September 29, 1997
For Immediate Release
Contact: Judy Willson, SID
505.562.4309 or 356-4755

Zias (10-5, 3-3 LSC South) Victorious...against Tarleton and Midwestern over the weekend. The Zias played Tarleton Friday night winning in five games 7-15, 15-12, 4-15, 15-4, 15-12. They traveled to Wichita Falls Saturday and beat the Indians in four games, 4-15, 15-8, 19-17, 15-8.

This Week....the Zias continue their long road trip with a swing through Oklahoma. They will be playing University of Central Oklahoma at Edmond, and Cameron University in Lawton. CU is 12-3 overall and 3-2 in LSC play with losses from Texas Woman's University, UCO, and Southern Colorado. UCO matches Cameron's LSC record with a 14-3 record overall, also dropping to TWU, Texas A&M -- Commerce and Drury University. The Zia's beat Drury earlier this season.

Record watch...Stacey Estlund added 73 assists to her collection last week, bringing her grand total to 1,629. She remains in fourth place on the Zias' all-time career assist list. She needs 40 assists to move past Tina Mayo (1991-92, 1,668) into third and 49 to move into second ahead of Robin Whitfield (1989-90, 1,677). Sitting on top of the list is Barbara Lynn (1983-86) with 2,165. Estlund needs 537 to top Lynn.

The New LSC...the 1997 season begins expanded conference competition with 13 schools competing for the Lone Star Conference title. ENMU will compete in the South Division with Abilene Christian University, Angelo State University, Midwestern State University, Tarleton State University, Texas A&M University-Kingsville and West Texas A&M University. The Zias were picked third in the 1997 LSC-South Division Pre-season Volleyball Poll with 174 points behind West Texas A&M and Texas A&M-Kingsville. They will play each team in the South Division at home and on the road, with four matches thrown in against North Division opponents. ENMU will play Cameron University, University of Central Oklahoma, Texas A&M University-Commerce and Texas Woman's University. North Division schools Harding University and Ouachita Baptist University are not on the 1997 schedule. The top three teams from each division will advance to the LSC Post-season Tournament on November 11, 13 and 15.

Coming Up for the Zias...will be one more week on the road. Next week the Zias will travel to Springfield, Missouri for the Drury Invitational on Oct. 10-11.

Admission...is free to all Zia regular season home volleyball matches.

Domino's Pizza Giveaway...occurs between the second and third games of every home Zia volleyball match. Fans are invited down to the court to try their luck at serving for pizzas.