University of North Texas Athletics
Near Perfection In Volleyball Sweep Of Louisiana-Monroe
10/2/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
After posting 10 attack errors on .121 hitting in the opening set, the Mean Green (3-11, 1-1 Sun Belt West) regrouped to hit .545 with just two errors in the final two frames. Setter Marelle Lepmets said her team was too tense early against the Warhawks (1-15, 0-3 Sun Belt West).
“We played a lot more confident in the second set just because we settled down,” Lepmets said. “We settled down and played our style of ball. All we needed to do was relax and have fun, and the match would come to us.”
The match certainly came to Lepmets who tallied 37 assists, the most by a North Texas player in a three-set match this year. Amy Huddleston was her main target, posting a match-best 13 kills on .647 hitting.
Breanne Owens and Sarah Willey’s streak of six straight matches with double-digit digs came to an end. Owens was able to reach 10 digs, but Willey fell just short at seven.
The five match home stand continues for the Mean Green tomorrow against Louisiana-Lafayette and on Sunday versus
