Blue Raiders fall to UTEP, 3-1

Friday, November 8

El Paso, Texas

7:00 PM CT

Middle Tennessee

12-14, 5-6

UTEP

12-12, 5-6

Middle Tennessee

UTEP

11/8/2019 10:07:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

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By: @MTAthletics

EL PASO, Texas—The Middle Tennessee volleyball team fell UTEP in four sets Friday evening by scores of 22-25, 16-25, 25-15, 15-25. The Blue Raiders falls to 12-14 overall and 5-6 in the conference, while the Miners improve to 12-12 on the year and 5-6 in the league.

Dora Peonia led the attacks with 14 total kills, and tallied 10 digs to record her 13^th double-double on the season. Taylor Hammill finished with 30 assists in the four sets and Bri Tankesley tallied 12 digs on the match.

Set-By-Set
UTEP got to a 2-0 lead in set one before MT tied it up 2-2 with a Peonia kill. The Blue Raiders took a 4-3 lead with a service ace from Mikaela Weidmann, but the score remained close. The Miners took back the lead at 12-11 when they went on a 3-0 run. MT tied it up once again at 18-18 and again at 19-19, but the Miners went on a 3-0 run to take a 22-20 lead. UTEP claimed the set 25-22 with a kill.

The Blue Raiders scored the first point of set two off a Miners attacking error. UTEP responded right back with back-to-back kills to take a 2-1 lead. MT took back a 6-4 lead with two Peonia kills, but the Miners tied it up again and eventually stole the lead. At 13-12, UTEP went on a 5-0 run to take a bigger 18-12 lead, and took the set 25-16 with a kill.

After the Miners got to a 3-0 lead in set three, the Blue Raiders came back and took a 9-8 lead with a kill from Urte Neimantaite. They then went on a 4-0 run at 9-9 to take a bigger 13-9 lead, and continued to lead the rest of the set. MT claimed set three 25-15 with a Neimantaite kill.

The Miners took the first lead again in set four, 2-0, but the Blue Raiders were able to tie it up at 6-6. MT had its first lead of the set at 13-12 off a UTEP attacking error, but the Miners quickly took it back. At 20-15, UTEP went on a 5-0 run to claim the set 25-15 and the match.

Team Notes

Dora Peonia has led the team attacks on 12 occasions and has recorded 13 double-doubles on the season. She also recorded a career-high 23 kills against Marshall, and a career-high .636 hitting percentage against UT Martin.
Urte Neimantaite tallied a career-high 19 kills on two occasions, against Tennessee Tech and Marshall. She has one double-double on the season and has led the team attacks on nine occasions.
Neimantaite is ranked 10^th in the conference for her average 3.23 kills per set.
Taylor Hammill recorded her 2,000^th career-assist against Marshall on October 11. She has also recorded 12 double-doubles this season. Hammill is ranked third in the conference for her 10.08 assists per set.
Hammill recorded a season-high 52 assists on two occasions and a season-high 18 digs.
Bri Tankesley recorded her 1,000^th dig against UT Martin on October 22. She also recorded a career-high four aces against Alabama A&M and a season-high 26 digs against Marshall.
Tankesley is also ranked eighth in the conference for her average 3.72 digs per set, and is tied for second on the team in service aces with 21 total.
Amalie Jorgensen nearly doubled her career-high blocks against North Texas, finishing with 11 total on the match.
Kayla Henley has recorded four double-doubles on the season. She also tallied a career-high 19 digs against Western Illinois.
Marley Banton leads the team in service aces with 22 total on the year.
Mikaela Weidmann leads the team in blocks with 88.0 total, and is tied for second on the team in service aces with 21.

Up Next
The Blue Raiders are headed to San Antonio, Texas to take on the UTSA Roadrunners Sunday at 12 p.m. CT. Live stats will be available and the match will stream on CUSA.TV.

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