Box Score



HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University volleyball team dropped a Southland Conference contest to Northwestern State Saturday in straight sets.

The Lady Demons (18-8, 10-4 Southland) took the match, 25-14, 25-16, 25-15.

Courtney Donald led Southeastern (10-15, 5-10 Southland) with seven kills while Tamra Grayson and Veronica Turk each contributed five. The Lady Lions streak of six-consecutive matches with double-digit blocks came to an end.

Northwestern State's Kelly Jimenez and Emily Sweet enjoyed a good day serving. Jimenez served off 13 points in-a-row during the first set while Sweet enjoyed streaks of 10 and six-consecutive in the finals two sets.

Mackenzie Neely and Stacey DiFrancesco dominated the match offensively, each posting 14 kills for the Lady Demons. Northwestern State hit .284 for the match as a team. Sweet dished out 38 assists and Keelie Arneson record 20 digs.

Junior Lindsey Young led the Lady Lions with 11 assists while Megan McMillin (13) and Morgan Todd (10) each tallied double-digit digs.

Southeastern remains tied with Nicholls State (10-16, 5-10 Southland) for seventh in the Southland after Stephen F. Austin dropped the Lady Colonels Saturday in a five-set decision. The top eight teams in the regular season make the conference tournament scheduled for Nov. 16-18 in Conway, Ark.

With three conference matches left, Southeastern holds a 2.5 game lead over Lamar (9-18, 2-12 Southland). McNeese State (7-20, 1-13 Southland) was eliminated from postseason play Saturday, getting swept in straight sets by Lamar.  The Cardinals hosts Central Arkansas and Oral Roberts, and then must travel to Sam Houston State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

Southeastern and Nicholls State, conference-travel partners, each have matches at Sam Houston State and Texas A&M-Christi this coming week before facing off against each other Nov. 10 in Hammond.


Northwestern St. def. Southeastern La. 25-14, 25-16, 25-15
Northwestern St. (18-8, 10-4) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Neely, Mackenzie 14-2-0; DiFrancesco, Stacey 14-0-3; O'Connell, Caiti 6-0-0; Coleman, Vanessa 3-0-1; Johnson, Glynna 3-1-2; Jimenez, Kelly 1-0-0; Sweet, Emily 1-3-0; Totals 42-6-5.0. (Assists) - Sweet, Emily 38. (Dig leaders) - Arneson, Keelie 20; DiFrancesco, Stacey 9; Jimenez, Kelly 9

Southeastern La. (10-15, 5-10) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Donald, Courtney 7-0-1; Grayson, Tamra 5-0-0; Turk, Veronica 5-0-0; Devlin, Shelby 3-0-2; Bekelja, Becky 3-0-0; Buckner, Taylor 1-1-0; Douglas, Zoe 0-0-1; Shippy, Mikayla 0-0-2; Krohn, Cherish 0-1-0; Totals 24-2-3.0. (Assists) - Young, Lindsey 11. (Dig leaders) - McMillin, Megan 13; Todd, Morgan 10; Krohn, Cherish 8