University of Houston
SMU
Volleyball Loses Five Set Battle Against SMU
10/2/2011 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 2, 2011
| SMU 3, Houston 2 |
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| Box Score | Season Stats |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Houston | 28 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 12 |
| SMU | 26 | 27 | 12 | 25 | 15 |
| Quick Stats | UH | SMU |
| Digs | 75 | 76 |
| Assists | 72 | 59 |
| Kills | 76 | 63 |
| Blocks | 13.0 | 14.0 |
| Statistical Leaders | ||||
| Kills | Digs | Assists | BS/BA | |
| Lucy Charuk | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1/5 |
| Katie Norris | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0/4 |
| Caitlin Ogletree | 2 | 17 | 62 | 1/1 |
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Dallas, Texas - The University of Houston volleyball team lost a tough five set battle, 3-2, (28-26, 25-27, 25-12, 21-25, 12-15) Sunday afternoon to SMU in Moody Coliseum. With the loss, Houston falls to 10-5 on the season and 3-2 in Conference USA action.
Despite the loss, four Cougars recorded double-digit kills. Senior Lucy Charuk and junior Katie Norris tied for a team-high with 17 kills, while senior Ingrida Zauere finished with 16 and junior Chandace Tryon had 15 kills.
Freshman Caitlin Ogletree finished with a match-high 62 assists and 17 digs for her third career double-double, while freshman Natalie Keck had 24 digs and eight assists.
The Cougars took a 4-1 lead to open the match and continued to control pace by extending their lead 15-9. The Mustangs would chip away at the Houston lead, pulling within two, 19-17, late in the set. It looked as though UH was going to hold off the late run by the Mustangs when the Cougars played to set point, 24-20, but SMU would score the next four points, tying the set 24-24. They would trade points before the Cougars were able to win the set, 28-26.
Houston played the second set to a 13-13 tie before they were able to take a 21-19 advantage. After SMU came back to tie the set, 23-23, the Cougars were forced to call a timeout. Out of the break, Houston continued to match the Mustangs before two UH attack errors gave SMU a 27-25 win.
After two battles in the opening sets, the Cougars jumped out to a 12-4 lead in the third set and never looked back. They built a 19-11 lead and closed out the set on a 6-1 run to win, 25-12.
Trailing 17-13, Houston put together a 5-0 run to steal an 18-17 lead in the fourth set. They traded points with the Mustangs before a kill by Courtney Manning and an attack error by Charuk gave SMU a 22-20 advantage. Houston would win the next point with a Norris kill but three-straight kills by SMU's Jessica Oliver gave the Mustangs a 25-21 win.
With the match tied, 2-2, Houston was forced to put its 2-0 record in five set matches on the line.
Despite trailing early, the Cougars knotted the set 8-8, forcing SMU to call a timeout. Out of the break. SMU answered with a 5-1 run to take a 13-9 lead, prompting Houston to call a timeout. UH would score the first two points off the bench, but the SMU lead was too much to overcome and the Cougars would fall, 15-12.
UP NEXT
Houston will continue its road swing with a trip to East Carolina. The Cougars will play the Pirates at 1 p.m. on Oct. 8 and close out the weekend with a noon match on Oct. 9.
