WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Texas A&M-Commerce threw a series of change-ups at Midwestern State Saturday night in Lone Star Conference tilt at D.L. Ligon Coliseum.

"They came at us with an off-speed game that I'm sure will catch a few teams later in the season," MSU coach Venera Flores-Stafford said. "The girls are playing with purpose. We have to go in with that every time."

The Mustangs used the intensity to roll to a 30-20 win in Game 1 and bounce back for a 37-35 decision in the second game before closing out the Lions 30-23 to claim their 12th-straight win and improve to 2-0 in conference play.

After Midwestern controlled the opening game, Texas A&M-Commerce showed a short service game in an attempt to disrupt the Mustangs' tempo.

"It caused us a few problems at the beginning of the game, but we made some adjustments to our serve-receive," Flores-Stafford said.

The strategy allowed the Lions hang close, but MSU fought off four TAMUC game-point opportunities to go up 2-0.

Once again, the Mustangs used solid service games to take control of the match as junior Shay Velasquez and senior Rachel Gilmore each had three aces in MSU's nine-ace attack.

"We're using more jump serves this year as we have become more aggressive," Flores-Stafford said after the Mustangs committed 14 service errors. "We were willing to give up some service errors for aces, but we'd like to be a little closer to a 1-to-1 ratio."

Midwestern was led by senior outside hitter Krissa Johnson, who had 14 kills and a .257 attack percentage, while junior Jessica Ransom added 10 kills.

Junior setter Allison Schreiber had a double-double with 45 set assists and 10 digs.

The Mustangs were led defensively by Velasquez and Gilmore, who had 13 digs each.

Midwestern State (14-2) travels to Central Oklahoma next Thursday before facing Southwestern Oklahoma State in Weatherford on Saturday.

Texas A&M-Commerce dropped 3-9 on the season and 0-2 in conference play.