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Volleyball Falls To UTEP, 3-2
10/30/2011 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 30, 2011
| UTEP 3, Houston 2 |
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| Box Score | Season Stats |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Houston | 25 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 23 |
| UTEP | 23 | 25 | 21 | 25 | 15 |
| Quick Stats | UH | UTEP |
| Digs | 45 | 49 |
| Assists | 52 | 66 |
| Kills | 57 | 71 |
| Blocks | 14.0 | 10.0 |
| Statistical Leaders | ||||
| Kills | Digs | Assists | BS/BA | |
| Katie Norris | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0/1 |
| Chandace Tryon | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2/4 |
| Lucy Charuk | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1/6 |
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El Paso, Texas - The University of Houston volleyball team fell to UTEP 3-2 (25-23, 20-25, 25-21, 16-25, 13-15) Sunday afternoon at Memorial Gym to close out its weekend road trip. The Cougars are now 16-7 on the season and 9-3 in Conference USA play.
Against the Miners, three Cougars finished with double-digit kills. Juniors Katie Norris and Chandace Tryon led the team with 14 kills each, while senior Lucy Charuk finished with 13 kills. Freshman Caitlin Ogletree had a team-high 45 assists and freshman Natalie Keck had 12 digs.
"Today was a very winnable match. In a couple of critical moments we struggled with our passing," head coach Molly Alvey said.
"Our middle blockers did a very nice job adjusting to blocking assignments today. We will get back to it at practice on Tuesday and we plan to have Ingrida back from injury for this coming weekend. There is still a lot of season left and a lot of big matches left to play."
After scoring the opening point of the match, Houston controlled the pace of the first set. The Cougars played to a 14-10 advantage, forcing the Miners to call a timeout. Out of the break, Houston continued to lead and played to within two points of winning the set before UTEP called its second timeout. The Miners scored three of the next four points off the bench to get within one of Houston, 24-23, but a Norris kill gave the Cougars a 25-23 win.
The second set opened to a 3-3 tie, before the Miners took a 5-3 advantage. Houston came back to tie the set and the two teams traded points before UTEP took a 24-18 lead behind a 5-1 run. The Cougars scored the next two points, but the Miners held off UH with a kill from Bridget Logan to win the set 25-20.
UTEP took the momentum from the second set to build a 12-5 lead to start the third set. Houston answered with a 10-0 run to take the lead, 15-12. After regaining the lead, the Cougars controlled the pace of the set before earning the 25-21 win.
Houston took the early 11-8 lead in the third set, before the Miners battled back to tie the score 11-11. Both teams traded points until UTEP took a 21-13 lead and eventually winning the set 25-16.
The Cougars scored the opening points of the final set, but UTEP battled back and take a 10-4 lead over UH. The Miners played to a 13-9 lead before the Cougars came back to within one, 13-12. A kill by Logan put UTEP within one of winning the set, but Houston answered with a Norris kill. Leading by one, UTEP set up Xitlali Herrera for the set-winning kill.
UP NEXT
Following the weekend on the road, Houston will return to the Athletics/Alumni Center for two-straight weekends. During the home stand, the Cougars will play two matches against Marshall, Nov. 4-5, before matches against SMU and Tulsa.
