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EDINBURG – In the final home match of her career, senior Juri Franzen tied the University of Texas-Pan American Broncs volleyball program record for 20+ digs matches with 15 in a 3-2 loss to the New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders on Monday at the UTPA Fieldhouse in front of a crowd of 601.
 
The Broncs (9-17, 2-4 Great West Conference) finish the season with a program record attendance of 5,109 in eight matches for a program record average of 639 fans per game.
 
Frazen tied Jacklyn Muszynski (2000-03) by coming up with 33 digs. Franzen has at least three matches remaining to try to break the record.
 
Offensively, Michelle McNamee led the Broncs with a career-high 20 kills while Diara Reynolds had a double-double of 13 kills and 11 digs. Nycole Masaki recorded a career-high 55 assists.
 
The Highlanders (11-14, 3-4 GWC) were led by Camilla Tinari, who tied for the match high 20 kills. Danica Vukotic posted a double-double with 13 kills and 13 digs while Janet Snell recorded 12 kills.
 
The Broncs led 7-6 early in the first set, and then used kills by McNamee and Maria Kliefoth to fuel a 3-0 run that saw them push the lead to four. The lead got as big as seven at 19-12 on a kill by McNamee before the Broncs held on to win 25-22.
 
The Broncs jumped out to an 11-4 lead in the second set, but the Highlanders responded with a 13-1 run to go up 17-12 before winning 25-20.
 
Down 23-19 in the third set, the Broncs made a comeback attempt, getting to within 24-23 before a kill by Snell won the set for the Highlanders 25-23.
 
Tied at 10-10 in the fourth set, the Broncs used a 9-2 run, capped by a Reynolds service ace, to pull away before winning 25-23.
 
The Broncs jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the fifth set, but the Highlanders came back to take their first lead at 11-10 on a kill by Tinari, and they never trailed again while winning 15-12.
 
The Broncs are back in action on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. when they visit Chicago State.
 
The University of Texas-Pan American Department of Intercollegiate Athletics competes at the NCAA Division I level. UTPA, formerly known as Pan American College and Pan American University, is a part of the University of Texas System of Schools. The Broncs compete in 14 varsity sports: men's and women's basketball, golf, tennis, track and field, and cross country, along with women's volleyball and men's baseball. The Broncs have won six team national championships, including the 1963 NAIA Championship in men's basketball and every NAIA Championship in men's tennis from 1961 through 1965. The Broncs also have also won 10 individual national championships, all in men's tennis, with six NAIA doubles championships and four NAIA singles championships. UTPA has been a member of the Great West Conference in 12 sports since 2009-10. Men's golf competes in the America Sky Conference while men's tennis competes in the Southland Conference.