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Pirates Top UTEP In Conference USA Opener, 3-1
September 25, 2005 | Volleyball
Sept. 25, 2005
ECU 3, UTEP 1
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EL PASO, Texas- Heidi Krug tied a career-high with 66 assists and Pam Ferris led the offensive attack with 22 kills as East Carolina defeated UTEP, 3-1, in the Pirates' Conference USA opener at Memorial Gym. The Pirates, who have now won four straight, won the first two games 30-26, the Miners won a close battle in the third game, 34-22, before ECU sealed the victory with a 35-33 win in the fourth game.
With the win, ECU improves to 7-4 overall and 1-0 in C-USA play while UTEP drops to 0-2 in conference play and 10-4 overall.
Krug matched her career-high in assists just over a week after she set the mark against Charleston Southern in a 3-1 win at the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Volleyball Classic in Spartanburg, S.C. Sept. 19. With her 66 assists on the match, Krug has reached the 60-dig mark on four different occasions this season. Ferris came one kill short of tying her career-high of 23 kills that she set in the season opener at home against William & Mary. In addition to Ferris, three other Pirates recorded double-digit kills with Jaime Bevan, Erica Wilson and Mignon Dubenion all tallying 14 on the day. Dubenion also came within a kill of tying her career-best kill mark that she set on two occasions last season.
Ferris, Katie Jannusch and Trish Monroe all finished with 12 digs to lead the Pirate defense that finished with 69 digs to UTEP's 52. With her 22 kills and 12 digs, Ferris now has seven double-doubles this season and four in as many matches. Bevan picked up six block assists to lead ECU's defensive effort at the net while Dubenion picked up a solo block and four block assists of her own.
Kari Stacey led UTEP with 20 kills while Brooke Peugh and Christie Murphy contributed for the Miners with 19 and 13 kills respectively. Setter Jaymie Swift tallied 52 assists while Brittany Stowers led the UTEP defense with 19 digs. Peugh and Heather Brisnahan each picked up four block assists to lead the Minors.
ECU will remain on the road this week with a match at Campbell, Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. before facing C-USA foe Marshall twice next weekend. The Pirates will play in Huntington against the Thundering Herd on Friday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. before finally returning home after a 12-match road trip to host Marshall in Minges Coliseum Sunday, Oct. 2 at 1 p.m.
