Box ScoreSAN ANTONIO – The University of Texas-Pan American Broncs volleyball team beat the University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals 3-1 (25-23, 21-25, 25-17, 25-17) on Tuesday at McDermott Convocation Center.
Junior
Haley Durham led the Broncs (6-20) with 15 kills on .370 hitting. Sophomore
Alisha Watson recorded 13 kills on .323 hitting. Freshman
Mary Kate Clark led the Broncs with 21 assists while junior
Maisy Munson finished with 18. Senior
Krysta Freitas posted a team-high 15 digs.
Brittani Dear led the Cardinals (8-18) with a double-double of 18 kills and 15 digs.
Angelique Vidaurri finished with 13 kills and three blocks.
Madison Williams posted a match-high 40 assists.
Watson, freshman
Kyra Hill and Durham each had kills as the Broncs jumped out to a 4-2 lead in the first set. After the Cardinals took an 8-6 lead on a
Meaghan Patterson kill, the Broncs scored five of the next six points to go up 11-9 on a Watson kill. The Broncs extended their lead to 13-10 on an ace by redshirt senior
Maria Kliefoth, and still led by three at 17-14 on an ace by redshirt junior
Macey Singleton. The Cardinals scored the next four points to take the lead. A few serves later, with the set tied at 23, Watson came up with a kill and freshman
Briana Shannon served up an ace to put the Broncs up 1-0.
The Broncs jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second set on a block by Hill and Durham, but Dear came up with four kills to power a 9-3 run, putting the Cardinals up 9-6. The Cardinals maintained that lead until a Kliefoth kill tied the set at 17-17. The Cardinals responded with a 7-1 run to reach set point en route to tying the match at 1-1.
The Broncs jumped out to a 5-1 third set lead, a run that included aces by Shannon and Durham. The Broncs extended their lead to 14-9 on a kill by Durham, before the Cardinals pulled within 16-13 on a kill by Vidaurri. The Broncs responded with five-straight points to build an eight-point lead en route to taking a 2-1 lead.
Williams opened the fourth set with back-to-back aces as the Cardinals jumped out to a 5-0 lead. After a timeout, Kliefoth came up with back-to-back kills while scoring four-straight points to pull within one. The Broncs tied it for the first time at 10-10 on a Durham kill, the second point of a 4-0 run that saw the Broncs go up 12-10 on a Shannon ace. The Broncs extended their lead to six at 20-14 on a Durham kill en route to completing the win.
The Broncs play their final home match of the season on Saturday at 1 p.m. when they face New Mexico State at UTPA Fieldhouse. Senior Day ceremonies will commence shortly before the match begins. Doors open at 12.
Ticket prices are as follows:
Adults – $5
Senior Citizens and High School Students – $4
Children – $3
UTPA Students, Faculty & Staff – Free
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