CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Southeastern Louisiana volleyball team opens Southland Conference play with a pair of matches Thursday and Saturday in Texas, traveling to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Houston Baptist.
Southeastern (6-7, 0-0 Southland) matches up against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (12-4, 1-0 Southland) at 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Houston Baptist (7-7, 0-0 Southland) at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Live stats and video streams are available for both matches. Links for stats and video are available on both the front page and volleyball schedule page at www.LionSports.net.
Last time out, the University of Houston broke a tie midway through the final set to defeat Southeastern Louisiana, 20-25, 25-15, 25-18, 23-25, 15-10, at the Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup and snap the Lady Lions' four-match winning streak.
Landry Bullock (2.79 kills per set),
Tiffany Thomas (2.22 k/set),
Parrie Hartley (1.89 k/set) and
Sarah Friedman (1.86 k/set) pace the Lady Lion offense this season under the direction of setters
Mikayla Shippy (5.77 a/set) and
Haley Baker (5.47 assists per set). Freshmen
Monica Ramon (16) and Baker (14) are the team leaders in service aces.
Brooke Balser (3.46 d/set), Ramon (2.63 digs per set) and
Madi Odom (1.71 d/set) anchor the back row defensively.
Shelby Devlin (0.70 blocks per set),
Rachael Bunn (0.60 b/set),
Veronica Turk (0.44 b/set) and Thomas (0.41 b/set) lead Southeastern's front-line defensive effort.
The Islanders are coming off a straight-sets win over Prairie View A&M, 25-14, 25-12, 25-14, Tuesday at the Dugan Wellness Center.
Ivy Baresh (3.44 k/set), Kelsee Felux (2.98 k/set), Brittany Gilpin (2.49 k/set) and Kristyn Nicholson (10.63 a/set) lead the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi offense. Kate Klepetka (6.14 d/set) leads the squad in digs while Gilpin (0.76 b/set), Morgan Carlson (0.74 b/set) and Madeleine Doud (0.71 b/set) are the top blockers.
Houston Baptist has dropped its last three matches heading into Thursday's Southland opener against the University of New Orleans.
Jessica Wooten (3.13 k/set), Bailey Banks (2.49 k/set) and Kayla Armer (9.50 a/set) are the offensive leaders for the Huskies. Blair Gillard (0.96 b/set) and Allison Doerpinghaus (0.94 b/set) lead the front row defense while Wooten (2.94 d/set) and Hailey Erickson (2.71 d/set) anchor the back row.
Southeastern returns Tuesday to the University Center, hosting UL Lafayette at 7 p.m. in a non-conference match.
