11/06/05–
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SOUTH ALABAMA VOLLEYBALL FALLS 3-0 TO NORTH
TEXAS
CONTACT: Kevin Beasley
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Score
DENTON, Texas - The
South Alabama women's volleyball team dropped a 3-0 (30-21, 30-20,
30-20) decision to North Texas Sunday afternoon at the Snake Pit.
South Alabama
(7-17, 1-10 SBC) came out strong in the opener versus the Mean Green
(12-17, 6-5 SBC), jumping out to an early 8-3 lead on a Whitney
Sanders kill, one of her team-high 11 on the day. North Texas regained
the momentum from the Jags and took its first lead of the afternoon
at 13-12 on a Catherine Coffey put away. The two clubs battled back
and forth until, with UNT holding a one-point advantage, the Mean
Green ended the game on a 10-2 spurt to take game one 30-21.
Game two saw
the home-standing Mean Green hold on to the momentum from the first
game and jump out to a quick 6-1 lead. USA was able to cut the deficit
to as close as three on two occasions before falling 30-20 to North
Texas.
Trailing 2-0
in the match, USA's Summer Pilgrim gave the Jags a brief lead at
6-5 with one of her 10 kills on the day. The lead however was the
last that South Alabama would have as North Texas' Katie Prokof
ignited a 9-1 run to put the Mean Green out to a comfortable lead
at 15-7. UNT never allowed the Lady Jags to get any closer than
six the rest of the way and went on to take the finale 30-20 and
the match 3-0.
Sanders led
all Jags with 11 kills, while Pilgrim recorded a hitting percentage
of .471 to go along with her 10 kills. Prokof had a match-high 15
kills on the afternoon, while Tara Hooser also finished with double
figures in that category with 12.
North Texas
was aided by 31 Jaguar attack errors on the day, while the Mean
Green committed just 16. UNT out hit South Alabama .275 to .066
and recorded 11 total blocks to USA's three.
South Alabama will next take on cross-town-rival Spring Hill Tuesday
night at 7 p.m. at Jag Gym in its final non-conference match of
the season.
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