SAN MARCOS, Texas – Junior outside hitter Janell Fitzgerald tallied a career-high 20 kills (.326) to lead Texas State (3-0) past UTEP (0-0) in five sets (15-25, 25-22, 25-12, 23-25, 15-10) Friday night at Strahan Arena. The Bobcats extend their home winning streak to 15 consecutive matches.
"I will take an ugly win over an ugly loss any day of the week," said head coach Sean Huiet. "We have been battling stuff and figuring things out. We have not had a full team in a while so we know that this will be a work in progress but we will take that win.