Sept. 25, 2006
Final Stats
LAS VEGAS - The UNLV volleyball team (10-5) defeated the Nevada, Reno Wolf Pack (7-6) by a 3-0 margin on Monday evening at the Cox Pavilion. The win gives the Rebels an 8-7 edge over their in-state rivals. UNLV took the match with scores of 30-20, 30-24, 30-27.
The win snapped UNLV's two-match losing streak from this past weekend. By winning in a 3-0 sweep, the Rebels have now won six matches by that figure this season.
By defeating UNR, the Rebels close out their 2006 non-conference slate with a 9-3 mark.
UNR held a slight lead until UNLV evened up the score at 7-7 in game one. From that point on the Rebels never looked back, en route to the 30-20 win.
Game two was played evenly by both squads until UNLV broke open the 15-15 game. The Rebels rattled off 15 of the final 24 points to take the frame, 30-24.
The Wolf Pack came on strong in the middle of the third. Trailing the Rebels early, UNR fought back to knot the score by winning five straight points to pull even at 21-21. With the tie, UNLV head coach Allison Keeley called a timeout to regroup her squad. The pause worked as the Rebels came out to score five of the next six points to cause UNR to call for a timeout. After their timeout, the Wolf Pack came out strong and scored three straight points - two from UNLV attacking errors - to pull within one at 26-25 which forced another UNLV timeout. After the break, the Rebels won three consecutive points to go up 29-25. With the score 29-27, UNLV got a kill from Maria Aladjova that was misplayed by UNR's blockers to close out the game and match.
The Rebels out hit the Wolf Pack .167 to .077. UNLV hit for a game-high .286 in the first, but followed that up with a .053 in the second and a .152 in the third. UNR's best hitting performance came in the first game with a .098. UNR's hitting declined each game with a .075 in the second and .061 in the third.
UNLV was led by 20 assists and 10 digs by Kristin Koochi for her first-career double-double. Koochi split setting duties with Melody Nua, who collected 17 assists, as well. Coincidentally, with Koochi leading the team in assists tonight, it ended Nua's run of 44 matches of dishing out the most Rebel assists in those matches.
Maria Aladjova and Brittani Lumsden tallied double-digits in kills with them nailing 16 and 10, respectively. Lumsden also held the match-high in hitting with her .455 percentage mixing in only one error in 22 attempts.
Camille Cunningham had a match-high 14 digs and was closely followed by Jada Walker's 13.
UNR was led offensively by Teal Ericson's 13 kills and .219 hitting percentage. Tristin Johnson dished out 27 assists. Lauren Kelly held the team-high in digs with 13 and was joined by KatiJo Matthews' 10.
The Rebels hit the road this upcoming weekend for Mountain West Conference action at TCU and New Mexico. The Horned Frogs host UNLV in Fort Worth, Texas on Friday, Sept. 29 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific. UNLV will travel west to Albuquerque, N.M., to face the Lobos on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 6:00 p.m. Pacific.
