12. UTEP got a kill before Blake put down her sixth kill of the set to put the Aggies ahead, 23-13. A UTEP attack error put the Aggies at match point, but A&M hit into the Miners block on the ensuing play. UTEP fought off a second match point with a kill before freshman middle blocker Maddie Douglas, who also made her A&M career debut in the final set, got her first kill to complete the sweep.Texas A&M outhit UTEP .464 to .000 in the final frame and .241 to .038 for the match. Hans led all players with 12 kills and added a personal-best six digs. Blake, who entered the weekend ranked 15th in the nation with 1.57 blocks per set, tallied nine blocks to finish with a 2.44 blocks per set average in the three tournament matches. Texas A&M junior libero Amy Nettles took team-high honors in digs with 11. Lindsey Larson led the Miners with eight kills but was held to a .000 hitting efficiency. Texas A&M closes out its pre-conference season next week with back-to-back top-five opponents.?The Aggies renew their rivalry with former conference foe Texas on Wednesday, taking on the No. 3 Longhorns on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Gregory Gym. It marks the first regular season match-up between the two teams since Texas A&M left the Big 12 Conference following the 2011 season. The match will be televised on the Longhorn Network. After playing their first 10 matches away from home, the Aggies finally make their Reed Arena season debut Friday, Sept. 16 as they play host to No. 2 Wisconsin. First serve is slated for 4 p.m. ?Texas A&M Head Coach Laurie Corbelli quotes:On overall thoughts of the tournament... It was a really rewarding weekend for us. I think we made some progress in several areas: our serving, our mental toughness. Today we got in some freshmen for their first career kill for [Maddie] Douglas, and first career ace for [Lexi] Lopez. That was really fun. We are really just trying to focus on some things on our side of the net. We are focused on our first touches, anything that comes on our side of the net goes to our target with the right pace and with the right height so that we can do our stuff on offense. I think we are getting closer, but we are certainly not there yet. These kinds of matches really help you see some weaknesses and some areas that we really have to get better at, such as blocking and just general assignments. But overall, I am really excited we went 3-0 this weekend.On the upcoming week in which Texas A&M plays at No. 3 Texas and hosts No. 2 Wisconsin... The upcoming week maybe one of the toughest weeks of all my career, to play two top-five teams. They are definitely two of the best teams in the country. How exciting. I love playing those kinds of matches. I think its the way you get better. Its the way you learn to compete harder. Its figuring out how to win. Its going to be a lot of fun. 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"We talked about wanting to be disciplined and stick with our game plan and good things will come," Draisaitl said, who had two goals for the victors. Cincinnati Reds Pro Shop . After taking two big hits this week -- losing at home and dropping back-to-back games for the first time all season -- Indiana struck back by playing its most complete game of the year. PHILADELPHIA -- After leaning on Steve Mason throughout most of the last three weeks, the Philadelphia Fyers bailed out their goaltender with a strong offensive display.Michael Raffl scored with 1:29 remaining to cap Philadelphias rally from two goals down in the third period to beat the Edmonton Oilers 6-5 Thursday night for the Flyers seventh straight win.Claude Giroux had two goals and one assist, and Mark Streit, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Jakub Voracek also scored for the Flyers.Its a sign of good things, hopefully, said Mason, who stopped 28 shots to win his sixth straight and improve to 11-8-3. When your goalies not making saves that you need, but the guys are still battling in front, from a personal standpoint, its huge to see that.Raffls sixth of the season came after he brushed off a check by Klefbom and lifted a shot over Gustavasson. The Flyers trailed 5-3 before scoring three times in a 12-minute stretch.Once we got to 5-4, I just tried to lock it down as best I could, Mason said. Theres nights where youre just not feeling as sharp as youd like to. But this is a situation where the guys in front never quit. They earned the two points tonight for sure.Leon Draisaitl had a goal and two assists, Connor McDavid had a goal and an assist, and Andrej Sekera, Benoit Pouliot and Oscar Klefbom also scored for the Oilers, who have blown leads in four straight games. Jonas Gustavsson finished with 25 saves.Im not too sure what it is. Its definitely something we need to find out real fast here, McDavid said of the Oilers late-game collapses. I think as a group were still trying to learn how to win games. We did a good job of it early, and theres definitely a certain talent to being able to win games and close it out. I think maybe were still trying to figure that part out right now.With the score tied 3-3 after two periods, Pouliot and Klefbom scored 2:05 apart to give the Oilers a two-goal lead 5:12 into the third.Voraceks snap shot on a power play pulled the Flyers to 5-4 at 6;31 and Giroux tied it with 7:49 remaining.We know weve got some areas to get better at, and were going to keep working and keep trying to get better as a team, said Giroux, who now has 28 points, 10 behind McDavids league-leading 38. Weve just got to keep working here. Right now the teams just rolling and were winning.McDavid was back in Philadelphia for the first time since breaking a collar bone here last season after a collision with FFlyers defenseman Brandon Manning, an injury that forced him to miss the next 37 games in his rookie campaign.dddddddddddd The two had a minor scuffle in the first period.I did all I could defending him last year in the media, McDavid said of Manning. Everyone wanted to make a big deal saying he did it on purpose, and he wanted to say some comments today about what went on last year. I thought it was one of the (most) classless things Ive ever seen on the ice. He said some things, and our guys responded accordingly.I guess we can put the whole `if he did it on purpose thing to rest because what he said out there kind of confirmed that.Manning said his hit on McDavid last season was not an intent to hurt the budding superstar.I would never intentionally hurt someone, Manning said. Anybody who knows me, I play a hard game. Thats the reason Im here, thats the way Im in the NHL.The Oilers, who came into the game fourth in the NHL in goals, opened the scoring when Draisaitl beat Mason from the left circle at the 4:39 mark of the first. The goal was Draisaitls fifth in five games and 12th of the season.McDavid made it 2-0 at 4:345 of the second with his first power-play goal of the season and 12th overall.The Flyers took over midway through the second, scoring three goals on three shots in a span of just 1:12 to take a 3-2 lead. Seconds after a holding penalty to Matt Hendricks expired, Streit scored his fifth goal of the season with a blast from the point.Bellemare tied it 53 seconds later with his first of the season. With the crowd still on its feet, Giroux gave the Flyers the lead just 5 seconds later, slamming a pass from Voracek past Gustavsson for his eighth.With the Flyers on the power play, McDavid helped set up a a one-timer by Sekera to send the game into the third period knotted at 3-3.Game notes With the Oilers playing in Minnesota on Friday night, coach Todd McLellan started backup Gustavsson. Starter Cam Talbot is expected to get the start against the Wild. ... Rookie D Dillon Simpson made his NHL debut in place of D Mark Fayne, who sat out with a groin injury. ... Flyers D Radko Gudas returned to the lineup after missing three games with the flu and replaced Michael Del Zotto, who was a healthy scratch.UP NEXTFlyers: Host Dallas on Saturday.Oilers: At Minnesota on Friday night. ' ' '