COLLEGE STATION, Texas Kansas State entered Saturday’s match against Texas A&M winning eight of the last 11 meetings between the schools and on a two-match road winning streak. The Aggies defended G. Rollie White Coliseum with a five-game win, 3-2 (28-30, 30-23, 30-18, 30-20, 15-3).

Kansas State (17-9, 8-8 Big 12) had two players record double-digits in kills with senior Agata Rezende leading the way with 18. The Franca, Brazil, product now has 22 matches this season and 31 in her career of 10 or more kills.

Also in double figures was sophomore Rita Liliom. The Budapest, Hungary native tallied 10 kills and eight digs on the afternoon, the fifth time in six matches she has surpassed 10 or more kills. Senior Jamie Perkins added to the offensive attack for the first time since early in the season. Perkins registered a career-high nine kills and 11 digs. Her previous best was two in four different matches.

Sophomore libero Angie Lastra set the K-State sophomore record for digs with 392 on the year. The Carolina, Puerto Rico product led the Wildcats on the afternoon with 16 digs. Sophomore setter Stacey Spiegelberg surpassed the 50-assist barrier for the ninth time this season with a match-high 51 in the match. The Overland Park, Kan., native moved into ninth place on the season assist list.

Texas A&M (12-12, 5-10 Big 12) was led by 2004 All-American Laura Jones with a career-high tying 35 kills. The senior outside hitter also added 17 digs and five total blocks.

Texas A&M jumped on the Wildcats with a 14-5 run to open the match. K-State was forced to use one of its timeouts early in the run. The Wildcats were able to build a 6-2 run to recover from the early deficit. K-State was able to overtake and hold off the Aggies on the strength of three Spiegelberg kills.

K-State used 19 kills and a .158 hitting percentage to win the first stanza. Rezende and Spiegelberg led the Wildcats with six and five kills, respectively.

The Aggies held off a late K-State run to win the second frame. Texas A&M’s Jones tallied six kills and five digs in the frame. K-State was held to a .111 hitting percentage and just 11 kills, while the Aggies registered 19 kills and a .325 hitting percentage.

K-State grabbed the lead early in the third stanza on the strength of rare offensive contributor, Perkins. Perkins, a Council Bluffs, Iowa product, had not seen action in the front row of the Wildcat attack since the season-opening tournament at Missouri State. Perkins sailed past her career-high in kills with three during a 12-3 run to open the game.

The Wildcats were able to extend the lead to 21-9 and cruise to the win in the frame. Perkins hit .571 with five kills and a service ace in the game. The Wildcats carded their highest hitting percentage of the afternoon with at .371.

Texas A&M was able to withstand seven ties in the fourth game to win and force the fifth game. The Aggies hit .615 in the stanza with 18 kills, while the Wildcats tallied a.263 and 16 kills.

Kansas State will return to Ahearn Field House on Wednesday to face No. 25 Colorado. First serve is set for 7 p.m.