Volleyball Recaps - Sept. 5 9/6/2014 12:00:00 AM Volleyball Recaps - Sept. 5 New Mexico State 3, Radford 0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-13)LAS CRUCES, N.M. – (NM State Media Relations) The New Mexico State volleyball team picked up its second win in as many days on Friday after sweeping Radford, 25-20, 25-17, 25-13, during day two of the NM State Tournament inside the Pan American Center. Junior outside hitters Bradley Nash and Gwen Murphy both had big days for the Aggies as both finished the match with 10 kills. Nash also finished with a .500 hitting percentage while Murphy added two solo blocks and one block-assist.Junior setter Taylor Livoti once again led the team in assists with 18. Fellow setter Ashlyn Brown also had double-digit assists, finishing with 10. Libero Hannah Walker, meanwhile, had a team-high 15 digs.READ FULL ARTICLESeattle U 3, Lafayette 0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-17)SEATTLE, Wash. – (SU Media Relations) Thanks to continued dominance at the net as well as a vastly improved service game from the previous night, Seattle University defeated Lafayette College, 3-0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-17) Friday night in the third match of the Redhawk Invitational at the Connolly Center.Freshman Jelena Vujcin led the Redhawks with 11 kills, hitting .435 for the match, plus she earned two service aces. Martina Samadan finished with five kills and nine total blocks, while Iris Ivanis played a solid all-around match with four kills, two service aces, seven digs, and five total blocks. Kirstin Schauble led the Redhawks with four service aces, and freshman libero Shelby Babcock contributed two service aces and seven digs.READ FULL ARTICLEUtah Valley 3, UMBC 0 (28-26, 25-18, 25-22)OREM, Utah – In the opening match of the BYU Invitational on Friday afternoon, the Utah Valley University volleyball team recorded its first victory of the season by sweeping UMBC (28-26, 25-18, 25-22). Senior Kalani Norris led the Wolverines (1-4) with 10 kills while junior Lauren Bakker chipped in nine of her own and added five blocks. McKenna Tait, Cassie Wahlin and freshman Sierra Starley too played well. Tait led the group with a match-high 20 digs and four aces, while Wahlin added seven kills and four blocks and Starley chipped in 29 assists and six digs. “It feels good to win. It’s nice being close to home and having the opportunity to compete here in Provo this weekend,” said head coach Sam Atoa. “It felt good to get a few other girls on the court today and I was pleased with how they played.”Valparaiso 3, Missouri-Kansas City 1 (15-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-14)Missouri-Kansas City 3, South Dakota State 0 (35-33, 25-20, 25-16)BROOKINGS, S.D. – (UMKC Media Relations) The Missouri-Kansas City volleyball team (3-2) split a pair of matches against former conference foes on the opening day of the Jackrabbit Invitational falling to Valparaiso (5-1) 3-1 in the tournament’s first match before rebounding with a 3-0 sweep of host South Dakota State (3-3) on Friday evening at Frost Arena in Brookings, S.D.In the match, Jessica Hendin (15 kills, 17 digs), Sydney Crimmins (10 kills, 13 digs), Wemhoff (13 assists, 12 digs) and Kaylyn Brandt (21 assists, 10 digs) all notched double-doubles.In the second match, Crimmins finished with a team-high 14 kills, hitting .264, while Emma Hagedorn and Skyler Muff each finished with 13 kills, hitting .333 and .478, respectively. In the back row, Taryn Miller notched 24 digs and Brandt added her second double-double of the day with 30 assists and 11 digs.READ FULL ARTICLETexas-Pan American 3, Lamar 1 (25-22, 17-25, 25-23, 25-14)EDINBURG, Texas – (UTPA Media Relations) Sophomores Anjané Janda and Alisha Watson each set new career-highs in kills to lead the University of Texas-Pan American Broncs volleyball team past the Lamar University Cardinals 3-1 at the UTPA Tournament on Friday at the UTPA Fieldhouse. The Broncs (1-4) won the first set 25-22, but dropped the second set 17-25. The Broncs came back to win the third set 25-23 and the fourth set 25-14. Janda led the Broncs with her first-career double-double, consisting of a career-high 15 kills and a career-high 13 digs to go with one ace. Watson had a career-high 15 kills with seven digs. Freshman Mary Kate Clark came up with a career-high 38 assists. Redshirt senior Maria Kliefoth and junior San Benito alum Kasey Sanchez led the Broncs with three blocks each.READ FULL ARTICLETexas Tech 3, Texas-Pan American (25-17, 25-12, 25-22)EDINBURG, Texas – (UTPA Media Relations) The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs volleyball team fell to the Texas Tech Red Raiders 3-0 at the UTPA Tournament on Friday at the UTPA Fieldhouse. The Broncs (1-5) dropped the first set 17-25, the second set 12-25 and the third set 22-25. Redshirt senior Maria Kliefoth led the Broncs with nine kills. Freshman Mary Kate Clark recorded 19 assists. Redshirt junior Macey Singleton had 11 digs. Junior Haley Durham posted three blocks.READ FULL ARTICLEIPFW 3, Bakersfield 0 (25-23, 25-23, 26-24)Bowling Green 3, Bakersfield 2 (25-23, 25-14, 25-27, 17-25, 15-7)DAYTON, Ohio – (CSUB Media Relations) Bakersfield dropped a pair of matches at the Flyer-Raider Invitational volleyball tournament on Friday.The Roadrunners opened the day at the University of Dayton and dropped a 3-0 decision to IPFW. The Mastodons won the first two sets (25-23, 25-23). IPFW rallied from 24-21 down in the third set to defeat the Roadrunners 26-24 to earn the sweep. Fort Wayne limited the ‘Runners to .165 hitting for the match. Three players had eight kills for CSUB. Luiza Martins charted 29 assists. Mariah Alvidrez tallied 13 digs.In the nightcap, Bakersfield dropped the first two sets to Bowling Green 25-23, 25-14 before edging out the Falcons 27-25 in the third set. CSUB sent the match to the fifth and deciding set with a 25-17 victory in set number four.READ FULL ARTICLEGonzaga 3, Grand Canyon 1 (25-15, 23-25, 25-8, 25-16)SPOKANE, Wash. – (GCU Media Relations) Grand Canyon played its best set in the second, but was not able to put together two more and suffered its first loss of the season, 3-1 (25-15, 23-25, 25-8, 25-16) to host Gonzaga in the Gonzaga Invitational Tournament at Martin Centre in Spokane, Wash., Friday.GCU hit .344 in the second winning the set after 11 ties. Senior outside hitter Shannon Dugan had four of her team-best 12 kills.Dugan added nine digs, while senior libero Mackenzie Phelps had a match-best 13 digs. Freshman Natalie Tardy had 10 kills and eight digs to go with three service aces. Setter Leigh Stonerook had 25 assists, three kills and two block assists. Freshman middle blocker Hannah Hicks added a pair of blocks.READ FULL ARTICLEUtah Valley 3, UMBC 0 (28-26, 25-18, 25-22)OREM, Utah – In the opening match of the BYU Invitational on Friday afternoon, the Utah Valley University volleyball team recorded its first victory of the season by sweeping UMBC (28-26, 25-18, 25-22). Senior Kalani Norris led the Wolverines (1-4) with 10 kills while junior Lauren Bakker chipped in nine of her own and added five blocks. McKenna Tait, Cassie Wahlin and freshman Sierra Starley too played well. Tait led the group with a match-high 20 digs and four aces, while Wahlin added seven kills and four blocks and Starley chipped in 29 assists and six digs. “It feels good to win. It’s nice being close to home and having the opportunity to compete here in Provo this weekend,” said head coach Sam Atoa. “It felt good to get a few other girls on the court today and I was pleased with how they played.”UIC 3, Chicago State 0 (25-19, 25-22, 25-18)CHICAGO, Ill. – The Cougars opened the Windy City Invitational with a three-set (19-25, 22-25, 18-25) loss to UIC Friday. Elli Woinowsky and Essence Jackson-Jones led Chicago State with seven kills apiece.