UTSA Classic Recap

It's still very hot and humid in San Antonio. The freeway network in San Antonio is also abysmal. Never heard of frontage roads that function as freeway parallels before I got to SA. Forget about crossing to the west side of I-10. We drove by the hotel on a frontage road we couldn't turn out of and had to re-cross under the freeway bridge and loop back around from the north. Took us more than 30 minutes to drive the 4 miles to UTSA from our Hotel north of the 410.

The UTSA/Miners tilt on Friday night was a classic five-setter. Two very evenly matched squads. UT Pan American was a gutsy team that dug everything on Saturday. Stephanie Figueroa was outstanding all weekend. Taylor Nix also stepped in on the left side and delivered on Saturday. The Miners left the A-game on the court Friday night. I was surprised that Davidson handled UTPA so easily.

Three Miners were selected to the all-tournament team:

• Patty Jarmoc, S, UTEP — Most Valuable Player
• Jacqueline Cason, OH, UTEP
• Stephanie Figueroa, DS, UTEP
• Meghan Fichtel, OH, Texas-Pan American
• Elise Huskey, OH, UTSA
• Sarabeth Peele, OH, Davidson
• Kelsey Schwirtlich, S, UTSA

Jax is number five in CUSA in hitting percentage this week at .344. She also has the second-most kills in the top five.