HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana volleyball team defeated in-state rival McNeese State, 19-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-17, in a Southland Conference match Tuesday at the University Center.
Led by a career-high 18 kills from sophomore
Landry Bullock, Southeastern's offense got stronger as the match wore on, posting attack percentages of .182, .242, .302 and .381 in the individual sets.
The Lady Lions (6-11, 3-2 Southland) have now won four of their last six matches.
After dropping the first set, Southeastern raced out to an 11-3 lead in the second. During the second-set run, libero
Morgan Todd served up two of her three aces in the match. The three aces tie a career high last achieved in 2013 against Jackson State (Nov. 5).
Bullock (.410 attack percentage),
Veronica Turk (15 kills, .355),
Parrie Hartley (12 kills) and
Mikayla Shippy (53 assists) paced a Lady Lion offense that hit at a .278 clip. Shippy tied a season high in assists, falling three shy of setting a career best.
Todd recorded 23 digs to anchor the back row.
Brooke Balser and
Kacey Freeman each chipped in 12, with Freeman tying a career high.
McNeese (10-10, 1-4 Southland) was led by Amber Fryer (14 kills), Maegan Carlton (10 kills), Rebecca Korenek (10 kills) and Kelly Graham (41 assists) on offense. Malina Sanchez led all players with 25 digs while Adison Giambrone (14) and Kara Rockey (11) both reached double digits.
Southeastern closes out a three-match homestand Saturday with a 2 p.m. contest at the University Center against the University of New Orleans.
Southeastern La. def. McNeese State 19-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-17
McNeese State (10-10, 1-4) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Fryer, Amber 14-0-2; Carlton, Maegan 10-0-0; Korenek, Rebecca 10-0-4; Poehls, Shelby 6-0-1; Myers, Rae 3-0-2; Graham, Kelly 1-1-1; Cagnina, Rachel 0-0-1; Rockey, Kara 0-2-0; Sanchez, Malina 0-1-0;
Totals 44-4-6.0. (Assists) - Graham, Kelly 41.
(Dig leaders) - Sanchez, Malina 25; Giambrone, Adison 14; Rockey, Kara 11
Southeastern La. (6-11, 3-2) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Bullock, Landry 18-0-0; Turk, Veronica 15-0-2; Hartley, Parrie 12-0-0; Thomas, Tiffany 7-0-3; Bunn, Rachael 6-0-2; Shippy, Mikayla 4-0-1; Todd, Morgan 0-3-0;
Totals 62-3-4.0. (Assists) - Shippy, Mikayla 53.
(Dig leaders) - Todd, Morgan 23; Balser, Brooke 12; Freeman, Kacey 12; Hartley, Parrie 9; Shippy, Mikayla 9
Site: Hammond, La. (University Center)
Date: Oct 07, 2014
Attend: 400
Time: 1:50
Referees: John Cline, David Dusfrene
