Houston Holds Off Volleyball
November 14, 2003 | Volleyball
Erica Wilson finished with six kills while freshman Jaime Bevan hit .333 and finished with five kills. Houston hit .311 while ECU only hit .138. The Cougars out-dug the Pirates, 59-33. Freshman setter Heidi Krug ran the offense and finished with 24 set assists. Senior Alexis Jones recorded five blocks while Bevan had three blocks.
Houston (9-18, 5-8 C-USA) took a big lead in the first two games of the match in cruising to a 30-22 and 30-17 scores, despite battling the Pirates and going back-and-forth early in the third game, pulled ahead to 20-10 and never looked back en route to a 30-23 game win.
Cinthia Piva and Becca Sartori had 13 kills apiece, respectively, for Houston and Loure Dews had 10 kills. Piva added 10 digs for a double-double, and Mirela Vasconcellos registered 11 digs and a team-high 27 assists to join Piva as the other Cougar with a double-double.
In addition, Piva led Houston with a .450 hitting percentage for the match.
East Carolina wraps up its regular season Saturday night when they travel to TCU. First serve is scheduled for 8 p.m.
