Volleyball Falls to TWU, 3-0

October 22, 2009

DENTON, Texas - Southwestern Oklahoma State University opened its two-game road swing Thursday at Texas Woman's University where the Bulldogs were beaten 3-0 in a volleyball match. TWU won by scores of 25-16, 27-25 and 25-18.

The loss dropped SWOSU to 5-25 on the year and 2-7 in the Lone Star Conference while the Pioneers improved to 14-13 overall and 4-4 in the league play. The Bulldogs will now attempt to play the spoiler's role in their next match against rival Texas A&M-Commerce Saturday on the road.

SWOSU's best game against TWU was the second when the Bulldogs stormed back after trailing 13-9 at the midway point. The Bulldogs tied the game at 17 and were the first to reach game point after Jennifer Naramore's kill gave SWOSU a 24-23 lead. TWU answered scoring the next two points and had its own game point at 25-24 before Naramore tied it at 25 with another kill. The Pioneers scored the next two and won the game 27-25.

SWOSU finished as a team with a .107 attack percentage with 30 kills against 18 errors while TWU hit a crisp .254 with 48 kills against 17 errors.

Emily Walter continued to shine offensively for SWOSU as she led the team with 13 kills and had only two errors in 26 attacks. Naramore was next with seven kills.

Defensively, SWOSU had 16 digs from Kayla Bader while teammate Tara Gibby added 11.