Texas Tech University Athletics
Tech Volleyball Sweeps New Mexico 3-0
October 08, 2001 | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 8, 2001
LUBBOCK, Texas - Heather Hughes-Justice tallied a career-high 21 kills to pace the Texas Tech volleyball team to a 3-0 sweep (30-22, 30-21, 30-27) of the New Mexico Lobos on Monday night at the United Spirit Arena.
With the win, Texas Tech improves to 10-4 overall and now turns its preparations for a key match with the Texas A&M Aggies on Wednesday night at the United Spirit Arena.
Texas Tech jumped on New Mexico (3-11) early on in the first game in rout to a 30-22 win to give the Red Raiders the early 1-0 lead. New Mexico setter Kelly Griffin kept the Lobos alive in the second game of the match with three crucial kills helping the Lobos extend a 14-10 lead early in the game. Texas Tech spurred a 9-0 scoring rally on the heels of freshman outside hitter Kelly Johnson to take a 19-14 lead and the Red Raiders never relinquished that lead as Tech won 30-21 to take a 2-0 lead into the intermission.
New Mexico gave the Red Raiders all they could handle in the third game as the Lobos led much of the game. After falling behind 26-24 late in the game, senior outside hitter Heather Hughes-Justice rallied the Red Raider offense with three consecutive kills to give Tech a 27-26 lead. Sophomore middle blocker Angela Mooney sealed the match for Tech as she put down two hard hit kills to give Texas Tech a 30-27 win in game-three.
Heather Hughes-Justice led Texas Tech on the evening with 21 kills on .366 hitting while junior Melissa McGehee put down 17 kills on .464 hitting. Texas Tech returns to action on Wednesday night in a crucial Big 12 match against arch-rival Texas A&M. First serve is set for 7 p.m. in the United Spirit Arena.
