EL PASO, Texas -- The Louisiana Tech volleyball team dropped match to UTEP, 3-0, Saturday afternoon inside Memorial Gym in El Paso, Texas.

UTEP moves to 13-4 overall and 2-2 in C-USA play with the win, while the Lady Techsters drop to 6-14 on the year and 0-6 in conference play. Scores of the match in favor of the Miners were, 25-22, 25-16, 25-17.
 
UTEP took control quickly, jumping out to a 6-1 lead forcing an early LA Tech timeout. The Lady Techsters would respond cutting the deficit down to three at 13-10 as sophomore Carly Doros recorded a trio of kill, while sophomore Morgan Smith added a pair of kills and a block. The Miners pushed the lead right back out to six at 17-11, before Tech was able to put together a 7-1 run to even things up at 18-18. Tech's run featured kills by freshman Jaena Bell and sophomore's Mallory Meers, Ainsley Yanz and Samantha Hicks as well as a double block by Meers and Doros. The two teams would trade points until the Miners took the set, 25-22, scoring four out of the last five points in the set.
 
The Miners continued where they left off in set one, racing out to a 6-3 lead. That lead would grow to 10-5 before a pair of kills by sophomore Faith Menary and a kill by Bell cut the score the 14-10. The Miners extended their advantage to 19-13 forcing another Tech timeout, before back-to-back blocks by Smith and sophomore Marley Maurer kept the Lady Techsters alive. UTEP finished off the set with a kill by Jessica Landeros for a 25-16 set win and a 2-0 lead in the match.
 
In set three, the Miners surged out to an 8-1 lead and extended their advantage out to 14-7. The Lady Techsters never quite as back-to-back kills by Maurer and a kill by Smith cut the lead down to 15-9. Senior Jordyn Carswell powered home a kill to make the score 18-13 but the Miners were able to score the final four points to claim a 25-17 set win and the match 3-0.
 
NOTABLES

• Jordyn Carswell powered home seven kills to lead the Lady Techsters offensively.
• Carly Doros and Jaena Bell each collected five kills, while Faith Menary added six for LA Tech.
• McKenzie Johnson recorded her 18^th straight game with double-digit digs with 13 digs this afternoon.
• Johnson has collected double-digit digs in 19 of the 20 games this season.
• Bell and Morgan Smith played above the next collecting 1.5 total blocks each.
• Mallory Meers dished out 30 assists for the seventh time this season.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Amber McCray
"Once again our defense gave us chances throughout the game that our offense struggled to capitalize on. UTEP is a very good team with multiple attackers able to score, and that was the biggest difference all weekend. We are a team that despite being severely short-handed due to injuries this year continues to compete with teams much more physical then us in spurts, but we are struggling to maintain it long term. Every day is a new opportunity to be better than the last, that's what we will work to do next weekend and beyond."

UP NEXT
The Lady Techsters returns home for their annual Dig Pink game as they take on Rice next weekend inside the Thomas Assembly Center. First match is set for Friday night at 6 p.m.
 
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