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Volleyball Records Five-Game Win at UTEP
10/15/2006 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 15, 2006
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EL PASO - Five Cougars registered double-doubles as the University of Houston volleyball team gutted out a 3-2 victory (26-30, 30-28, 30-32, 30-25, 15-11) over UTEP Sunday afternoon at Memorial Gym in a Conference USA match.
The Cougars (15-9, 6-3 C-USA) mauled a season-high 17 blocks and fended off UTEP's (5-17, 1-7 C-USA) game five comeback effort. Houston snapped its six match skid in five-game matches. The last time the Cougars won a 3-2 decision came in the season-opener at Towson.
Houston jumped out to an early 10-3 advantage in the deciding game behind four Sunshine Misa-Uli kills. The Miners responded with six consecutive points to close within 10-9, but the Cougars got a pair of blocks and a Becca Sartori kill to edge out a 15-11 victory.
El Paso native Justine Farmer headlined Houston powering home match-bests with 25 kills and 26 digs for her team-leading and C-USA leading 17th double-double of the season, while Kelly McAnelly was one assist shy from a triple-double, tallying 11 kills, 10 digs and nine assists. Krystal Schulle dished out 58 assists and 11 digs for the victors.
Sartori compiled her first career double-double, smacking 13 kills to go along with a career-best 12 blocks. The Houston native has 359 career blocks moving past Jazzmien Stephens (Southern Miss, 2002-05) and Bing Sun (Louisville, 2001-04) for sole position of 24th place in the Conference USA record book Misa-Uli tacked on a double-double, firing in 15 kills and 14 digs.
Ashley Calhoun returned to the starting lineup, corralling 21 digs at libero. Akilah Grant-Sullivan added nine kills on 10 swings in addition to three blocks. Millicent Martin chipped in with four blocks on the front row.
UTEP was paced by Amy Sanders, who registered career-bests with 25 kills and 13 digs. Katie Smith passed out a match-high 64 assists to go along with 11 digs, while Elsa Reyes reeled in 25 digs.
Both teams came out firing on all cylinders in game one, attacking at over a .330 clip. The game featured 20 ties and seven lead changes. It was the Miners who tallied the final run, scoring five of the final six points. A pair of ball handling errors along with a Reyes ace gave UTEP a 30-26 win.
Houston fought back in the second game using seven Farmer kills to claim a 30-28 win, but UTEP responded with a 32-30 victory in game three.
With their backs against the wall in game four, the Cougars overturned an early 19-16 deficit to catch the Miners at 21-21. After trading sideouts, Houston received a critical block from Sartori and Martin to go ahead 25-23. Farmer ripped a trio of kills, the last from McAnelly, to give the Cougars a 30-25 win.
Houston continues its four-match road swing at Marshall and East Carolina next weekend. First serve against the Thundering Herd is set for 6pm Friday, while a noon tilt Sunday afternoon is on tap against the Pirates.
Cougar Notes
Houston has won six of its seven all-time meetings with UTEP ... The Cougars improve to 5-0 this season on Sundays and to 5-2 on Oct. 15 in the Bill Walton era ... The Cougars have won 39 of their last 46 matches dating back to November 2003 when winning game two ... Houston also snapped a six match skid in five-game matches ... The Cougars last 3-2 win prior to this afternoon came in the season-opener at Towson ... Sunshine Misa-Uli and Krystal Schulle recorded their eighth and seventh double-doubles, respectively ... Misa-Uli has notched double-digit digs in six of her last nine outings ... Schulle has racked up a double-double in three of her last four matches ... She went over the 50-assist mark for the fifth time in her career ... Becca Sartori notched her first career double-double, recording 13 kills and a career-best 12 blocks ... The Houston native is 79 kills away from teammate Kelly McAnelly for the No. 5 position ... Sartori also pulls within 53 kills from reaching the Top 30 in the C-USA record book ... With her career-best 12 blocks, Sartori has 359 career blocks moving past Jazzmien Stephens (Southern Miss, 2002-05) and Bing Sun (Louisville, 2001-04) for sole position of 24th place in the Conference USA record book ... She is 15 blocks from matching Janet Goreham (DePaul, 2001-04) for the No. 23 hole ... With 11 block assists, Sartori has 314 block assists and is five assists shy of Marie-Claude Tourillon (1994-96) for the No. 5 slot in the Houston record book ... Sartori also is 25 away from Tourillon for the No. 8 position in total blocks... Justine Farmer added her team-leading and C-USA leading 17th double-double of the season ... The sophomore compiled 15 double-double all of last season and now has 32 for her career ... Farmer has powered home double-digit kills in 27 of her last 29 matches she has played in dating back to last season ... With 26 digs, the El Paso native joined the 700 kills and 700 digs club ... Farmer surpassed the 20-kill mark for the seventh time and the 20-dig plateau for the eighth time this season ... With 11 kills, Kelly McAnelly now has 1,318 career kills and is 19 shy from Emily Leffers (1993-94, 1996-97) for the No. 4 position in program history ... The Houston native passed Chrissy Smith (Cincinnati, 1995-1997) for the No. 28 hole in the Conference USA record book ... McAnelly is 29 kills away from Kelly Trimble (Southern Miss, 1998-2001) for the No. 27 spot ... With 31 attempts, McAnelly is 547 swings away from Debbie Vokes (1994-98) for the top spot in that category in the Houston record book.
