Oct. 7, 2000

Box Score

STOCKTON, Calif. - Utah State's women's volleyball team (ranked 25th in the country) lost its second straight conference match, this time to the University of the Pacific tonight in three games by final scores of 11-15, 15-17, 4-15 to fall to 12-5 on the year and 4-2 in the Big West Conference. Pacific improved to 13-3 overall and 5-1 in league play with the win.

"We had our chances in the first two games to play with Pacific, with just made too many mistakes at crucial times," commented USU head coach Tom Peterson. "We don't have a lot of time to dwell on these two matches with another tough opponent coming to Logan on Tuesday in Utah, and that will be another great opportunity for us to play with a very good volleyball team."

Utah State hung with Pacific for the first two games of the match, losing game one 11-15 despite only hitting .024 as a team, while UOP hit .323. USU had a great chance to even the match at one game apiece in game two leading 14-10, but dropped a 15-17 decision after the Aggies failed to win the match on four different game point opportunities. The Aggies hit .328 in that second game, while the Tigers hit .313. USU lost its composure in the third and final game and quickly bowed out of the match with a 4-15 loss.

Individually for Utah State, senior Amy Crosbie (Visalia, Calif.) led the club with 24 kills on 45 attacks, while fellow senior Melissa Schoepf (Georgetown, Calif.) had 18 kills. Both Crosbie and Schoepf notched double-doubles in the match with 12 and 10 digs apiece. Senior Denae Mohlman (Shoreline, Wash.) posted 10 kills in contest to go along with eight digs and five blocks. As a team, USU hit .209 in the match, but Pacific hit .351. USU did have one more kill than Pacific (70-69) bu t committed 19 more attack errors.

Utah State will return to action on Tuesday, Oct. 10 when the Unviersity of Utah (ranked 16th in the country) visits the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum at 7 p.m. The Utes are 13-2 on the year and 4-1 in the Mountain West Conference, following a three-game win over BYU on Friday night in Salt Lake City. The Aggies will be looking to go 3-0 versus the state of Utah with a win Tuesday night as USU has already defeated BYU and Weber State in three games each earlier this season.