Wednesday, October 15, 2014
PORTALES, N.M. – Sophomore
Lauren Frye had 19 kills and set a career-high with a .615 attack percentage Wednesday night as the Eastern New Mexico volleyball swept Texas-Permian Basin 25-13, 25-21, 25-18. Frye nearly matched the Falcons kill total for the entire match of 21 by herself.
The win snapped a four-match winless streak for the Zias who improve to 9-11 and surpassed last year's win total while UTPB is now 8-11.
Up 13-9 in the first set, ENMU scored seven straight points thanks to four attack errors by the Falcons, a kill apiece from senior
Agatha Gibbons and Frye, and the first of three service aces in the contest from sophomore
Lindsay Bost. UTPB cut their deficit to 10 but a service error and bad set gave the Zias a 1-0 lead in the match.
The Falcons jumped out to a 9-5 lead in set two. Back-to-back kills by senior
Lindsey Barron and Frye started a 9-1 run by Eastern. UTPB came back to tie the set four times with the last being 20-20. Over the last six points, Frye hit her last two of 11 kills in the set while Lawson finished with a kill of her own to put ENMU up 2-0 in the match.
Set three saw the Zias take a 5-1 advantage and never look back as they lead the entire way. The closest the Falcons got was 10-7 after an ENMU attack error. Although Eastern was held to a .152 attack percentage and 11 kills, UTPB hit -.029 and were blocked three times.
Barron and Lawson finished the night with seven kills apiece while senior
Kennedi Catano had 28 of the team's 42 assists. She is now 27 assists shy of surpassing Stacey Estlund for third on the program's career list.
Defensively, freshman
Andrea Aguilar set season-highs in digs (17) and service aces. Lawson added 11 digs and to blocks as well. Gibbons led the squad with three blocks, all assisted.
ENMU ended the night with 43 kills on a .242 attack percentage and had seven service aces while holding UTPB to 21 kills and a hitting percentage of .032. The Falcons did come out with an 8-5 block advantage on the night.
The Zias return to the court and Lone Star Conference action Friday night when they take on Texas A&M-Kingsville at 7 p.m. in Greyhound Arena. The match will be Eastern's annual Dig Pink match in seeking to raise money and awareness about breast cancer.
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