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Volleyball Downs Rice Owls, 3-2
September 06, 2005 | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 6, 2005
Lubbock, Texas- Texas Tech volleyball defeated Rice University, in Houston, 3-2 this evening. The Red Raiders move to 4-2 on the season and ended Rice's 19-match home win streak while improving their own win streak to four.
The offense was once again led by Philister Sang, who posted her second double-double (27 kills, 15 digs) of the season and her career. Kiley Lyons was just short of her second double-double of the season with 17 kills and nine digs. Desiree Batista led the defense with 19 digs. Emily Ziegler and Holly Hicks shared the duties of setter tonight as Hicks notched 24 assists and Ziegler chipped in with 36 assists.
Sang has tallied 113 kills and a hitting percentage of .319 while averaging 5.38 kills per game on the season. Hicks is leading the team in assists with 132 and Batista anchors the defense with 89 digs on the season.
"This was a great win for the team," said head coach Nancy Todd. "We continued the improvements we made last weekend at SMU and were very focused on this match. We finished each game and that was the difference tonight."
Tech will host the Red Raider Round Up Fri. and Sat, Sept. 9-10 at the United Spirit Arena. Tech will face Boise State, San Diego State and Georgia.
