LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Southeastern Louisiana volleyball squad continues its early season schedule with three matches Friday and Saturday at the Cox Pavilion in UNLV's Rebel Challenge.
Southeastern faces host UNLV (3-3) at 12 p.m. (Central) Friday and former Southland Conference foe Oral Roberts (4-2) later that day at 6:30 p.m. (Central). The Lady Lions will wrap up their trip Saturday with a 1:30 p.m. (Central) match against Portland State (2-4).
Live stats are available for all three matches and the UNLV match will be streamed live for free by the Mountain West Network. Links for stats and video are available on both the front page and volleyball schedule page at www.LionSports.net.
The Lady Lions (2-4) are coming off an intense, four-set win over Troy on Labor Day.
Parrie Hartley led all players with 17 kills and senior
Brooke Balser tied a career high with 23 digs in the match.
Landry Bullock (3.25 kills per set), Sarah Freidman (2.27 k/set), Hartley (2.07 k/set) and
Tiffany Thomas (2.05 k/set) pace the Lady Lion offense under the direction of setters
Mikayla Shippy (6.68 a/set) and
Haley Baker (5.62 assists per set). Baker's eight service aces are tops on the squad.
Brooke Balser (3.29 d/set),
Monica Ramon (3.05 digs per set) and
Madi Odom (2.22 d/set) anchor the back row defensively. Thomas (0.52 b/set),
Rachael Bunn (0.47 b/set),
Veronica Turk (0.43 b/set) and
Shelby Devlin (0.40 blocks per set), a Las Vegas native, lead Southeastern's front-line defensive effort.
UNLV has lost three straight matches, dropping its entire slate last weekend at the Varney's Invitational at Kansas State.
Bree Hammel (3.36 k/set), Ceannia Kincade (2.95 k/set), Alyssa Wing (2.23 k/set) and Alexis Patterson (10.00 a/set) lead the Rebel offensive attack. Ashley Owens (1.67 b/set), Hammel (1.14 b/set), Patterson (0.77 b/set) and Kincade (0.73 b/set) are the squad's top blockers. Carly Riehl (4.27 d/set) and Wing (2.86 d/set) anchor the back row defense.
ORU has taken two-of-three matches at a pair of tournaments in the season's first two weeks.
Laura Milos (5.61 k/set), Nika Mostahinic (2.57 k/set), Shelby Cox (2.43 k/set) and Lucija Bojanjac (11.26 a/set) pace the Golden Eagle offense. Cox (0.65 b/set) and Jovana Poljasevic (0.65 b/set) are the squad's top blocking personnel. Tori Roe (3.15 d/set), Bojanjac (2.39 d/set) and Milos (2.00 d/set) are the leaders along the back row.
Portland State has won back-to-back matches after dropping its first four of the season.
Pati Anae (3.10 k/set), Eva Linden (2.90 k/set), Jenna Mullen (2.19 k/set) and Erin Clark (5.20 a/set) lead the Viking offense. Sarah Liva (1.25 b/set), Tasha Bojanic (2.93 d/set), Clark (2.20 d/set) and Anae (2.15 d/set) are the squad's top defensive threats.
Friday's match against UNLV will be the first meeting between the schools. Oral Roberts leads the all-time series with the Lady Lions, 4-0, and Portland State has won the only meeting in school history.
Southeastern returns to action Tuesday at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
