The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, November 14, 1997 Page: 17 of 22
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by Greg E. Norman
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The Rice women's volleyball team
visited sunny California this week-
end, but losses to conference rivals
Fresno State \ I ni versify and San JQse
State University ruined the Owls'
trip.
The defeats give the Owls a (>-23
overall record. 3-SMn conference play.
The Owls are ranked .sixth in the
Pacific division of the Western Ath-
letic Conference. r
On Friday, the Fresno Stat e Bull
dogs defeated Rice in three straight
games, 8-15, '>15. The Bull1
dogs, ranked second in the Pacific
division, have compiled a 208.over-
all record, 10-3 in conference play.
Despite the scores, Head Coach
Julio Morales said the team, per-
formed as well as it could against a
team as strong as Fresno, "It was a
pretty good match," Morales said.
They are strong all *>ver the court.
They have two pretty good hard-
hitters and two really quick middles.
You couldn't ask for anything more."
The Bulldog defense smothered
the Rice attack, holding the Owls to
a hitting percentage of only .018.
Sophomore outside hitter
Karolina Zelinka and junior middle
blocker Lisa Sweeney led the Owls
in kills with six each, but the Bull-
dog defense dug almost everything
the Owls brought to the court.
Fresno State recorded 57 digs dur-
ing the match, led by Malia Malu
with 14 and Shanus Bennett with 13.
Both of Rice's setters, freshman
Nil Kalagoglu awl senior Carolyn
Sarnecki took turns trying to ignite
the Rice attack, but neither could
rally the Owls to victory. Kalagoglu
notched 14 assists, and Sarnecki
recorded six.
Rice left San Diego for San Jose
Saturday to face the fourth-ranked
Spartans. San Jose St ate rallied from
a 2-1 deficit to defeat the Owls in five
games. '
Three Rice' hitters — senior
middle blocker Tiffany Carrethers,
sophomore outside hitter Kelly
Smith and Zelinka — combined for
57 kills, Carrethers had 20, while
Smith and Zelinka recorded 19 and
18, respectively. As a team, Rice re-
corded 74 kills, but the high offen-
sive numbers were not enough: to
defeat the Spartans. Rice won the
first game 15-10 and led 15-12 in the
second when San Jose mounted the
comeback.
"We were just about to win the
game, but we couldn't put it away,"
Morales said. "We made a lot of
errors at a crucial point — we just let
it slip away. We would have been in
the driver's seat t<lwin the match if
we had won the second game."
The Owls won the third game 15-
13, giving them an opportunity to go
up a game on the favored Spartans
on their home court. San Jose met
the challenge, defeating Rice 1115
and 7-15 to claim the match.
"IThe loss to San Jose] was a
freaky thing that happened," Mo
rales said. "It has happened only a
couple times this year, but it hap-
pens more often when you have a
new team."
Tlie Owls will face division-leader
and defending WAC champion Ha-
waii Saturday at Autry Court. If the
Rainbows defeat Tulsa, 1-11 in con
ference tonight, then the Owls will
have the opportunity to be the first
WAC team to sully Hawaii's confer -
ence record. The Rainbows are cur-
rently 12-0 in conference, 218 over-
all.
"We hope io do better than we
did when we were out there," Mo-
rales said. "We've got three things
going for lis — we're playing better,
we know how to beat them and
we're at home. We may not, win but
we'll certainly play better this time
around."
Morales stresses his team's suc-
cess in second matches with oppo-
nents. "The team's ability to learn
from its defeats is what will help it
perform well in the long run," he
said.
"Our second round (of WAC
matches] has been a lot better than
our first. It may not show in our
record, but it does show in the scores
of each game."
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Hardi, Joel & Siy, Angelique. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, November 14, 1997, newspaper, November 14, 1997; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth246607/m1/17/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.