Oct. 21, 2000

Box Score

ORLANDO, Fla. - The UCF Volleyball team (13-8/5-1 TAAC) defeated conference opponent Samford (11-14/2-4 TAAC) 15-12, 15-8, 15-11 today at the UCF Arena.

The Bulldogs were led by Whitney Miller who had nine kills and Shellie Ouldhouse who had seven kills. Ashley Fulton had nine digs for Samford.

Leyre Santaella Santé (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Academia Maria Reina HS) led all hitters with 11 kills. Shelly Driggers (Ft. Myers/Estero HS) contributed eight kills and five block assists, and Piper Morgan (Loveland, Ohio/Milford HS) had eight kills and three total blocks. Her solo block gives her 54 over her career, which ties for the fourth-place spot on the all-time list with Emily Quiesser, who played from 1992-95. Junior Lisa Caporaso (Ft. Lauderdale/Broward CC) had five service aces in the match, which ties for seventh in the all-time individual match records.

The Golden Knights held Samford to a .028 hitting percentage, and outblocked them eight to five. UCF has won each of its nine meetings with Samford since 1987.

"We did a good job of maintaining our leads, closing the match out in three," said UCF head coach Meg Colado. "These were two young teams who were going after each other. It's a good indication of what's to come."

Samford will wrap up it four-game road trip with a very important TAAC match at Jacksonville State on Tuesday, Oct. 24.