Oct. 22, 2005

Box Score

ARLINGTON - Elizabeth Nwoke posted 18 kills and 15 digs to lead three Bobcats in double-digit kills, as Texas State knocked off Texas-Arlington 3-1 Saturday at Texas Hall.

For Nwoke, the double-double was her fourth of the season, and her 18 kills marked her fourth best effort of the 2005 campaign.

Texas State (11-8, 9-2 SLC) jumped in front 1-0 but quickly fell behind due to five straight UTA points that gave the Mavs a 5-1 lead.

Texas-Arlington (4-15, 2-8 SLC) extended the lead to 10-4, but the Bobcats found their stride on an 11-5 run that tied the game at 15-15, and the `Cats went on to take their first late lead at 24-23. Texas State put itself in front 1-0 in the match by outscoring the Mavericks 6-2 to close game one with a 30-25 win.

UTA evened the match at 1-1 by dominating the early points in game two. The Mavericks scored the game's first eight points and at one point led 17-3, but the Bobcats made things interesting with a 9-3 run that cut the lead to 20-10, but the teams would trade points to a 30-20 UTA win in the second game.

Texas State went back on top in the match 2-1 with a game-three win that began with a 4-1 Texas State lead and snowballed into a 16-7 Bobcat advantage near the game's midway point. Texas-Arlington got back within six at 22-16, but the Bobcats outscored the Mavericks 8-4 in the end for the 30-20 win.

The `Cats slammed the door on the Mavericks with a 30-23 win in game four, beginning with a pair of Nwoke kills and an Erin Hickman ace that gave the `Cats an early 3-0 lead.

Texas-Arlington would come back but would never lead, and with the score at 10-9 in favor of Texas State, the Bobcats went on a 6-1 run to jump in front 16-10. The lead was again knocked down to two at 21-19, but Texas State managed to get outscore the Mavs 9-4 en route to the decisive game-four win.

Nwoke led the Bobcats with 18 kills, while Karry Griffin (14 kills) and Brandy St. Francis (16 kills) rounded out the double-digit effort for Texas State. Amy Ramirez led three Bobcats in double-digit digs with 21, while St. Francis and Hickman shared the lead in blocks with four. Hickman also led the `Cats in assists, quarterbacking on 65 of Texas State's 74 team kills.

The win was the third straight for Texas State in a five-match road trip that concludes Tuesday at Stephen F. Austin. The match is slated for a 7 p.m. start at SFA's Johnson Coliseum, in Nacogdoches.