Courtesy: Eastern New Mexico University http://www.enmusports.com Rocio Ovalle (#13) had a career-high 12 kills at Texas A&M-Kingsville
Thursday, October 29, 2009
KINGSVILLE, TEXAS — Freshman outside hitter Rocio Ovalle (Las Cruces, N.M./Las Cruces HS) paced the Eastern New Mexico University volleyball team *5-21; LSC 0-11) with a career-best 12-kill performance, while Sarah Koch (So., OH, Rio Rancho, N.M./Rio Rancho HS) posted season-bests in attack percentage (.381) and kills (8), but the Eastern New Mexico University volleyball team dropped a 3-0 (25-21, 25-16, 25-19) in Lone Star Conference action, at Texas A&M-Kingsville, Thursday evening at the Steinke Physical Education Center.
Trailing 12-8 in the opening set, the Zias used a 5-1 run fueled by four Ovalle kills and a pair of Grace Brandt (Jr., S, Dumas, Texas/Dumas HS) kills to seize a 15-12 lead, forcing the Javelinas to call time out. After play resumed, the Javelinas surged to tie the match at 18-all, but the Zias managed to take a 20-18 lead on a kill from Ovalle and a Jessica King (So., MB, Las Cruces, N.M./Oñate HS) service ace, before TAMU-Kingsville closed out the set with a 7-1 run. The second set saw the Javelinas charge to a 10-2 lead, but the Zias managed to pull within 15-10, on a King kill, but could come no closer as Kingsville pulled away for a 25-16 win for a 2-0 advantage in the match.
The Javelinas held an 18-9 lead in the third set, before an attack error followed by an Ovalle kill sparked a Zia rally that saw Eastern pull within 23-19, on a Koch service ace, but Texas A&M-Kingsville scored the next two points on kills from Tara Grier and Kristin Chancellor to close out the match.
Eastern hit a team-best .286 in the opening set, with Ovalle registering eight of their 17 kills. For the match, Eastern hit for a .117 attack percentage with 37 kills and 48 digs. The Javelinas hit .270 with 41 kills and 51 digs. Koch had a pair of service aces, while Caitlin Murphy (Sr., L, Amarillo, Texas/Tascosa HS) recorded 20 digs. Brandt finished with 25 assists, 10 digs, four kills and an ace, while King had four kills, an ace and two blocks. Megan Carpenter (Fr., RS, Friendswood, Texas/Friendswood HS) chipped in seven kills and tied a career high with three blocks. Sha Tramble hit for a .391 attack percentage for the Javelinas, with 10 kills and nine digs.
The Eastern New Mexico University volleyball team will visit Tarleton State for another Lone Star Conference match on October 31. The match is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. MST.
Courtesy: Eastern New Mexico University
