Oct. 15, 2005

Final Stats

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HATTIESBURG, Miss. - Kariny Ritter and Justine Farmer registered double-doubles as the University of Houston volleyball team cruised to a 3-0 victory over Southern Miss (30-20, 30-24, 30-13) at the Payne Center on Friday night.

The Cougars (9-8, 4-1 C-USA) have won four consecutive Conference USA matches and remain tied for second place in the C-USA standings with Memphis, who defeated East Carolina, 3-2, earlier tonight.

Jennifer Hohl ignited a balanced offense to a season-best .400 attack percentage. The Indiana native passed out 52 assists on the evening and surpassed the 50-assist mark for the fifth time this season.

Hohl's efficiency allowed four hitters to attack at over a .300 clip. The Houston hitters registered a season-low 14 attack errors for the entire match.

Reigning C-USA Player of the Week, Kariny Ritter, headlined all Cougars smashing 18 kills to go along with 10 kills. Justine Farmer tallied 16 kills and 11 digs en route to her team-high ninth double-double on the season.

Becca Sartori and Millicent Martin provided a strong middle attack for Houston. Sartori connected on a season-best .571 hitting percentage, knocking 13 kills on 21 attempts with only one error. Martin chipped in a season-high eight kills on 14 swings, smacking a .500 attack percentage.

The two teams split the first 20 points of game one. Houston crept out to a 15-13 advantage before breaking the game open on a 10-3 run. During the spurt, the Cougars received kills from five different players taking the opening game, 30-20.

Jaci Gonzalez was one of three Cougars to sprawl out for double-digit kills on the evening.

After a similar close start in game two, Houston calls on another mid-game run sparked by three Southern Miss (4-9, 0-6 C-USA) attack errors. UH claimed game two, 30-24.

Houston charged out of the locker room scoring 10 of the first 13 points in the third game. The Cougars close out the match, 30-13, on back-to-back kills by Martin and Farmer.

Houston concludes the weekend at UCF on Sunday afternoon before returning the Bayou City for a five-match home streak. First serve against the Golden Knights is slated for 1pm in Orlando.

Cougar Bytes:
Houston improves to 14-1 all-time against Southern Miss ... UH is 4-0 in the month of October ... The 4-1 start in conference play is the best since jumping out to a 5-0 mark in 2000 ... The Cougars have swept their last three matches; Houston put together three consecutive sweeps last season against UAB (Oct. 29), USF (Oct. 30) and Lamar (Nov. 2) ... The Cougars are 8-3 on the season when winning game one this season ... Houston is now 4-4 in three-game matches ... The 30-13 victory in game three equals the largest margin of victory this season ... Houston won game three, 30-13, last time out against Tulsa (Oct. 9) ... The .400 attack percentage is a season-best; the .643 attack percentage in game three was also a season-high for the Cougars ... Head coach Bill Walton is now just two wins away from reaching 600 career victories ... The 52 assists for Jennifer Hohl matches a C-USA three-game high ... Hohl also eclipsed the 1,500-assist mark for her career ... Kariny Ritter has ripped double-digit kills in nine consecutive matches, including pounding at least 15 kills in eight of her ten ... Houston is 6-2 this season when Ritter leads in kills ... Justine Farmer picked up her team-high ninth double-double ... Farmer has now put together a double-double in two of her last three matches ... Becca Sartori has powered home double-digit kills in eight of her last nine matches ... The .573 attack percentage for Sartori is the second straight match that the Houston native has set a season-high ... With three block assists, Sartori is the first Cougar to reach 60 on the season ... Sartori is also 46 block assists away from reaching the top 10 in the Houston record book ... Jaci Gonzalez has sprawled out for over 20 digs in eight of her last nine matches ... Gonzalez is one game away from moving into the #7 spot all-time in career games played ... Millicent Martin had her three-match double-digit digs streak snapped ... Martin set a season-high with eight kills.