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For Immediate
Release: Saturday, November 16, 2002 LADY BRONCS FINISH SECOND AT INDEPENDENT CHAMPIONSHIPS CORPUS CHRISTI, TX-The University of Texas-Pan American volleyball team took care of business on the second and final day of the Holiday Inn Emerald Beach Southern Independent Championships at Moody Gym on the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi campus Saturday. Texas-Pan American swept both of their matches, defeating host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Saturday morning, 30-26, 22-30, 22-30, 31-29 and 16-14; and then downing Lipscomb, 30-18, 30-21 and 30-26. The Lady Broncs finished tournament action with a 3-1 record, and finished second behind Indiana-Purdue-Fort Wayne. Junior outside hitter Jaclyn Muszynski (Walnut, CA/Walnut HS) had 23 kills and 15 digs against the Islanders. Sophomore outside hitter Cathi Netemeyer (Los Fresnos, TX/University of Iowa/Los Fresnos HS) had 17 kills and 16 digs and hit 268, freshman setter Katie Burke (Georgetown, TX/Georgetown HS) had 57 assists and 17 digs, and junior libero Jena Rae Rosales (McAllen, TX/McAllen HS) had a career-high 27 digs. Lauren Smith had 22 kills and Kaley Rombs 23 assists for TAMU-CC. Muszynski had 17 kills against Lipscomb, freshman middle blocker Danielle Holthe (Covina, CA/Bishop Amat Memorial HS) had 11 kills and hit .556, Netemeyer had 12 digs, and Burke had 43 assists and 10 digs. Samantha Blair had nine kills for Lipscomb, while Emily Smith had 29 assists and 10 digs. "The match against Corpus Christi was hard-fought, it was really exciting, and it was tough to come right back to play against Lipscomb after our first match," said UTPA Head Coach Dave Thorn. "Both teams gave it everything they had. Lipscomb is a scrappy team, and they are better than their record indicates. We stepped it up against them when we needed to." Netemeyer was named to the All-Tournament Team. By winning twice, UTPA improved to 16-15. TAMU-CC fell to 14-19, while Lipscomb dropped to 4-25. The Lady Broncs will take the next week off. They will conclude their season with a four-match road trip to California, beginning with a match at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Tuesday evening, November 26th.
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