NMSU over Idaho in WAC opener

[IdahoBoy]

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Aggies Record a Sweep in WAC Opener
Courtesy: New Mexico State University
Release: 09/21/2006

Courtesy: Rebecca Craig
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The No. 24 New Mexico State volleyball team (15-0, 1-0) won its WAC opener in three games over Idaho, Thursday, Sept. 21. A crowd of 2,103 saw the Aggies dominate the Vandals, 30-20, 30-21, 30-17, at Las Cruces High school.

Juniors outside hitter Anna Callis and middle hitter Kim Oguh both had a match-high 10 kills while senior outside hitters Tanya Allen and Alice Borden added nine kills. As a team, New Mexico State had a .435 hitting percentage with senior setter Jackie Choi supplying 37 assists.

Head coach Mike Jordan said he was pleased with the Aggies, who out served the Vandals 7-1.

“We played pretty well,” he said. “We did a lot of good things. Offensively, we were very good and we were solid from the service line. Tanya Allen was really good. Kim Oguh and Anna Callis were exceptional.”

Defensively, the Aggies recorded eight blocks while Idaho only tallied one. Sophomore middle hitter Amber Simpson had six blocks and Callis contributed four. Sophomore defensive specialists Krystal Torres led all players with 11 digs.

New Mexico State controlled the match from the first serve. The Aggies opened the game one with a 9-2 run, which was fueled by Borden, Callis and Oguh kills. Torres helped seal the game with a late 8-0 run.

The Aggies continued to rule games two and three. New Mexico State raced out to a 10-3 lead in game two and finished the match strong when the Aggies posted their largest margin of defeat.

New Mexico State continues conference play when the Aggies host Boise State, Saturday, Sept. 21 at 7:00 p.m. at Las Cruces High School.

                              Volleyball Box Score
         Idaho vs #24 New Mexico State (Sep 21, 2006 at Las Cruces, NM)


    Idaho                  |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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 3  Bowman, Amanda......  3|  6   4  14  .143|  0|  0   0|  2|  3| 0  0  0|  0|   6.0
 4  Curtis, Erin........  3|  5   4  17  .059|  0|  1   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   6.0
 6  Pederson, Debbie....  3|  3   3  14  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   3.0
 7  Brown, Saxony.......  3|  5   2  10  .300| 11|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   5.0
 9  Loney, Sarah........  3|  0   3   8 -.375|  1|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 10 Larsen, Haley.......  2|  0   5  10 -.500|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 2  Mathis, Lauren......  3|  3   2  11  .091|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|   3.0
 5  Yonker, Kelsey......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 8  Conwell, Sarah......  2|  5   2   7  .429|  0|  0   0|  2|  2| 1  0  0|  0|   6.0
 11 James, Kelsey.......  3|  0   0   3  .000| 13|  0   1|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  2|   0.0
 15 McKinney, Anna......  2|  2   0   3  .667|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
 18 Sode, Stacy.........  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  3|  6| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
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    Totals..............  3| 29  25  97  .041| 25|  1   2|  7| 18| 1  0  0|  2|  31.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 1.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1   7 11  33 -.121   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  TEAM RECORDS
   2  10  8  34  .059   Idaho............... (0) 20 21 17  1-10 (0-1)
   3  12  6  30  .200   New Mexico State.... (3) 30 30 30  15-0 (1-0)
    New Mexico State       |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
 ## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE|POINTS
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 4  Choi, Jackie........  3|  6   2   8  .500| 37|  1   1|  0|  9| 0  1  0|  2|   7.5
 5  Callis, Anna........  3| 10   2  15  .533|  3|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  4  0|  0|  12.0
 9  Oguh, Kim...........  3| 10   2  15  .533|  1|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  2  0|  0|  11.0
 21 Allen, Tanya........  3|  9   0  17  .529|  1|  0   2|  1|  2| 0  2  0|  0|  10.0
 31 Simpson, Amber......  3|  6   3  13  .231|  0|  1   0|  0|  1| 1  5  1|  0|  10.5
 32 Borden, Alice.......  3|  9   2  16  .438|  0|  2   2|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0|  11.0
 1  Torres, Krystal.....  3|  0   0   0  .000|  1|  1   1|  0| 11| 0  0  0|  1|   1.0
 3  English, Mary.......  2|  3   0   3 1.000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   3.0
 7  Akrie, Briana.......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  3|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 10 Bostic, Jordan......  3|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  2   2|  0|  3| 0  0  0|  0|   2.0
 11 Altermatt, Krista...  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0|   0.0
 13 Goodan, Kelli.......  1|  0   2   5 -.400|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  1|   0.0
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    Totals..............  3| 53  13  92  .435| 46|  7   9|  1| 31| 1 14  1|  4|  68.0
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  18  5  32  .406   Site: Las Cruces, NM (Las Cruces HS)
   2  17  6  26  .423   Date: Sep 21, 2006   Attend: 2103   Time: 1:20
   3  18  2  34  .471   Referees: Bruce Grant, Rory Arisumi

I'm pretty impressed with the attendance for a high school!!

[IdahoBoy]

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Vandals stumble in WAC opener
9/21/2006

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The University of Idaho volleyball team fell, 3-0, to No. 24 New Mexico State, Thursday night. Match scores were 30-20, 30-21, 30-17.

With the loss Idaho falls to 1-10 on the season and 0-1 in the Western Athletic Conference. New Mexico State improves to 15-0 overall and 1-0 in the WAC.

“New Mexico State played great all the way through the match,” head coach Debbie Buchanan said. “We just had too many errors and they played solid all night long.”

For the match NMSU out hit Idaho .435 to .041, NMSU also out blocked the Vandals eight to one.

Senior Amanda Bowman led the attack for the Vandals tabbing six kills, while also scooping six digs. Jackie Choi was solid for the Aggies as she recorded six kills including one service ace. Choi also recorded nine digs.

Idaho returns to action, Saturday when they face Louisiana Tech, beginning at 5 PDT.

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idahoboy said:

www.uiathletics.com/pages/sport.asp?Action=DrawNewsArticle&SportID=13&NewsID=3857&PageID=24

Vandals stumble in WAC opener
9/21/2006

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The University of Idaho volleyball team fell, 3-0, to No. 24 New Mexico State, Thursday night. Match scores were 30-20, 30-21, 30-17.

With the loss Idaho falls to 1-10 on the season and 0-1 in the Western Athletic Conference. New Mexico State improves to 15-0 overall and 1-0 in the WAC.

“New Mexico State played great all the way through the match,” head coach Debbie Buchanan said. “We just had too many errors and they played solid all night long.”

For the match NMSU out hit Idaho .435 to .041, NMSU also out blocked the Vandals eight to one.

Senior Amanda Bowman led the attack for the Vandals tabbing six kills, while also scooping six digs. Jackie Choi was solid for the Aggies as she recorded six kills including one service ace. Choi also recorded nine digs.

Idaho returns to action, Saturday when they face Louisiana Tech, beginning at 5 PDT.

Hey, IB, you working the swing shift for the Idunno SID: Idaho "stumbles" ?
(-20), (-21) and (-17) = stumbles? If only they had gotten that band-aid on midway through the first game, right? ;D

[IdahoBoy]

Hey... we're 1-10 against a top 25 team... I think stumbled is more than positively worded enough.

[Deleted]

I like your attitude, IB, and it might be time to re-introduce the Vandals into the weekly contest. Hmmm, first opening is Oct 27. Book it, Danno.

[IdahoBoy]

Well, I just booked a trip back to Idaho the same night that Hawaii will be playing there... I'm excited for that!

Let's goooooOOOOOOO Vandals!! CLAP! CLAP! clap-clap-clap!

[pedro el leon]

does the Idaho band still play a small segment of the fight song after every point? I thought that was cool the first game I saw it, but the novelty wore off..

[IdahoBoy]

kevin said:

does the Idaho band still play a small segment of the fight song after every point? I thought that was cool the first game I saw it, but the novelty wore off..

Maybe... that was a carry-over from my prime cheering days...

their was my group, the announcer, and the band merging beautifully for synchopated chanting and celebration for 49-straight home wins.... ah, 'twas a beauty of a thing.

[aaronic]

Is ID even that good this year? Kind of hard to believe NMSU beat them as handily as they did.

[manosdepiedra]

NMSU drilled them pretty handily, all right. Jordan put in some of his younger players in several games, allowing Idaho to score some points late, or it might have been worse.

I think Idaho has had such a rugged early schedule, and taken so many hits early, that they are having a "crisis of confidence". One of the Idaho assistants commented to me, in essence, that the coaching staff was frustrated with the lack of effort on Thursday night.

[Pirate VB Fan]

idahoboy said:

... at Las Cruces High school.

They played at a High School? They payled a WAC regular season game at a High School?

This is the #24 team in the country and they are playing their games in a High School gym?

What is going on there? I suppose they are renovating their gym or something, but the best they could come up with was a high school gym?

Granted, a BIG high school gym with 2100+ in attendence, but still...

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huskyvbfan said:

idahoboy said:

... at Las Cruces High school.

They played at a High School? They payled a WAC regular season game at a High School?

This is the #24 team in the country and they are playing their games in a High School gym?

What is going on there? I suppose they are renovating their gym or something, but the best they could come up with was a high school gym?

Granted, a BIG high school gym with 2100+ in attendence, but still...

Yes, weird timing for them (as they're having a good year so far), but they are playing at a high school gym this year while the Pan American Center is being renovated.

[mbrooks]

Hi from NMSU - we're hoping to be back in the Pan American Center for our last 2 games of the year. It's been an interesting season so far at our home away from home - but, all in all, I think it's worked out pretty good for us. We had 2400+ at our match against Boise St. tonight.