WICHITA - Haley Dotson tied a career high 21 digs, but it wasn't enough to lift the Newman volleyball team past Texas-Permian Basin. The Jets were out-blocked 11-7 by the visiting Falcons on their way to a four-set loss Thursday evening inside Fugate Gymnasium.

-Set 1: UTPB 25, Newman 23: Newman (3-14, 0-5 Heartland) fell behind 3-0 out of the gate, but rallied to tie the match at 4-4 after a Karol Marins kill. Texas-Permian Basin (11-10, 3-3 Heartland) answered with four-straight points to take an 8-4 lead after a Melissa Lusk service ace, and forced Newman head coach Tessa Jones to burn her first time-out of the match. The Jets responded to Jones' time-out, and battled back to tie the set at 12-12 after an Alysia Heideman kill. Back-to-back UTPB attack errors gave the Jets a 15-12 lead, but the Falcons scored the next four points to take a 16-15 lead, one they would not give up. The Jets tied the set briefly at 22-22, but the Falcons scored the last three points of the match for the 25-23 win.

-Set 2: Newman 25, UTPB 20: The Jets fell behind again at the onset of the second set. UTPB took an early 4-1 lead, and extended it to as much as 10-5, but an 8-3 Newman run allowed the Jets to tie the set at 13-13 after a Haley Dotson kill. Dotson became a fixture for the Newman offense in the late stages of the second set. She added another kill to give Newman a 20-18 lead, and was responsible for three of Newman's final points in the set as the Jets evened the match at 1-1 with a 25-20 second-set win.

-Set 3: UTPB 25, Newman 14: Newman faced a reversal of fortunes in the third set. This time the Jets opened with a 3-0 lead, and extended that lead to as much as 6-3, but sided out with a Keeley Brogdon kill that sparked an 8-1 run that gave the Falcons an 11-7 lead. That run proved to be too much for the Jets to overcome. When the dust cleared, UTPB had strung together a 18-7 run, and regained the momentum of the match with a 25-14 third-set win.

-Set 4: UTPB 25, Newman 23: The fourth set of Thursday's contest was exactly what a deciding match should be. UTPB bolted to a 7-3 lead, but Newman responded with a 6-1 run to take a 9-8 lead of its own after a Gabby Loxterman kill. From there, neither team was able to break away. The Jets took a short-lived 15-13 lead after a Heideman kill, but the Falcons tied the match at 15-15 two points later. Newman forced its final tie of the match at 21-21 on a Jeana Farruggia kill, but a kill from UTPB's Alex Genung gave the Falcons a lead they would not relinquish. UTPB clinched the match with a 25-23 fourth-set victory.

-Haley Dotson led all hitters with a match-high 21 kills. Jeana Farruggia added 18 kills on a team-high .233 attack percentage. Jamie Rodell led the Falcons with 14 kills, and hit .385 in the contest.

-Gabby Loxterman set 44 of Newman's 54 kills in the match. Sara Torres was UTPB's primary setter with 25 assists.

-Kristen White cleaned up 23 digs as one of three Jets with 10-or-more digs in the match. Katelyn Schmidtberger added 15 digs, while Michelle O'Dell posted 10 of her own. UTPB's Danae Eckart led all defensive players with 38 digs.

-As a team, Newman hit .160 in the match, converting 54 kills on 169 attack attempts, and committing 27 errors. UTPB hit .221 as a team.

With the loss, the Jets fall to 3-14 on the season, and remain winless at 0-5 in Heartland Conference play. They will return home Saturday, hosting Oklahoma Panhandle State in a 12 p.m. contest at Fugate Gymnasium.