Aztecs practically no match for Bruins
By Daily Bruin Staff
Oct. 7, 1997 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 8, 1997
Aztecs practically no match for Bruins
Kara Milling third in nation in kill average; team looks to
boost record today
By Jennifer Kollenborn
Daily Bruin Contributor
The No. 21 UCLA women’s volleyball team heads south tonight as
it faces unranked San Diego State.
The Bruins (2-4 in the Pac-10, 6-5 overall), go into tonight’s
game aiming to boost its kills record against the Aztecs (2-1,
6-6), who currently are averaging a team total of 16.45 kills per
game matched to UCLA’s 19.16 kpg.
"It’s great that we are (leading the nation in kills), but we
still need to be able to score a little bit better," head coach
Andy Banachowski said. "The thing that has really fallen off for us
is our ability to side-out. We just haven’t been passing as well
and we haven’t been as consistent in our attack; those are things
that we will try to squeeze in."
UCLA’s senior outside hitter, Kara Milling, presently leads her
team with a total of 234 kills in 11 matches at 5.94 kpg and
service aces at 14. Milling’s kill average ranks third in the
nation.
San Diego State’s top player, senior Martina Vikova-Engels,
leads the Aztecs in kills at 200 in 12 games and service aces with
17.
UCLA is 2-3 in its away games record, but the Bruins have more
talent than the Aztecs, giving them the winning edge.
San Diego State has only played three teams in the Pac-10
conference that UCLA has played: Hawaii, Arizona and Houston.
The Aztecs lost to Arizona 2-3 on Sept. 19; lost to Hawaii 3-1
on Oct. 4; lost to the University of Houston 3-0 on Oct. 5.
While the Bruins have prevailed against Hawaii 3-0 on Sept. 7
and Houston on Sept. 5, they fell to Arizona 2-3 on Sept. 19.
