Laura Murphy was one of three Toreros to have nine kills in the 3-0 win over Brown.

Women's Volleyball

Toreros Roll Past Brown

Sept. 16, 2006

Box Score

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The University of San Diego women's volleyball team continued to roll in the USD Invitational this morning as they cruised to a 3-0 sweep over Brown University in the first match of the day at the Jenny Craig Pavilion.

With the 30-21, 30-23, 30-25 win, the Toreros improve to 10-3 overall and have strung together four consecutive victories. With the loss, Brown falls to 1-5 on the season and has yet to win a game in the Tournament.

The Toreros hit .217 as a team compared to that of Brown who had a team attacking percentage of .097.

Offensively for the Toreros, Laura Murphy, Laurel Abrahamson and Erin Wiskar recorded a team-best nine kills apiece. Abrahamson had nine kills come on 16 attempts and only committed one attacking error for a match-best .500 attacking percentage. Jessica Andersen also had a solid day for the Toreros as she had eight kills on 17 attempts and committed no attacking errors for an attack percentage of .471. Jessica Nyrop had a match-best 37 assists to help direct the Toreros' offense.

For the Bears, Rikki Baldwin had match-high 12 kills, as she was the lone player of the match in double-digit kills. Natalie Meyers led Brown in assists with 25.

The Toreros will return to action later this evening as they close out play in the 2006 USD Invitational with a 7 p.m. match against No. 11 Wisconsin.

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Players Mentioned

Jessica Andersen

#14 Jessica Andersen

Right Side Hitter
6' 3"
Junior
Laurel Abrahamson

#7 Laurel Abrahamson

Middle Hitter
6' 4"
Freshman
Laura Murphy

#4 Laura Murphy

Outside Hitter
6' 0"
Sophomore
Jessica Nyrop

#9 Jessica Nyrop

Setter
5' 11"
Freshman
Erin Wiskar

#11 Erin Wiskar

Outside Hitter
6' 2"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Jessica Andersen

#14 Jessica Andersen

6' 3"
Junior
Right Side Hitter
Laurel Abrahamson

#7 Laurel Abrahamson

6' 4"
Freshman
Middle Hitter
Laura Murphy

#4 Laura Murphy

6' 0"
Sophomore
Outside Hitter
Jessica Nyrop

#9 Jessica Nyrop

5' 11"
Freshman
Setter
Erin Wiskar

#11 Erin Wiskar

6' 2"
Freshman
Outside Hitter