9/5/03
Texas 3, Nicholls State 1
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AUSTIN, Texas - The
University of Texas volleyball team defeated Nicholls State, 3-1 (30-25,
30-25, 27-30, 30-25), in the second game of the Longhorn Classic before
1,288 fans in Gregory Gym on Friday night. Junior outside hitter Bethany
Howden (Austin, Texas/Westlake) led the team with 18 kills, including
six in the decisive fourth game.
Texas (2-2) rolled through the first game, hitting .500 while holding the Colonials to a .091 hitting percentage. Junior All-American Mira Topic (Kastela Kambelovac/Vladimir Nazor) - with her second kill of the game - moved into 10th place on the UT career kills list, surpassing Katy Jameyson (1990-93) who had 1,115. Topic ended the match with 1,128 career kills. Howden also had four kills in the opening stanza.
The Longhorns continued to play well in the second as senior middle blocker Kathryn Wilson (Macomb Township, Mich./Dakota) had five kills.
Nicholls State (1-3) jumped out to an early lead to open the third game and UT could not recover. Caley Carter had five kills as the Colonials pulled within one game of Texas.
In the final game, UT pulled away with a 21-17 lead and closed the game out on a Nicholls State service return error of a Jenny Andrew serve.
"We still need to work on our consistency, but overall we played well and battled back once we hit adversity tonight," head coach Jerritt Elliott said after the match. "We have spurts where we play well, but then we relax and let our opponents back into the game. We need to be on top of our game tomorrow when we face Notre Dame.
"The fans were great tonight and we really felt them behind us in the final game. We hope they will be there to cheer us on again tomorrow."
The 21st-ranked Irish (3-1) battled back from an 0-2 deficit to defeat Houston (2-2) in a five-set match. Lauren Kimbley paced ND with 22 kills, while Kelly McAnelly had 19 kills for the Cougars.
Houston will face Nicholls State at noon on Saturday at Gregory Gym. Texas will play Notre Dame at 7 p.m. in the final game of the Longhorn Classic.
Texas 3, Nicholls State 1
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| Bethany Howden led the team with 18 kills, including six in the decisive fourth game. |
Texas (2-2) rolled through the first game, hitting .500 while holding the Colonials to a .091 hitting percentage. Junior All-American Mira Topic (Kastela Kambelovac/Vladimir Nazor) - with her second kill of the game - moved into 10th place on the UT career kills list, surpassing Katy Jameyson (1990-93) who had 1,115. Topic ended the match with 1,128 career kills. Howden also had four kills in the opening stanza.
The Longhorns continued to play well in the second as senior middle blocker Kathryn Wilson (Macomb Township, Mich./Dakota) had five kills.
Nicholls State (1-3) jumped out to an early lead to open the third game and UT could not recover. Caley Carter had five kills as the Colonials pulled within one game of Texas.
In the final game, UT pulled away with a 21-17 lead and closed the game out on a Nicholls State service return error of a Jenny Andrew serve.
"We still need to work on our consistency, but overall we played well and battled back once we hit adversity tonight," head coach Jerritt Elliott said after the match. "We have spurts where we play well, but then we relax and let our opponents back into the game. We need to be on top of our game tomorrow when we face Notre Dame.
"The fans were great tonight and we really felt them behind us in the final game. We hope they will be there to cheer us on again tomorrow."
The 21st-ranked Irish (3-1) battled back from an 0-2 deficit to defeat Houston (2-2) in a five-set match. Lauren Kimbley paced ND with 22 kills, while Kelly McAnelly had 19 kills for the Cougars.
Houston will face Nicholls State at noon on Saturday at Gregory Gym. Texas will play Notre Dame at 7 p.m. in the final game of the Longhorn Classic.
