Cowgirls Open Up the 2016 Season in the Sooner State

Las Vegas, NM- New Mexico Highlands Women's Volleyball team kick off their 2016 season on Sept. 2 in Durant, Oklahoma. The Cowgirls are playing four matches on Sep. 2 and 3rd in the South Central Classic Tournament.
 NMHU Cowgirls:

In the 2015 season, your Cowgirls went 7-21 overall and 3-15 in the RMAC. This weekend  Dwight Combs will make his first appearances as the Cowgirls new head coach.

Top Players to Look-Out for:
Senior Outside Hitter Caroline Hansen who for the 2015 season had 187 kills for (2.05 kill/set) and 189 digs (2.08 dig/set).
Senior Setter Tarissa Mellin who had a total of 329 assist (4.22 ast/set), 19 total serve aces (2.05 SA/set), and 115 dig for the season (1.47 dig/set).
Junior Middle Blocker Tianna Matthews who had a total of 137 kills (1.57 kill/set) and 64 blocks (.74 blk/set) for the season.
 
On September 2, the Cowgirls will play two matches, first match will be against East Central University at 2 pm. Last season, the Tigers went 7-21 overall and 2-14 in the Great American Conference (GAC). They are led by Head Coach Melissa Anderson. Second match will be at 7pm against the hosting team, Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Southeastern Oklahoma went 7-23 overall and 5-1 in the GAC. The Savage Storm are led by Head Coach Brianna Barry.

Top players to look-out for East Central:
 Junior Outside Hitter Madyson Gill, who had 226 kills for the season (2.76 kills/set) and a total of 22 serve aces (.27 SA/set).
Junior Setter Taylor Tuner had 836 total assist (8.38 ast/set) and 222 digs (2.16 dig/set) for the season.
Junior Middle Blocker Madeline Mayer had had 55 blocks (.54 blk/set) on the season.

Top players to look-out for Southeastern:
Sophomore Opposite Hitter Abby Jameson who had 354 kills (3.55 kill/set) for the season.
Senior Middle Blocker Julia Benford had a total of 291 kills (2.88 kill/set) and 66 blocks (.65 blk/set) for the season.
Junior Setter Alissa Benson had 1008 assist (9.33 ast/set) for the season and a total of 246 digs (2.28 digs/set).
 
On September 3, the Cowgirls will then play Southern Arkansas University at 10:00 am. The Mulerider's went 20-14 overall and 9-7 in the Great American Conference. The Muleriders are led by Head Coach Britney Davis. Then the women will finish up with their last match against Camerson University at 2:00 pm. The Aggies went 17-10 overall and 7-9 in the GAC. They are led by Head Coach Ol Wang.

Top players to look-out for Southern Arkansas:
Senior Outside Hitter Serna LeDuff had a total of 499 kills (3.90 kills/set), 39 serve aces, and 203 digs (1.59 digs/set) for the season.
Junior Middle Blocker Alli O'Banion had 68 blocks (.54 blk/set) for the season.
Senior Middle Blocker Kaitlyn Reiner had 78 blocks(.78 blk/set) for the season.

Top players to look-up for Camerson:
Sophomore Middle Blocker Kayla Allen had a total of 206 kills (1.96 kills/set) and 77 blocks (.73 blk/set) for the season.
Sophomore Outside Hitter Jenna Gillean had a total of 281 kills (2.65 kill/set) and 84 blocks (.79 blk/set) for the season.