Houston-San Antonio-Brownsville, TX --- The Lady Rams volleyball team completed their last big road trip play University of St. Thomas in Houston, then going to Our Lade of the Lake University in San Antonio and finishing up at University of Texas in Brownsville. Working with a new line up due to several different situations, the Lady Rams still continue to battle hard and looking for that first win.
Starting with the match against St. Thomas, senior outside hitter Dominique Green (Austin/Reagan HS) with 7 kills and help from freshman right side Courtney Morris (Houston/Nimitz HS) with 5 kills led the offense directed by freshman setter Chelsea Dilworth (Yoakum/Yoakum HS). Dilworth had 9 assists along with 2 aces and 10 digs on defense. Freshman Shamara Pinson (Beaumont/West Brook HS) who is the new libero, tacked on 15 digs to help the Lady Rams stay close. Seniors Ashley Wright (Forest Park, IL/Logan CC) and Kendriqua Spears (Houston/Aldine HS) combined for 5 and 3 blocks at the net.
Next traveling to San Antonio to play Our Lady of the Lake, Dilworth again provided 12 assists with 2 ace serves and 5 digs. She had help on defense from Pinson with 12 digs and freshman defensive specialist Yessenia Pena (Manor/Manor HS) with 8 digs. Junior outside hitter Shamell Spivey (Houston/Blinn JC) had 7 kills with sophomore right side Mallori Oliver (Anchorage, AK/East Anchorage HS) and freshman middle Tiffany Deba (Cedar Park/Cedar Park HS) with 4 kills each. Deba also contributed 2 ace serves and 3 blocks along with Wright’s 4 blocks who leads the Lady Rams in that category.
Then the Lady Rams went further south to Brownsville to take on the Scorpions who are ranked #22 in the last NAIA National Poll. They started strong taking leads of 6 and 5 in set one before falling 30-25 in a set that lasted almost 45 minutes. The Lady Rams fought for the next two sets making the match last almost two hours with long rallies and coming up short 30-12 and 30-13.
Morris and Oliver led the offense with 6 and 4 kills with sophomore setter Stephanie Castro (Austin/Travis HS) and Pena each had 2 ace serves to help out. Castro had 9 assists and 3 digs with Pena and Pinson controlling the back row with 12 and 7 digs respectively. Wright and Oliver owned the net with 3 and 2 blocks.
Next Opponent: The Lady Rams travel to San Antonio to take on Trinity University who is currently ranked #4 in NCAA III volleyball. The Lady Rams will host the 2007 Alumni volleyball match on Saturday, October 20th at 2:00 pm.