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Salt Lake City, Utah -- The University of New Mexico volleyball team lost to No. 20 ranked Utah Utes in four games by the scores of 30-25, 20-30, 24-30, 26-30, tonight in Salt Lake City. The Lobos drop to 6-9 overall and are 1-1 in the MWC. Utah improves to 12-4 and 2-1 in conference action. New Mexico travels to Provo to take on the Cougars of Brigham Young tomorrow night at 7 p.m.

Behind the hitting of senior Vanessa Shields who scored her sixth double-double of the season with 12 kills and 10 digs. Back in her home state, freshman Chelsea Sondrup, from Lindon, Utah, also had double figure kills with 10. She added one block solo and five block assists.

Junior Andrea Sanchez added a career-high 12 digs to UNM’s total 41. The Lobos served up eight aces including a team-high three from sophomore Monica Meihack.

As a team UNM hit .185 on 51 kills, 23 errors in 151 attempts to Utah’s .287 (70k-27e-150ta).

“We’ve made a lot of progress playing a top-20 team as we did tonight," said head coach Kelley Sliva. "In the first game we were able to take out their middles, but we didn’t serve strong or pass well enough to win. I’m pleased with our overall effort and I know we can play better. If we do the things we need to do to improve, serving and passing, then we can play better. We just have to make good decisions.”

The Lobos will host Wyoming and Colorado State next week in The Pit, Oct. 11-12. Both matches are slated for a 7 p.m. start. The CSU match will be played before the annual Lobo Howl showcasing the men’s and women’s basketball team. Tickets for the event may be obtained by calling the UNM Athletics Ticket Office at 925.LOBO (5626).

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