TYLER, TX- 

Panola College Volleyball traveled to Tyler Junior College on Monday, September 6th, and defeated the #5 ranked team in the country in three sets, (25-20, 25-21, 25-21). 

The Fillies jumped out early, pushing past Tyler with a .469 hitting efficiency in game one and a .282 as a team overall for the night. Of the .282 team hitting percentage, the Fillies had five different players record at least four kills on a .250 or higher. Tamara Chavez (.381) led the Fillies with 19 kills while Luisa Hoffmann (.263) added eight kills on the night. 

The offensive attack came with the strength of a total of 41 assists with Vitoria Mattos (31) and Leticia Correa (six) combining for 37. 

Erin Perez, Andressa Soares, and Kristen Stewart led the Fillies defense with 13 digs each. The Fillies finished with a combined 52 digs as a team in their defensive performance to hold off the Lady Apache's strong offense. 

The Fillies will head to Baytown, Texas on Wednesday, September 8th, for their next conference match to face Lee College at 6pm.