SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The Lady Techsters volleyball team fell to UTSA in straight sets inside the Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas in the Conference USA opener Friday night.

LA Tech falls to 6-9 overall with the loss, while UTSA improves to 4-9 on the year with the win. Scores of the match in favor of the Roadrunners were, 30-28, 25-19, 25-17.
 
LA Tech started out strong, getting a pair of kills and an ace from sophomore Faith Menary to take a 10-5 advantage. UTSA battled back, using a 4-0 run to take a 14-13 lead. The Lady Techsters hung around, tying the score at 18-18 on Menary's sixth kill of the set, but a 6-1 run by UTSA push their advantage out to 24-19. With the Lady Techsters facing a five-point deficit, a trio of service aces from freshman McKenzie Johnson sparked a 5-0 run to knot things up at 24-24. After the two teams traded points, the Roadrunners were able to capitalize on a LA Tech attack error to claim a 30-28 set win.  
 
UTSA surged out to an early 7-2 lead in set two, before LA Tech us kills by sophomores Carly Doros and Mackenzie Murray to cut the lead down to 8-6. UTSA countered with a 6-1 run of their own to hold a 14-7 advantage midway through the second set. UTSA's lead would grow to eight at 19-11, before a pair of kills by Doros and a solo block by sophomore Morgan Smith cut the deficit down to 21-16, but three straight serving errors by the Lady Techsters gave the Roadrunners a 25-19 set win and a 2-0 lead in the match.
 
In set three, UTSA jumped out to a 5-1 lead and extended it to as much as 13-7 before kills by Mackenzie Murray, Marley Maurer and Laura De Pra brought the Lady Techsters within three at 17-14. The Roadrunners would score five of the last six points to close the night with a 25-17 set win.
 
NOTABLES

• Carly Doros and Faith Menary led the Lady Techsters offense with eight kills each.
• Doros hit a season-high .667, recording eight kills on 12 attempts with no errors.
• Laura De Pra collected a season-high 32 assists.
• Meghan Dunnigan finished the night with a season-best 17 digs to lead the Lady Techsters back row.
• McKenzie Johnson collected 12 digs tonight and has now recorded 11 or more digs in 14 of the 15 games this season.
• Morgan Smith recorded three total blocks, two solo and two assists to lead LA Tech.

QUOTABLE
Assistant Coach Jane Hays
"Overall I'm really proud of the way we fought and the energy we started the match with. UTSA is a solid team that has the ability to score in multiple positions and we have to work a little harder to match that. Our middles were a bright spot with Carly Doros getting eight kills, hitting .667 and Morgan Smith adding seven kills and three blocks. Meghan Dunnigan came up with some huge digs and really stepped up on defense for us. We are excited to get another opportunity to compete tomorrow and make some key adjustments from our match tonight."

UP NEXT
LA Tech have a quick turnaround as they match up with UTSA again tomorrow at noon.

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