RIO GRANDE VALLEY – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros volleyball team is aiming to extend its winning streak to six matches Saturday as it takes on the New Orleans (UNO) Privateers at 12 p.m. at the UTRGV Fieldhouse.
The Vaqueros (11-7, 6-1 Southland Conference) head into the match after a gritty 3-2 win over Southeastern on Thursday, which moved them solely into second in the conference standings. New Orleans (7-13, 2-5 SLC) is looking to get back into the win column after falling, 3-0, at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Fans can purchase tickets at
UTRGVTickets.com. Students get in free with a valid student ID but will need to claim a ticket at
GoUTRGV.com/StudentTickets. A
clear bag policy is in place for all UTRGV Athletics venues.
Head-to-Head History
• UTRGV is 3-17 all-time against the Privateers in a series dating back to 1988, but all three wins have come in the last four meetings.
• The Vaqueros beat the Privateers 3-0 when these teams met last season in New Orleans. They have won two consecutive matches in the series with the last loss being back in 2014.
• Saturday's match will be the first for UNO in Edinburg since Oct. 1996.
Last Time Out
• The Vaqueros captured their fifth consecutive win with a come-from-behind 3-2 (25-18, 23-25, 23-25, 25-18, 15-6) victory Thursday over the Southeastern Lions. Junior libero
Celianiz Cabranes led an impressive defensive effort that held SLU to .178 hitting with a season-high tying 28 digs while dishing out five assists. Freshman outside hitter
Dimitra Nanou tabbed her fifth double-double with a career-high 23 kills on .354 hitting with 16 digs. Sophomore outside hitter
Martina Franco had 20 kills on .319 hitting with 11 digs for her second double-double. Senior right side
Valentina Sarti Cipriani added 11 kills with four blocks. Junior setter
Isabella Costantini tallied a season-high 61 assists with four aces and two kills while running the offense to a .321 hitting efficiency.
• New Orleans fell 3-0 (25-13, 25-16, 25-20) at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday.
Alessandra Meoni and
Laura Piva led the offense with seven kills each while
Defne Eciroglu dished out 19 assists. Meoni also paced the defense with eight digs.
Complete match notes can be found here:
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