Lubbock – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros volleyball team won the first two sets against the Texas Tech Red Raiders before eventually falling 2-3 (25-23, 26-24, 22-25, 21-25, 13-). 15) Saturday at United Supermarkets Arena to close out the Red Raider Classic.
High Sarah Cruz He led the Vaqueros (11-3) with 24 kills, seven digs and one ace. second Claudia Lupescu Posted 14 kills and two blocks. second Margherita Gianni Recorded 12 kills, hit .400 and three blocks. Jr Luisa Silva dos Santos Posted 11 kills, six .444 hitting and three aces. second Luana Emiliano 50 assists with 18 digs for her 10Th Double-double. Jr Regina Tijerina Finished with 19 digs, six assists and three aces.
Reagan Cooper He led the Red Raiders (11-2) with 17 kills and two blocks. Kenna Sauer Recorded 14 kills, 11 digs and two blocks. Carrington Jones Finished with 14 kills and six blocks. Brooke, Kansas Posted 10 kills and seven blocks.
Gianni recorded a pair of early kills to help the Vaqueros jump out to a 3-1 lead in the first set. Two serves later, with the score tied at 3, Gianni’s block went on a 5-1 run to give the Vaqueros an 8-4 win. The Red Raiders responded with a 14-5 run to go up 18-13. Two serves later, with the score at 19-14, a pair of Cruz kills helped the Vaqueros pull to within two. The Red Raiders won the next two serves. Then, after a UTRGV timeout, the Vaqueros went on a 5-0 run, capped by a Cruz kill, to take a 22-21 lead. Three innings later, with the score tied at 23, Gianni’s kill brought the Vaqueros within a point and an offensive error ended the set.
The first point came on a Cruz kill, so the Vaqueros picked up right where they left off at two. The Red Raiders scored the next three points to take the lead again and lead 4-3. Kills by Gianni and Lupescu gave the Vaqueros a 5-4 lead. One serve later, another Lupescu kill gave the Vaqueros a 6-5 lead. The Red Raiders followed with a 4-1 run, but down 10-11, the Vaqueros went on a 5-1 run, capped by a Tijerina ace, to take a 15-12 lead. The Red Raiders scored the next three points. A Lupescu kill and back-to-back aces and kills by Junior then tied the score at 16. Iona Charitonidae It gave the Vaqueros a 20-16 lead. The Red Raiders scored the next four points to pull even before Cruz’s kill put the Vaqueros up 21-20. The Vaqueros went up 22-21 on another Cruz kill and 24-22 on back-to-back errors. Then, with the set tied at 24, an error gave the Vaqueros a point and Cruz’s kill ended the set.
The Vaqueros took a 4-3 lead in the third set with a key kill. The Vaqueros extended their lead to 6-4 on a Lupescu kill. The Red Raiders responded with four straight points to take the lead. The Vaqueros opened the set with 8 kills from Lupescu and 9 from Santos before another 4-0 run put the Red Raiders up 13-9. Four Gianni kills later put the Vaqueros up 17-16 on an 8-3 run. The Red Raiders responded with a 6-2 run to go up 22-19. The Vaqueros got as close as 22-23 with an error before the Red Raiders won the last two serves.
In a four-set 5-4 start, Cruz and Santos each hit two kills to make it 5-1, outscoring the Vaqueros 10-5. The Red Raiders responded with a 4-1 run before a Cruz kill gave the Vaqueros a 15-9 lead before a 4-0 run. The Vaqueros then went up 16-10 before the Red Raiders scored four-straight points as part of a 9-2 run to take a 19-18 lead. A Santos kill tied the set at 19, but the Red Raiders scored six of the last eight points to force a fifth set.
The Vaqueros took a 3-0 lead to five on Gianni’s kill. The Vaqueros won 7-3 on goals by Gianni and Lupescu. The Red Raiders used a 4-1 run to pull within 7-8 before Lupescu’s kill put the Vaqueros up 9-7. The Vaqueros led 12-10 on a Cruz kill as the Red Raiders won four-straight serves to reach match point. Cooper responded by killing Cruz before a kill could end the game.
UTRGV closes out non-conference play at UTEP on Monday at 8 p.m.
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