Durham Watson Block 10-17-15
Jesica Gonzalez
Haley Durham (#14) and Alisha Watson (#2)
3
Winner Utah Valley UVU 9-10, 5-2 WAC
1
UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV 8-13, 1-6 WAC
Winner
Utah Valley UVU
9-10, 5-2 WAC
3
Final
1
UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV
8-13, 1-6 WAC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Utah Valley UVU 25 25 22 25 (3)
UT Rio Grande Valley UTRGV 23 21 25 23 (1)

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Durham Breaks Program Block Assists Record in Tight Loss to Utah Valley

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EDINBURG – Senior Haley Durham broke the program record for career block assists, but the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros volleyball team fell to the Utah Valley University Wolverines 1-3 (23-25, 21-25, 25-22, 23-25) on Saturday at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.
 
Durham recorded five block assists to bring her career total to 255 and pass Danielle Holthe (250, 2002-05) atop the leaderboard.
 
Durham broke the record on the third serve of the first set, when she combined with sophomore Bojana Mitrovic on a block to make it 2-1 Vaqueros (8-13, 1-6 WAC).
 
Already the program's all-time leader in blocks per set (0.82), Durham finished with six total blocks to increase her career total to 313 and pass Stephanie Redd (310, 2002-05) and Holthe (312) for second place. Lisa Yanez (1993-96) holds the record with 323.
 
Durham also had seven kills, five digs and two aces.
 
Mitrovic led the Vaqueros in kills for the 15th time this season with 18 to go with eight digs, three blocks and three aces. Junior Alisha Watson had 12 kills with three blocks. Freshman Alexandra Ecker finished with a career-high tying 10 kills on .600 hitting and two blocks.
 
Abby Jensen led the Wolverines (9-10, 5-2 WAC) with 16 kills on .297 hitting. Lauren Bakker had 10 kills with eight blocks. Lexi Thompson also had 10 kills.
 
The Vaqueros led early in the first set, going up 8-5 on a Mitrovic kill. Then, after a Jensen kill sparked a 4-0 run to give the Wolveirnes the lead, an Ecker kill re-tied the set at 9. After some back and forth play, the Vaqueros used a kill and an ace by Mitrovic as well as a Watson kill to break a tie and go up 18-15. The Wolverines, however, used four Jensen kills to power a 9-3 run to pull away for the victory.
 
The Vaqueros led 3-0 out of the gate in the second set, but the Wolverines scored the next three to tie it. Durham responded with a kill and an ace to put the Vaqueros on top before a Mitrovic kill restored their three-point lead at 9-6. The Vaqueros still led 16-14 on an Ecker kill, but a Jensen kill sparked a 6-1 run as the Wolverines took a 2-0 lead.
 
After going down 0-2 in the third set, the Vaqueros scored four-straight as part of an 8-3 run to go up 10-5 on a kill by junior Megan Dempsey. The Vaqueros extended their lead to seven on a Mitrovic ace that made it 17-10. The Wolverines responded with a 10-4 run to pull within 20-21 on a Sabrina Tanner ace, but a pair of Mitrovic kills helped the Vaqueros stop the run and take the set.
 
The Vaqueros had the early lead in the fourth set as well, going up 4-2 on a Durham kill, 9-6 on a Mitrovic kill, and 13-9 on an error. The Wolverines responded with an 8-1 run to go up 17-14 on a Madison Dennison kill, but a Watson kill sparked a 3-0 run as the Vaqueros tied it. The set was still tied at 19 when the Wolverines scored four of the next five points to go up 23-20. The Vaqueros used kills by Mitrovic and Watson followed by a block by Durham and Watson to tie it, but a Bakker kill and an error ended the match.
 
The Vaqueros are back in action on Monday at 7 p.m. when they close out non-conference play at New Orleans.

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