Oct. 4, 2005

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The University of Texas - Pan American women's volleyball team (3-11) lost for the first time at the UTPA Fieldhouse in three games this season to the Texas State Bobcats (6-7) in four games (30-26, 21-30, 30-26, 30-24) on Tuesday (Oct. 4).

In an exciting, hard-fought match, head coach Dave Thorn saw his team play the Bobcats tough. "I thought that we played aggressively, but at the same time we calmly kept our composure," added Thorn.

The Lady Broncs were paced offensively by freshman Kellie Phillips (Chandler, AZ/Corona Del Sol H.S.) with a team-high 19 kills while Heather Bravo (Las Vegas, NV/Durango H.S) turned in a double-double (kills-digs) with 17 and 20 respectively. Senior Danielle Holthe (Covina, CA/Bishop Amat Memorial H.S.) recorded 11 kills while also notching four service aces.

Thorn was impressed with the play of Bravo in the losing effort, saying "Heather had a heck of a match. She has been struggling, especially offensively, but the last two games she has really come around."

Freshman Chelsea Blakely (Houston, TX/Dobie H.S.) finished with a match-high 55 assists and 10 digs for a double-double while junior Chrissie Carrigan (Victoria, British Columbia/Mount Douglass S.S.) tallied a match-high 23 digs. Karen Lyons (McAllen, TX/McAllen Memorial H.S.) added 10 digs for UTPA.

On the match, the Bobcats out-hit the Lady Broncs .213-.159 while finishing with three more kills. UTPA held the advantage in assists (58-55) and digs (72-64).

For the Bobcats, Elizabeth Nwoke notched a match-high 24 kills with a .383 hitting percentage while Erin Hickman recorded 44 assists.

The Lady Broncs' next match will be on Saturday (Oct. 8) in Orem, UT against the Utah Valley State Wolverines.

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