This weekend, UTSA lost to East Carolina University on Friday night at Williams Arena 3-0 and The University of North Carolina at Charlotte on Sunday afternoon at the Dale F. Halton Arena 3-2.
The Friday night game was a tough three-set loss to the Pirates (10-4, 3-1 AAC). UTSA spent most of the match fighting to close the point gap. The Roadrunners (6-11, 0-4 AAC) fell to long runs from Eastern Carolina, not being able to break from them.
The ‘Runners found some holes in the Pirate’s defense with freshman outside hitter Ally Tribe leading UTSA with nine kills.
The third set saw the ‘Runners come on strong where freshman middle blocker Caroline Tredwell picked up an early kill off of a free ball. Sophomore setter Annika Sokol took advantage of sophomore middle blocker Kai Bailey which let her close the game with seven kills. The score stayed close until the end where Eastern Carolina took a lead and ultimately won the set 25-21.
UTSA had eight serve errors and 17 attack errors against the Pirates, consequently, this led the Roadrunners to lose their third conference game.
The Sunday afternoon game against the 49ers (4-13, 1-3 AAC) saw another loss for the ‘Runners in a long five-set match.
This match, like the match on Friday, saw UTSA fall to many long runs made by Charlotte, and they had a tough time getting out of them. Junior outside hitter Caroline Krueger led the Roadrunners in kills with 16.
Tredwell opened the fourth set with another kill from a free ball, which gave UTSA the confidence to go on a run of 7-1, while they used Bailey to help close the point gap, who ended the game with nine kills. UTSA took the set 25-11, which pushed the game into a fifth set.
The fifth set was a back-and-forth game where the score was tied for most of the set. The 49ers were able to finish strong and took the set 15-13.
UTSA will play Tulane University at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Convocation Center.
