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Box
Score vs. Florida Gulf Coast
Box Score vs. St. Francis
(Sept. 1, 2007) - The UC
Riverside Highlanders split their two matches at the University
of Northern Colorado tournament on Saturday. The Highlanders
lost to Florida Gulf Coast University, 3-1 (30-28, 30-17,
18-30, 30-16), but bounced back to take their final match
with a convincing win over St. Francis University, 3-0 (30-19,
30-23, 30-25).
UCR improved to 1-3 on the
season.
In the nightcap, sophomore
outside hitter Dominique Cowling had a match-high 13 kills,
hitting .440 on the match. Sophomore middle Kelley Quinn added
11 kills and hit .526 overall. The Highlanders hit .421 in
the match and had just nine errors total (49-9-95). They also
had 12 block assists. Freshman Kelly Simpson had an outstanding
match with six kills and no errors in 11 attacks.
Brittney Murrey had 31 assists
and hit .444 in the match.
The Highlanders had a tough
challenge in the morning, playing the morning game after having
played the final game of the day Friday. Doubling the challenge
was the fact that the Highlanders were going up against one
of the top teams from the southeast in Florida Gulf Coast
University, which had a 29-3 record in 2006.
UCR led early in game one,
at one point going up 20-10. However, FGCU went on an 11-1
run to tie the match at 21-21. The teams battled tooth and
nail and UCR led 29-28, but FGCU scored the final three points
of the game to rally to a 31-29 win.
FGCU won game two, but the
Highlanders roared back in game three for a 30-18 win. However,
the pendulum swung back the other direction as FGCU took the
match with a 30-16 win.
Cowling led all players
with 20 kills, hitting .293 in the match, but she was the
only Highlander in double figures. FGCU hit .430 overall.
Murrey had 21 assists for the Highlanders.
Following the tournament,
Murrey was named to the all-tournament team.
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