LADY BRONCS DOWN TAMIU IN THREE
Contact: Dave Geringer, UTPA Sports Information Director, (956) 381-2240

EDINBURG, TX-The University of Texas-Pan American's volleyball team is putting together another winning streak.

The Lady Broncs won their second match in a row, defeating Texas A&M-International, 30-23, 30-26, and 30-18 at the UTPA Fieldhouse Tuesday evening.

Freshman libero Carol Marcengo (Curitiba, Brazil/SPEI HS) led Texas-Pan American with 21 digs. It was the 10th consecutive match in which she has recorded 20 or more digs. Marcengo, who broke the single-season record for digs last Saturday, now has 401 digs, and is the first Lady Bronc player to amass 400 digs in a season.

Senior outside hitter Jaclyn Muszynski (Walnut, CA/Walnut HS) and junior outside hitter Cathi Netemeyer (Los Fresnos, TX/Los Fresnos HS/Iowa) led the Lady Broncs with nine kills each. Freshman outside hitter Chrissie Carrigan (Victoria, BC/Mount Douglas SS) added seven kills and seven digs. Sophomore middle blocker Stephanie Redd (Seguin, TX/Seguin HS) had seven blocks and Netemeyer, sophomore middle blocker Danielle Holthe (Covina, CA/Bishop Amat Memorial HS) and freshman outside hitter Heather Bravo (Las Vegas, NV/Durango HS) each had six as the Lady Broncs out blocked the DustDevils, 14-1.

Jessica Vargas led Texas A&M-International with 10 kills, while Victoria Ramirez and Sivonney Molina added six kills apiece.

"It's always good to win, and it was good to see us come out and play hard," said UTPA Head Coach Dave Thorn. "We got ahead in the first game, then we made some unforced errors on our side of the net. We came back, and we had 14 blocks to their one. It was nice to see Chrissie Carrigan step in and do a nice job. Carol had another good game, and our hitting was balanced."

The Lady Broncs improved to 12-9 with the victory, while TAMIU fell to 6-6. Texas-Pan American will return to action when they host the Lady Bronc alumni team Friday evening.

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