October 16th, 2009
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ALPINE, Texas – The Texas Lutheran women’s volleyball team defeated the University of Texas at Tyler in five games and dropped a three-game decision to No. 12 University of Texas at Dallas on Friday during the year’s second round of American Southwest Conference cross-division matches.
The Bulldogs defeated UT-Tyler 25-12, 20-25, 25-23, 24-26, 15-9 and fell to UT-Dallas 25-17, 28-26, 25-14 at the Gallego Center on the campus of Sul Ross State University. UT-Dallas is the defending conference champion.
Against UT-Tyler in the afternoon match, TLU’s Jamie Jahns and Jessica Stetler combined for 31 kills. Jahns delivered 16, and Stetler added 15. Sarah Black contributed 11 kills.
Senior setter Amanda Curry dished out 43 assists, and Blair O’Brien recorded 24 digs. Stetler added 18 digs, and Eden Denny led the Bulldogs with five total blocks.
The victory moved TLU’s overall record to 14-5 and its ASC mark to 11-3. UT-Tyler dropped to 8-13 overall and to 2-0.
Against UT-Dallas, Jahns and Stetler again led the Bulldogs in kills. Jahns recorded 10, and Stetler posted eight. Curry delivered 21 assists, and O’Brien had 20 digs. Jahns and Sagebiel each collected two total blocks.
The loss to UT-Dallas dropped TLU’s overall mark to 14-6 and its conference record to 11-4. UT-Dallas, ranked 12th in the latest AVCA Poll for NCAA Division III, improved to 16-0 overall and to 11-0 in the ASC.
The Bulldogs finish play in the ASC cross-division tournament with a noon match Saturday in Alpine against LeTourneau University.
Women’s Volleyball
Texas Lutheran def. Texas-Tyler
25-12, 20-25, 25-23, 24-26, 15-9
Texas-Tyler (8-13 (2-9 ASC)) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Amanda Hanson 14-6-3; Danika Waldrep 13-2-1; Kelsey Winn 12-0-3; Holly Kieschnick 6-0-2; Stephanie Pupenbroke 3-0-0; Whitney Clements 3-1-0; Melissa Ingebretsen 3-0-0; Cristy Meredith 1-1-0; Anna Troutman 1-0-3; Hillary Taylor 0-2-0; Totals 56-12-7.0. (Assists) - Whitney Clements 24; Cristy Meredith 22. (Dig leaders) - Hillary Taylor 32; Danika Waldrep 17; Kelsey Winn 13; Cristy Meredith 8
Texas Lutheran (14-5 (11-3 ASC)) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Jamie Jahns 16-2-3; Jessica Stetler 15-1-0; Sarah Black 11-0-2; Marcia Sagebiel 6-0-4; Amanda Curry 3-2-1; Chrissy Johnson 1-1-0; Blair O'Brien 1-1-0; Eden Denney 1-0-5; Totals 54-7-8.5. (Assists) - Amanda Curry 43. (Dig leaders) - Blair O'Brien 24; Jessica Stetler 18; Chrissy Johnson 11; Amanda Curry 8
Site: Alpine, Texas (Gallego Center)
Date: Oct 16, 2009 Attend: 21 Time: 1:56
Referees: Tony Cabrera, Bob Geske
Women’s Volleyball
No. 12 Texas-Dallas def. Texas Lutheran
25-17, 28-26, 25-14
Texas-Dallas (16-0 (11-0 ASC)) – Team/Individual stats unavailable.
Texas Lutheran (14-6 (11-4 ASC)) Kills – Jamie Jahns 10, Jessica Stetler 8; Assists – Amanda Curry 21; Digs – Blair O’Brien 20; Blocks – Jahns 2, Marcia Sagebiel 2.
Site: Alpine, Texas (Gallego Center)
Date: Oct 16, 2009