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Walton Earns Win No. 400 at UH; Volleyball Defeats Arkansas-Little Rock

Head coach Bill Walton becomes the third Cougar coach to win 400 games while at Houston, joining former basketball coach Guy V. Lewis and current baseball manager Rayner Noble.

Head coach Bill Walton earned his 400th victory at Houston with a 3-1 win over UALR.
 
Head coach Bill Walton earned his 400th victory at Houston with a 3-1 win over UALR.
  
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WACO - Justine Farmer matched a career-high, smacking 24 kills along with 13 digs, as the University of Houston volleyball team defeated Arkansas-Little Rock 3-1 (30-18, 30-25, 21-30, 30-20) Friday afternoon in the opening game of the Clarion Invitational on the Baylor campus.

The victory for the Cougars was No. 400 for head coach Bill Walton in his 21 seasons at Houston. He joins former basketball coach Guy V. Lewis and current baseball manager Rayner Noble as the only Cougar coaches to win 400 games while at Houston.

Farmer, along with Kelly McAnelly and Kelsey King, notched double-doubles for the Cougars. McAnelly contributed 18 kills and moved passed Nashika Stokes (1993-96) for the No. 8 spot in program history. The Houston native now has 1,162 career kills and is six kills away from equaling Michelle Frazier (1997-2000) for the No. 7 slot. With 51 attempts, McAnelly leaped passed Emily Leffers (1993-94, 1996-97) and Jennifer Wittenburg (1999-2001) for the No. 2 position all-time.

King, the reigning Conference USA Co-Setter of the Week, passed out a match-best 57 assists and added 13 digs for her first career double-double at Houston. It was the third time in four matches that King has eclipsed the 50-assist mark.

 

 

Becca Sartori powered home 17 kills on a .424 percentage and added four blocks, while Ashley Calhoun pulled in 21 digs, surpassing the 20-dig mark for the first time in her young career. Calhoun was joined on the back row by Millicent Martin, who reeled 16 digs in addition to six kills and six assists.

Amila Barakovic paced UALR with 12 kills and 14 digs. Ivanka Davidova and Anita Bucar chipped in 11 kills apiece for the Trojans.

The Cougars (3-1) raced out to an early 19-9 lead in the opening game and never looked back, claiming a 30-18 win. Farmer smacked seven kills in the frame as Houston hit for a .375 percentage.

UH held an early 13-7 advantage to start game two, but UALR (2-4) trimmed the deficit down to 19-18 on an Anelia Petrove kill. The Cougars put together five consecutive points on Martin's serve pushing the cushion back to six, 24-18. Houston held on for a 30-25 victory.

The Trojans came out of the locker room scoring eight of the first 11 points of game three. Houston cut the deficit down to four points on five separate occasions, but UALR won a 30-21 decision forcing game four.

The fourth game started with six ties and four lead changes. Sartori and Farmer teamed for a block that swung the momentum in favor of the Cougars at 14-13. Houston got three kills from Sartori to hold a 19-18 advantage before closing out the match on an 11-2 spurt, including a seven-point stretch on King's serve.

The Cougars return to the hardwood later this afternoon against New Mexico. First serve against the Lobos is slated for 2:30pm. Live stats are available on UHCougars.com

Cougar Notes
Houston has won three of four all-time meetings against Arkansas-Little Rock ... The victory was No. 400 for head coach Bill Walton during his 21 seasons at UH ... He joins former basketball coach Guy V. Lewis and current baseball manager Rayner Noble ... Walton picked up his 300th victory at Houston back in 1999 against Arkansas-Little Rock ... Ashley Calhoun and Millicent Martin have reeled in double-digit digs in three of the first four matches of the season ... It was the first time that Calhoun surpassed the 20-dig mark ... Kelsey King notched her first career double-double as a Cougar ... King has dished out 50 or more assists in three of her first four matches ... Kelly McAnelly and Justine Farmer have tallied double-doubles in three of first four matches of the season ... Farmer has knocked double-digit kills in 10 consecutive matches and 14 of her last 16 outings dating back to last season ... Farmer moves to 12 kills away from reaching the 500-mark for her career ... The El Paso native is also 73 digs away from 500 ... With 18 kills, McAnelly moved passed Nashika Stokes (1993-96) for No. 8 in program history ... McAnelly has 1,162 career kills and is six kills away from equaling Michelle Frazier (1997-2000) for the No. 7 slot ... She is 118 kills away from moving into the Top 30 in Conference USA history ... With 51 attempts, the Houston native also moved into the No. 2 position all-time, passing Emily Leffers (1993-94, 1996-97) and Jennifer Wittenburg (1999-2001) ... She has 3,525 career attempts and is 1,043 swings shy of Debbie Vokes (1994-98) for the No. 1 spot ... Becca Sartori has reached double-digit kills in 40 of the last 50 matches she has played in dating back to October 2004 ... Sartori has connected at a .250 attack percentage or higher in 12 of her last 15 matches since mid-October of last season ... Sartori moves to 88 kills away from breaking into the Top 10 in program history and is 229 kills shy from reaching the Top 30 in the C-USA record book ... With three block assists, Becca Sartori is six block assists away from equaling Emily Leffers (1993-94, 1996-97) for No. 9 in program history ... She is also 28 total blocks shy from the Top 30 in Conference USA history.

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