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Delaware Volleyball Drops Season Opener To Texas State, 3-2, As Taylor Govaars Passes 1,000 Digs

DATE: September 3, 2004

FULLERTON, CA -- The University of Delaware volleyball team dropped its season-opener Friday afternoon at the California State-Fullerton Tournament, falling to Texas State University, 3-2, (30-24, 30-19, 23-30, 26-30, 18-26).

Delaware fell to 0-1despite leading in kills (71-59), assists (67-55), and service aces (5-3). Texas State improved to 1-0.

Taylor Govaars (Balboa, CA/Newport Harbor) recorded 20 digs and two service aces for the Blue Hens to become the ninth player in Delaware history to reach the 1,000-dig mark. Govaars now has 1,014 in her career and is just 25 digs away from eighth place on the school career digs list.

Valerie Murphy (Round Hill, VA/Loudon Valley) led the attack for the Blue Hens by recording 19 kills while Sarah Engle (Yorba Linda, CA/Esperanza) added 15 and two assists. Claire McCormack(Downers Grove, IL/Downers Grove) posted 19 digs and freshman Allison Lutz (Burnsville, MN/Burnsville) recorded 60 assists in the first match of her collegiate career.

Kacee Rogers led Texas State in kills with 16 while Krystal Kolkhorst posted 51 assists. Amy Ramirez recorded 23 digs for the Bobcats, followed by Nicole Blumhorst with 18.

Delaware plays twice Saturday in the California State Fullerton Tournament. The Blue Hens open at 10 a.m. (PT) against host Cal. State Fullerton and at 4:30 p.m. will take on Iona.

AGATE:

                            2004 Delaware Volleyball
          Delaware vs Texas State (Sep 03, 2004 at Fullerton, Calif.)
                           
                           
                           
   Delaware               |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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1  Lutz, Allison.......  5|  1   2   5 -.200| 60|  2   1|  0| 11| 1  0  0|  5
2  Gneiss, Kristine....  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
3  Friel, Anuhea.......  4|  8   3  21  .238|  1|  0   1|  0|  9| 0  0  0|  0
4  Walsh, Colleen......  5|  7   3  22  .182|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  1  0|  0
6  Govaars, Taylor.....  5|  1   0   3  .333|  1|  2   0|  0| 20| 0  0  0|  0
7  Stuka, Nicole.......  3|  4   4  17  .000|  0|  0   2|  0|  2| 0  1  0|  0
8  Murphy, Valerie.....  5| 19   9  50  .200|  0|  0   0|  0|  3| 0  3  0|  0
10 Engle, Sarah........  5| 15  10  48  .104|  2|  0   3|  0|  9| 0  6  1|  0
11 Welch, Megan........  2|  0   0   0  .000|  2|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
12 Taylor, Niecy.......  5|  7   4  23  .130|  1|  0   0|  0|  5| 0  6  0|  0
13 McGrath, Megan......  1|  0   1   2 -.500|  0|  1   1|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
14 Kardine, Erin.......  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
16 Ranck, Heather......  5|  1   1   4  .000|  0|  0   1|  0|  3| 0  0  0|  0
17 McCormack, Claire...  5|  8   8  41  .000|  0|  0   2|  1| 19| 0  1  0|  2
   TEAM................   |                 |   |       |  2|   |        |
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   Totals..............  5| 71  45 236  .110| 67|  5  11|  3| 82| 1 18  1|  7
                           
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  14 13  56  .018   GAME SCORES               1  2  3  4  5  TEAM RECORDS
   2  11 15  50 -.080   Delaware............ (2) 24 19 30 30 16  0-1
   3  17  6  39  .282   Texas State......... (3) 30 30 23 26 18  1-0
   4  19  7  51  .235
   5  10  4  40  .150
                           
   Texas State            |     ATTACK      |SET| SERVE |SRV|DEF|  BLOCK |GEN
## Name                 GP|  K   E  TA   PCT|  A| SA  SE| RE|DIG|BS BA BE|BHE
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1  Blumhorst, Nicole...  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  1| 0  0  0|  0
2  Jones, Kristy.......  5|  0   0   3  .000|  1|  0   1|  2| 14| 0  0  0|  0
3  Kolkhorst, Krystal..  5|  3   2  13  .077| 51|  0   0|  0| 13| 0  1  0|  0
4  Ramirez, Amy........  5|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  1   1|  0| 23| 0  0  0|  1
7  Rogers, Kacee.......  5| 16   1  28  .536|  2|  0   1|  0|  4| 0 10  2|  0
8  Stark, Ashley.......  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
9  Nwoke, Elizabeth....  5|  9   9  40  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  3| 0  4  0|  0
12 Griffin, Karry......  1|  0   0   0  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
13 St. Francis, Brandy.  5| 12   4  22  .364|  0|  0   0|  0|  2| 0  6  1|  0
14 Prewitt, Brittany...  2|  0   0   3  .000|  0|  0   0|  0|  0| 0  0  0|  0
15 Torregrosa, Stephani  5|  8  11  48 -.062|  1|  0   1|  2| 16| 0  5  0|  0
16 Fletcher, Kelly.....  5| 11   8  46  .065|  0|  2   1|  1| 18| 1  6  0|  2
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   Totals..............  5| 59  35 203  .118| 55|  3   5|  5| 94| 1 32  3|  3
                           
 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME                               TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 17.0
 Game  K  E  TA   Pct
   1  12  8  48  .083   Site: Fullerton, Calif. (Titan Gym)
   2   8  4  29  .138   Date: Sep 03, 2004   Attend: 200   Time: 2:25
   3  14  8  43  .140   Referees: Kim Pickering, Verna Klubnikin
   4  15 10  45  .111
   5  10  5  38  .132
                           
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