HOUSTON, Texas – The Southeastern Louisiana volleyball squad swept a pair of matches Friday from Alabama A&M, 25-18, 25-17, 25-15, and Prairie View A&M, 25-8, 25-22, 25-23, at the University of Houston's Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup in the UH Athletics/Alumni Center.
Southeastern (6-6) dominated both matches, including posting a season-high .565 attack percentage in the first set against Prairie View (0-12).
The Lady Lions have won four-consecutive matches after defeating Portland State at the Rebel Classic last weekend and Southern earlier in the week.
Southeastern faces the host Cougars (7-2) at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Live stats are available and the match will be streamed live. Links for stats and video are available on both the front page and volleyball schedule page at www.LionSports.net.
GAME ONE – Southeastern 3, Alabama A&M 0Southeastern fought back from an early four-point deficit, 11-7, in the first set, gaining the momentum need to knock off Alabama A&M (1-12).
Sarah Friedman led the Lady Lion offense with eight kills.
Landry Bullock,
Rachael Bunn and
Tiffany Thomas added six kills apiece.
Haley Baker (19 assists) and
Mikayla Shippy (12 assists) split setting duties. Southeastern served up six aces in the three match set with
Shelby Devlin credited for a pair.
Devlin also led the blockers, having a hand in five of the team's nine blocks. Bunn participated in four blocks, including the only solo block of the match.
Monica Ramon, a freshman from San Antonio, Texas, led the Lady Lions with eight digs.
Ashundria McNeal (eight kills), Drea Matthews (seven kills) and Megan Butler (19 assists) paced the Lady Bulldog offense. Lauren Butler led all players with 10 digs.
Southeastern La. def. Alabama A&M 25-18, 25-17, 25-15
Alabama A&M (1-12) (Kills-aces-blocks) - McNeal, Ashundria 8-0-0; Matthews, Drea 7-0-0; Blackiston, Savannah 5-0-1; Butler, Lauren 3-0-0; Butler, Megan 1-1-1; Jones, Ariana 0-0-1; Jordan, Indonesia 0-0-1;
Totals 24-1-2.0. (Assists) - Butler, Megan 19.
(Dig leaders) - Butler, Lauren 10; Matthews, Drea 8
Southeastern La. (5-6) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Friedman, Sarah 8-0-1; Bullock, Landry 6-0-1; Bunn, Rachael 6-0-4; Thomas, Tiffany 6-0-3; Odom, Madi 5-1-0; Hartley, Parrie 5-0-2; Devlin, Shelby 1-2-5; Baker, Haley 1-1-0; Balser, Brooke 0-1-0; Shippy, Mikayla 0-0-1; Ramon, Monica 0-1-0;
Totals 38-6-9.0. (Assists) - Baker, Haley 19; Shippy, Mikayla 12.
(Dig leaders) - Ramon, Monica 8; Hartley, Parrie 5
Site: Houston, Texas (Athletics/Alumni)
Date: Sep 18, 2015
Attend: 52
Time: 1:09
Referees: Thang Nguyen, Eric Sanders
GAME TWO – Southeastern 3, Prairie View 0After dominating the first set, Prairie View proved to be a pesky competitor. The Lady Panthers led at one point in each of the final two sets.
Friedman and
Madi Odom led the Lady Lions with 11 kills each. Shippy (19 assists) and Baker (17 assists) split setting duties again.
Brooke Balser led all players with 13 digs.
Sydney Walker (eight kills) and Ana Kiso (19 assists) led the Lady Panther offense. Paige Chuidian picked up a team-high nine digs.
Southeastern La. def. Prairie View A&M 25-8, 25-22, 25-23
Southeastern La. (6-6) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Friedman, Sarah 11-0-0; Odom, Madi 11-0-2; Hartley, Parrie 9-0-1; Bunn, Rachael 4-0-1; Turk, Veronica 4-0-1; Devlin, Shelby 2-1-1; Shippy, Mikayla 2-1-0; Thomas, Tiffany 1-0-0; Balser, Brooke 0-1-0; Baker, Haley 0-2-0; Ramon, Monica 0-2-0; Stock, Macey 0-2-0;
Totals 44-9-3.0. (Assists) – Shippy, Mikayla 19; Baker, Haley 17.
(Dig leaders) - Balser, Brooke 13; Baker, Haley 5
Prairie View A&M (0-12) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Walker, Sydney 8-2-1; Campbell, Marissa 6-0-1; Lewis, Jasmine 5-0-0; Hunter, Randi 4-0-2; Kiso, Ana 2-0-0; Martinez, Marina 1-1-0; Hensch, Calli Jordan 1-0-0; Augustine, Christen 1-0-0; Thompson, Tisharra 0-1-1;
Totals 28-4-3.0. (Assists) - Kiso, Ana 19.
(Dig leaders) - Chuidian, Paige 9; Kiso, Ana 6
Site: Houston, Texas (Athletics/Alumni)
Date: Sep 18, 2015
Attend: 136
Time: 1:18
Referees: MARY BLALOCK, THANG NGUYEN
