The UTB/TSC women's volleyball team welcomed eight new faces as the Scorpions had their first workout Tuesday at the Recreation, Kinesiology and Education (REK) Center.

After the traditional stretching and jogging, the Scorpions focused on numerous passing drills in their first workout of the year. Setting and attacking drills come next. 

UTB/TSC is the defending Red River Athletic Conference champion. The Scorpions went 34-3 in 2009, advancing to the Elite Eight of the NAIA National Championships.

Six players return to this year's team -- seniors Talita Milasauskas, Jacque Touchet, and Rafaella Dornelas, juniors Belinda Carreon and Anayeli Trevino, and sophomore Erica Chimak.

New faces on Coach Todd Lowery's team include Brazilian players Paula Barros, Tamires Ferreira, Ana Guerra, and Michelle Lima; Puerto Rican Gregner Gotay-Quinones, German Katharina Nobel, and Serbian Danika Markovic, and Lauren Bertletch from Porter High School.

The Scorpions will host the Alumni in a scrimmage Aug. 21 at Manuel Garza B. Gymnasium. They begin the regular season Aug. 27 at the Texas Wesleyan University Hughes Volleyball Classic against Mid-American Christian University.