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Volleyball Falls at SMU
11/10/2006 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
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Nov. 10, 2006
DALLAS - Sunshine Misa-Uli came off the bench to slap 13 kills on a career-best .550 attack percentage, but the University of Houston volleyball team lost a 3-0 decision to SMU (24-30, 23-30, 29-31) Friday night in a Conference USA match at Moody Coliseum on the SMU campus.
Misa-Uli returned to the floor for the first time since the East Carolina match on Oct. 22. She ripped eight of her 13 kills in the third game.
Kelly McAnelly paced Houston (17-13, 8-7 C-USA) with a team-best 16 kills. The Houston native now has 1,408 kills passing Jennifer Wittenburg (1999-2001) not only for the No. 3 spot in program history in addition to the No. 21 position on the Conference USA career list.
Ashley Calhoun paced Houston with 13 digs, while Krystal Schulle passed out 42 assists to go along with nine digs. Becca Sartori powered home nine kills on a .400 attack percentage.
SMU (15-14, 6-9 C-USA) played strong defense, recording a season-best 17 blocks and held the Cougars to .173 attack percentage for the match. The Mustangs also held Justine Farmer to eight kills and -.032 attack percentage. It was only the third time in the last 35 matches dating back to last season that Farmer was held to under double-digit kills.
Rachel Giubilato paced three SMU players that registered double-doubles, cranking 20 kills on a .326 clip and added 11 digs. Caitlin Rainbird notched 11 kills on a .458 mark to go along with 11 digs, while Natalie Peters popped 10 kills and 10 blocks.
The two teams started the opening game going back and forth, featuring seven ties in addition to six lead changes. SMU took control of the frame, scoring the final five points for a 30-24 win. The Mustangs were paced by 11 Giubilato kills and outhit the Cougars .326 to .163.
SMU kept the momentum and jumped out to a 19-14 lead in game two. The Cougars crept back to within 21-18, but the Mustangs regroup after a timeout to go on a 9-4 spurt to take a 30-23 victory.
SMU looked to close out the match with a sweep, gaining a 19-13 advantage in the third game. The Cougars chipped away on Calhoun's serve and grabbed a 22-21 spread on a Misa-Uli kill. After trading sideouts, Houston strung together consecutive kills from McAnelly and Erin Rice coupled with a SMU error for a 29-26 lead.
The Mustangs fired back with three kills of its own to even the game at 29-29. SMU got a critical block on Farmer to take the lead and used a Candice Davis ace to clinch the match, 31-29.
Houston concludes the 2006 conference schedule Sunday afternoon with a match at Tulsa. First serve against the league-leading Golden Hurricane is on tap for 1pm. Live stats will be available on UHCougars.com
Cougar Notes
This evening was the ninth time that Houston and SMU have met on the volleyball court ... The Cougars lead the all-time series, 7-2 ... SMU has won the last two meetings in the series ... Houston drops to 3-7 in true road matches ... The Cougars are now 11-4 in three-game matches ... Ashley Calhoun has reeled in double-digit digs in 19 of her 26 starts at libero, including her last four outings ... With 13 digs, Calhoun now has 429 digs, passing Gabi Carbone's mark during the 2000 season for the No. 6 spot in program history over a single-season ... The Wisconsin native is 29 digs from Kristin Guidish (1998) for the No. 5 hole ... Krystal Schulle passed out 42 assists and is 88 assists away from the 1,000-mark for the season ...It was only the third time in the last 35 matches dating back to last season that Justine Farmer failed to reach the double-digit kill mark ... With eight kills, Farmer passed Sherri Beyer's effort during the 1987 season for the No. 10 spot over a single-season ... She is six kills away from teammate Kelly McAnelly's output during the 2003 season ... Farmer's 11 digs allowed her to pass Kristin Guidish's mark during the 1997 season for the No. 8 position over a single-season ... The El Paso native is five digs shy of Carbone's mark during the 2000 season for the from Kristin Guidish's effort during the 1997 season for the No. 7 slot ... Kelly McAnelly smacked a team-best 16 kills ... It was the first time in three matches this season that Houston lost when McAnelly paced the team in kills ... The Houston native now has 1,408 kills passing Jennifer Wittenburg (1999-2001) not only for the No. 3 spot in program history in addition to the No. 21 position on the Conference USA career list ... McAnelly is 56 kills shy from Lilly Denoon (1991-1994) for the No. 2 position in program history ... She also is 19 kills away from Martina Shields (UAB, 2000-2003) for the No. 20 slot in C-USA history ... With 43 attempts, McAnelly is 294 swings away from Debbie Vokes (1994-98) for the top spot in that category in the Houston record book ... Becca Sartori added nine kills and now has 1,296 career kills ... Sartori is 40 kills away from Emily Leffers (1993-94, 1996-97) for the No. 5 position in the Houston record book ... Sartori also is tied with Bridget Files (Southern Miss, 2000-2003) for the No. 30 spot in the C-USA record book ... With one block assist, Sartori has registered 328 blocks assists and is 27 shy of Loure Dews (2001-2004) for the No. 4 position ... The Houston native also has 373 career blocks and is one away from reaching Janet Goreham (DePaul, 2001-2004) for the No. 23 position in the C-USA record book ... Sartori is 12 total blocks from Marie Tourillon (1994-1996) for the No. 8 hole in the UH record book.
