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VOLLEYBALL DROPS BOTH MATCHES IN FIRST DAY OF FORT LEWIS
INVITATIONAL
DURANGO, CO—Texas Woman’s
Univ. (1-5) opened the Fort Lewis College Invitational
Volleyball Tournament on a sour note with a poor showing
in a 0-3 (22-30, 25-30, 29-31) loss to Adams State. They
rebounded with a hard fought match, giving tournament host
Fort Lewis (4-2) all they could handle in a 2-3 (30-26,
26-30, 30-27, 28-30, 13-15) loss in the second match of
the day. Junior Paz Diaz (Truth or Consequences,
N.M./N.M. Military Institute) recorded 40 digs
on the day including a team-high 30 vs. FLC.
"The girls did not play well in our first match against Adams State. I think
the altitude and a long trip up here worked against us, but we just didn’t
show up at all," head coach Shelly Barberee said. "We played awesome
in our second match. Every game was close and it could have gone either way,
but Fort Lewis came out on top. Our defense was great, led by Paz Diaz, and that
kept us in the match."
Adams
State controlled the Pioneers first match of the day from
start to finish. TWU recorded 34 kills and 19 hitting errors
on 113 total attacks with Marci
Brinkman (Carrollton, TX/Newman Smith H.S.) leading the way
with 12 kills. Carley Messmer (Garland, TX/UT-San Antonio) recorded
21 assists while Diaz finished with 10 digs in the 0-3 loss.
The
Pioneers recorded a season-high 76 kills, but 44 hitting
errors and 12 service errors proved to be the difference
in their 2-3 loss to FLC. TWU
took games one and three by the scores of 30-26 and 30-27 by hitting a
combined 37 kills. They actually registered more kills than FLC, but the
Skyhawks totaled 123 digs to TWU’s 110 and won the second, fourth
and fifth games to take the victory. Four Pioneers recorded double digits
in kills with Heather Smith (Chino Hills, CA/Ayala H.S.) leading
the way with 18 kills. She also added 10 digs to register her first double-double
of the season. Messmer recorded TWU’s first triple-double of the
season as she finished the match with 13 kills, 30 assists and 11 digs.
Robin Hawkins (Flower Mound, TX/ Flower Mound H.S.) also
turned in a double-double by recording 14 kills and 13 digs. Diaz led the
team with 30 digs while Melanie Pabalate (Fort Worth, TX/Navarro
College) turned in a game-high 5 block assists to go along with
her 15 kills.
Up
next, the Pioneers face New Mexico Highlands at noon
and Chadron State at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 6 in the
final day of the Fort Lewis College
Invitational Volleyball Tournament.
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