SAN ANGELO - The Angelo State volleyball team opened their season with a sweep of New Mexico Highlands before falling in their nightcap to No. 23 Central Oklahoma in five sets.

The Rambelles had a pair of milestones today: their win over the Cowgirls was in front of 3,315 fans, most of whom were elementary and middle school-aged students from the Concho Valley. The fan tally is the most ever for a volleyball match in the Lone Star Conference. Against Central Oklahoma, libero Caleigh Enax became the 17^th player in program history to record 1,000 career digs.

The Belles hit .315 for the match while holding the Cowgirls to a .129 hitting clip.

Evelyn Torres led all players with 17 kills in the match, hitting .389. Madi Parrish fell shy of a double-double with nine kills and 11 digs.

Enax led all players with 20 digs, while Torres and freshman Sydney Thornton led the way with four blocks.

Adeline Ortman recorded 29 assists in only two sets of action.

The Bronchos took the lead early in their match against the Belles, but the hosts stormed back late in set one. Senior Jaedyn Woolley held serve as the Belles scored the last eight points to win the set.

The Bronchos took sets two and three before the Belles bounced back to tie it at two sets apiece; despite the Belles' comeback, the Bronchos took the decisive set.

Torres recorded a 17-kill, 25-dig performance, while Parrish turned in 14 kills and eight digs.

Ortman assisted 58 times, and Ireland Ferguson had 13 digs off the bench. Enax recorded 31 digs, crossing the 1,000-dig threshold and moving her to 16^th on the all-time digs list.

The Belles close their weekend tomorrow with matches at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. against Fort Lewis and Emmanuel.