University of Houston
College of Charleston (College of Charleston Invitational)
Volleyball Falls in Five Games to College of Charleston
9/17/2005 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Sept. 17, 2005
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CHARLESTON, S.C. - In its final match before stepping into Conference USA play, the University of Houston volleyball team lost in five games to College of Charleston (30-17, 18-30, 26-30, 30-28, 9-15) on Saturday afternoon.
The Cougars were paced by Justine Farmer slapped a career-high 24 kills and collected 18 digs, while Kariny Ritter powered home 20 kills for the third consecutive match.
Jennifer Hohl dished out 53 assists and 18 digs. In the bakc row, Jaci Gonzalez continued to chip away at the Conference USA record with 31 digs. The San Antonio native is now 24 digs shy of the league record. Gonzalez was not alone in the back row as Kelli Adams pulled out a career high 23 digs in the loss.
Houston (5-7) charged out of the gates building a 17-10 advantage in the opening game. The Cougars turned on the jets scoring 13 of the final 20 points in game one claiming a 30-17 win. Farmer paced UH with 11 kills in the game.
College of Charleston regrouped, and held Farmer to only three kills in game two. The CofC attack also fired back with a .310 attack percentage evening the match at one game apiece.
Both teams refueled at halftime, and split tight game three and game four. There were 30 ties and 16 lead changes in the two games as neither team could take more than a four point lead. College of Charleston took game three 30-26, while Houston claimed the fourth game, 30-28.
The deciding fifth game changed hands four times in the early going as the Cougars tied the game at five on a Ritter kill.
College of Charleston retook the lead at 6-5 on a Hohl service error. That sparked three consecutive College of Charleston points. Houston would get back within one on a Farmer kill at 9-8, but a CofC side out along back-to-back Houston attack errors allowed College of Charleston to take the fifth game and the victory, 15-9.
Houston returns to the hardwood at the friendly confines of the Athletics/Alumni Center against Rice to open its 10th season of Conference USA action on Wednesday night. First serve against the Owls is slated for 7pm.
Cougar Bytes
This was the first ever meeting between Houston and College of Charleston on the volleyball court ... Houston falls to 0-2 in true road matches, and 1-2 in five game matches this season ... Justine Farmer extended her double-double streak to four matches ... The 24 kills and .305 attack percentage are new career highs for Farmer ... Farmer and Kariny Ritter have ripped over 20 kills in three consecutive matches ... Becca Sartori has knocked double-dight kills in 10 of her last 11 matches ... Jennifer Hohl has pumped out over 40 assists in her last four matches ... She has also put together back to back double-doubles ... It was the third time this season that Hohl eclipsed the 50-assist mark ... Fellow setter Kelli Adams registered a career high 23 digs ... This is the second time this season that someone other than Jaci Gonzalez has picked up more than 20 digs in a match ... Farmer did it earlier this season against Stephen F. Austin ... Speaking of Gonzalez, she now has over gone over 30 digs three times this season ... Gonzalez is now 24 digs shy of the Conference USA record.
