DENTON, Texas (Sept. 24, 2022) – Texas Woman's volleyball (10-6, 1-3) fell to UT Permian Basin (7-7,2-1) in four sets Saturday afternoon in the Falcon Dome.
 
The Pioneers began set one with a kill from Trixie Oche and an assist from Lizzy Reed. Several errors from the Pioneers resulted in losing their lead against the Falcons. After trading points, the Pioneers held the Falcons to a deficit of 18-14. The Falcons responded with a big push of seven points, closing the set 25-22.
 
Early in the second set, the Falcons took the lead after a series of attacks and errors exchanged from both teams. A side out from the Pioneers allowed them to go on a scoring run and even the playing field in set two. The Pioneers fought to maintain their scoring gap but couldn't close the set. The Falcons took set two 25-15.
 
After a service error from the Falcons and a big kill from Lexi Williams, the Pioneers started set three with a lead. Using a six point scoring run and capitalizing on the Falcons errors, the Pioneers took set three 25-15.
 
After a solid performance in the third set, the Pioneers opened the fourth set with an attack error, creating a window of opportunity for the Falcons to take the lead. After trading several points with the Falcons, the Pioneers, unable to finish, fell in the fourth set 25-16.
 
Tori Woods led the Pioneers in kills, tallying ten, followed by Oche and Cara Pool, who each recorded six kills. Lizzy Reed led the match with 26 assists and recorded nine digs. Yanely Pabon led the Pioneers with 13 digs.
 
"Our team had an up-and-down match today," said Head Volleyball Coach Jeff Huebner. "Moving forward we are going to need to continue to challenge the match and decrease our out of system attacking errors to continue to improve."
 
The Pioneers are headed to Portales, New Mexico to take on Eastern New Mexico Wednesday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. in Greyhound Arena.