Volleyball team eclipses total wins from last season
After only seven victories in 2001, the volleyball team won its seventh and eighth after two weekend matches against Texas opponents.
By Jay Armstrong
Skiff Staff

The volleyball team ended its four-match losing streak with a 3-2 victory over Texas-Pan American Friday night.

The team looked certain to drop its fifth straight game as the Lady Broncs took the first two games. However, the team began to rally in game three. Freshman Erin Estep led the rally, ripping off six straight points from the service line to give the Frogs a 30-19 game three victory.

The Frogs owned the fourth game, leading by as many as 13 before Texas-Pan American rallied back to pull within eight at 29-21. Estep however sealed Texas-Pan American fate with her kill to give the Frogs game four. This sent the Frogs into uncharted territory facing their first five-game match of the season.

Game five belonged to the Frogs, as they jumped out to a commanding 7-0 lead. Estep and freshman Jackie Choi sealed the match with a 15-7 victory for the game and the 3-2 win for the match.

The victory over Texas-Pan American gave the team its seventh win, which equaled the entire win total from 2001.

The Frogs used the energy from their come-from-behind victory on Saturday night to defeat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi three games to zero.

“We knew our hard work from two-a-days, and time in the weight room would pay off,” said junior outside hitter Courtney Beach.

This eighth win serves as a stepping stone for a team with lofty goals.

“We are going to stay above .500 and finish in the top of the conference,” Beach said.

Sophomore outside hitter Dominika Szabo said the eight wins comes as no surprise to the team, because it’s not last year’s team.

“You can’t even compare this year to last year,” Szabo said. “We are a completely new team with a new program. We are going to win a lot of games.”

The Frogs return home to begin Conference USA play against Southern Mississippi on Friday and Tulane University on Saturday.