Nov. 11, 2007

The University of Texas-Pan American women's volleyball program returned to its winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Southwestern Athletic Conference-foe Prairie View-A&M on Friday in Prairie View, TX.

The Lady Broncs improved their overall record to 12-17 on the 2007 campaign surpassing their win-total of six matches from a season ago.

The Panthers captured the first set by a score of 30-20, but the Lady Broncs came on strong in the second set to take a 30-24 victory. The Valley's program took an early 1-0 advantage over the Panthers with a 30-27 triumph before taking the fourth and decisive frame 30-25 en route to capturing the road victory.

Deanna Schneyer (Diamond Bar, CA/Diamond Ranch H.S.) led the Lady Broncs with a team-high 16 kills to go along with a .273 hitting percentage while Noelle Mayor (Missouri City, TX/Dulles H.S.) collected her second career double-double and a season-high 13 kills, 14-dig performance for the Valley's team.

Chelsea Blakely (Houston, TX/J. Franke Dobie H.S.) quarterbacked the Lady Broncs' offense as the UTPA junior setter dished out a match-high 56 assists to go along with 13 digs en route to recording her 10th double-double of the season.

Marci Logan (Centennial, CO/Arapahoe H.S.) also had a standout performance with 14 kills while Rebecca Toddy (McAllen, TX/McAllen Memorial H.S.) notched a match-high and season-high 34 digs.

The Lady Broncs held advantages over the Panthers in kills (65-58), total attacks (204-194), assists (58-50), and digs (81-79).

The Lady Broncs will be back in action on Friday (Nov.16) at the National Independent Tournament in Orem, UT.

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