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DAYTON, Ohio– Senior Stephanie Cerino was named to the All-Tournament Team as the University of Evansville volleyball team wrapped up its first weekend of the season with a 2-1 record after falling to Wright State by a 3-0 final in the last game of the Holiday Inn Classic.
 
Cerino finished the weekend with 32 kills while hitting .221.  Also having a stellar first weekend was Genesis Miranda.  The sophomore from Puerto Rico tallied 52 kills, an average of 4.33 per set.  She also tied Rocio Fortuny for the team-best four service aces over the weekend.
 
"We learned a lot about our team throughout the tournament," head coach Manolo Concepcion said.  "Although the result of the last match was not what we hoped for, the girls fought until the end.  This is just the beginning.  Now it is about studying ourselves and getting back to the gym and continue to emphasize on the process.  We have 11 more preseason matches to work with."
 
In the finale for the weekend, it was Miranda leading the way once again with a game-hgih 18 kills.  Cerino finished with eight.  Leading the Raiders was Megan Hopkins, who totaled 13 tallies on the day.
 
The opening frame was close in the early going, but with the score tied at 6-6, WSU scored seven of the next ten to open up a 13-9 lead.  Lorena Marquez helped the Purple Aces fight back.  With her serving, the Aces were able to fight back and tie the game up at 16-16.  From that point, it was all Raiders as they finished the frame on a 9-3 stretch to take the win.
 
It was all Raiders in the second set as they opened up a 9-2 lead and never relented, taking a 25-18 victory and a commanding 2-0 lead in the match.
 
Evansville did its best to fight back in the third game as the jumped out to a 7-4 advantage.  Gabriela Roman started the set off with a kill to set UE on the run.  The Raiders came right back with a 4-1 stretch to knot the game at 8-8.  Their run continued as they led by four at 24-20.  Evansville never gave up.  The Aces scored the next four points to tie it up.  Miranda had three kills in the stretch.  WSU scored to go up 25-24, but an error saw UE tie it right back up.  The rally was not meant to be, though, as a pair of Raider kills clinched the match. 
 
The Aces stay on the road on Tuesday as the travel to Austin Peay for a 6 p.m. tilt.
 

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