Texas A&M-Corpus Christi president Dr. Flavius Killebrew and
his wife Kathy will serve as head coaches of the TAMUCC volleyball
alumni team as they take on the Islanders on Saturday at 5 p.m. in
the Fieldhouse.
The match will be a tune up for the Islanders before they host
Texas-San Antonio on Tuesday in the Fieldhouse.
Eight current players will be wearing an Islander uniform for the
first time as the 2005 squad has five returnees that include four
seniors.
Four newcomers are freshman, two are transfers and two are playing
after taking a year off.
The Islanders will be anchored by four senior players in outside
hitters Kati Broom and Anna Machado, as well as setter Lauren
Carter and libero Amber Pippen. Also back for A&M-Corpus
Christi is sophomore middle blocker Jordan Wagner.
The alumni squad will feature six players that include Alexis
Berger and Fernanda Bastos from the 2004 team. Berger is on several
all-time career top-10 lists, including matches played with 701,
games played with 419, kills with 701 and several others. Bastos is
also on the games and matches played in a career top-10 list with
118 matches and 364 games played. She is also ranked second in
school history with 1,224 career assists.
