University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Lady Eagle Volleyball Opens Season With Tourney
8/27/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
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Texas A&M-CC Tournament Notes
Lady Eagle Volleyball Opens Season With Tourney
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern Miss Lady Eagle volleyball team competes in the first tournament of the season, Friday and Saturday, at the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islander Invitational Tournament.
The Lady Eagles, which finished the 2002 campaign with a 16-15 overall record and an eighth-place finish in Conference USA, will play four matches in the event.
Southern Miss opens the tournament against North Carolina A&T (0-0), Friday at 9 a.m. The Lady Eagles then face Texas Tech (0-0) later that afternoon, with a 4:30 p.m., match.
Two more matches await the team on Saturday, as Southern Miss takes on Sam Houston State (0-0) at 9 a.m., and then face host Texas A&M-CC (0-0) at 2 p.m.
The matches against North Carolina A&T and Texas Tech are firsts for the Southern Miss program. The Lady Eagles will face Texas A&M-CC for the third time overall and lead the series 2-0.
The Lady Eagles return five starters from last season's group, led by seniors Andrea Bush, Bridget Files and Nicki Tribble. Along with the three seniors, junior Amy Troung and sophomore Jazzmien Stephens also started.
Bush paced the Southern Miss attack last season, leading the team with 484 kills and posting 301 digs while also earning Third Team All-Conference USA honors. Files followed with 418 kills and was No. 3 on the team in digs with 293. Tribble led the team with 333 digs on the season and was also third with 332 kills.
