UConn Volleyball Concludes 2000 Season With 20th Win

WACO, Texas -- The University of Connecticut women's volleyball team closed out the 2000 campaign on a positive note as the Huskies defeated UNLV in the consolation match of the Baylor Thanksgiving Classic in four games Saturday night (15-6, 13-15, 15- 10, 15-9). The victory lifted UConn to 20-13 on the year and 7-4 in the BIG EAST, while UNLV falls to 6-21 and 5-9 in the Mountain West Conference. The win also gave the Huskies their fourth straight season of having 20 or more wins (13 in school history).

Stephanie Schindel (Sr., OH, Diamond Bar, CA) was just one kill short of reaching 20 in the category as she posted 19 to go along with 24 digs to lead the team in both. The double-double gives her 22 on the year and was her 15th in the last 16 matches. Schindel ends her career ranked on several of the school's single season and career record lists. With 445 kills this year, she ranks sixth on UConn's single season chart. On her career, she stands at eighth in kills with 884, while her 941 digs rank ninth. Julie Erbez (Fr., S, Stockton, CA) led the team in assists with 46. On the season, she ended with 903, which ranks as the tenth most of any Husky in a single year.

UConn finished the season ranked fourth in the BIG EAST conference as the Huskies received a bid to the conference tournament, which was held just one weekend ago. The host school, Notre Dame, won the event and received the conference's automatic trip to the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship Tournament. The national title game will be played Dec. 16, in Richmond, VA, on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University.

Connecticut, 3, UNLV, 1

CONNECTICUT     15      13      15      15
UNLV            6       15      10      9

TEAM RECORDS  UConn (20-13, 7-4), UNLV (6-21, 5-9)

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