Durham and the NCCU/Hilton RTP Tourney Recap

Pretty good opening tournament for the Miners. The base rotation for the weekend was as follows:

• OH-Melissa Toth, Bridget Logan (Taylor Nix registered a very crisp kill in one set of play)


• MB-Kyla Muela, Jeane Horton (Cassandra Burrel in for one set)


• S-Patty Jarmoc (Malia Patterson set for a couple of points on day one)


• RS-Jax


• DS-Victoria Valencia, Jenny Nolasco and Ashley Mullens


• L-Stephanie Figueroa

The only blemish was a four set loss to Elon on day one. Elon was a very junior/senior heavy team and they played with a lot of fire and precision.

Melissa and Patty were selected to the all-tournament team, and my MVP was Victoria Valencia. The true freshman started in every set and was the first server in every set. What a joy to watch Victoria play the whole weekend with a big smile on her face. Great catch for Ken and Angela keeping Victoria in El Paso.

Jacquie finished the weekend third on the team in kills and second in hitting percentage. After the first week of play, UTEP is number one in CUSA in the hitting percentage category and Kyla (.449) and Jax (.397) are in the top four.

Note to UTEP Sports Info: Her first name is spelled "Jacquie" not "Jackie."