Volleyball Team Ends Season

October 30, 2006

DENTON, Texas – Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s 2006 volleyball season came to an end with a disappointing 3-0 loss Texas Woman’s University Saturday in Denton, Texas. The Bulldogs fell by scores of 30-10, 30-15, and 30-18 to the Pioneers.

SWOSU, in its second year of volleyball under coach Bo Pagliasotti, doubled its win total from its initial season and ended the year with a 10-23 record. The Bulldogs finished seventh in the Lone Star Conference North Division with a 2-10 mark.

In the game against TWU, the Bulldogs could not generate much consistency against the red-hot Pioneers who qualified for a berth in the LSC tournament with records of 23-11 and 7-5 record. SWOSU had nearly as many errors (27) as kills (26) and finished with a attack percentage of .009, its lowest in a span of 15 games.

Outside hitter Janna Green had her best statistical game since early in the season as she led the team with eight kills on 18 attacks with only five errors. Pagliasotti played all 14 players in the game so statistics where spread evenly throughout.

The Bulldogs made improvements across the board in just about every offensive and category from last year. SWOSU was better in attack percentage (.107 to .079), assists (1303 to 1171) and service aces (175 to 125) than that of a year ago.

Kasandra Gurtner ended the year leading the team in kills (293) and total blocks (100) while teammate Tennessee Brown led hi attack percentage with .243.