BLINN BEATS LEE 3-0 TO GIVE GAMBLE 1,000TH CAREER WIN

The #9 Ranked Blinn Buccaneer Volleyball Team swept Lee College 3-0 last (Tuesday) night at the Kruse Center in Brenham. The Bucs won the sets 25-9, 25-13, and 25-16.

The victory increased Blinn's record to 31-2 on the season, and extended their winning streak to 24 straight matches.

Kellen Dorotik led the offense with 16 kills, while Leah Hoss dished out 20 assists, and Cierra Pesak and Makenna Loo had 12 digs each to lead the defense.

It was also a milestone night for Buccaneer Head Coach Terry Gamble, who reached 1,000 career wins as a Junior College Head Coach.

From njcaa.org

Blinn (TX) head volleyball coach Terry Gamble led the Buccaneers to a 3-0 win over Lee (TX) to become the third NJCAA Volleyball coach to win 1,000 games in a career. Gamble is the only active coach with more than 900 wins, is the third NJCAA volleyball coach to surpass 1,000 career wins, and has a career NJCAA win percentage of 83.7%.

Gamble has been the head coach at Blinn for the last seven seasons and has reached the national tournament over the previous four seasons. Before Blinn, Gamble was the head coach of NCAA Jacksonville State University and took the Gamecocks to three conference tournaments. He also spent four seasons at McNeese State University (LA), one season at Midland University, and as an assistant coach at Texas Tech in 2009.

Within the NJCAA, Gamble was the head coach at Iowa Western and led the Reivers to their first volleyball national championship in school history in 2006. Iowa Western defeated Western Nebraska in a five-set match to win the title. Gamble was also the head coach at St. Clair County Community College from 1999 to 2004 and won two national titles.

In addition, Gamble has been named NJCAA Coach of the Year three times and was inducted into the NJCAA Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2007.

Next up, the Bucs will travel to Panola on Friday for a 6pm conference match.