LONGVIEW, Texas - Using their best hitting percentage of the year, the LeTourneau University volleyball team came away with a 25-13, 21-25, 25-16, 25-15 win over Louisiana College on Saturday, September 30th at Solheim Arena. 

With the win, the YellowJackets snapped a five-game losing streak to improve to 5-12 overall and 1-6 in the American Southwest Conference. Louisiana College drops to 0-12 and 0-8 in the ASC in their first season of competition. 

"We knew what we had to do against Louisana college and we just had to execute it today which we did" said head coach Ashley Tiernan in a post-game interview. "We are finally starting to do the things that we are wanting to do, which will allow us to turn our focus to scoring quicker like we are wanting to do."

The first set would see an upstart YellowJacket squad jump out to a quick lead 4-2 lead and never look back, forcing a Wildcat timeout with the score in favor of LETU 10-4. Things would keep going in LeTourneau's favor in the set by extending their lead to 20-6 and winning the set 25-13. 

LETU let off the gas in the second set and would allow for LC to stick around and gain momentum. With Louisiana College holding a 15-12 lead, the two teams would trade points and keep the lead hovering between two and four points as the YellowJackets could not string together a rally to take the lead. After pulling to within 21-20, Louisiana College would end the set with four straight points to tie the match at one set each. 

A dominant third set saw LETU get back to what worked in the first set against the Wildcats, holding LC to a -0.040 attack percentage and seven attack errors in the set. LETU managed to take eight of the first 10 points of the match to force a Lousiana College timeout, eventually leading the set by as many as 12 points and taking the set 26-16. 

The fourth set would see the YellowJackets put away LC for good as LETU's best offensive set of the match would see a .343 attack percentage from LeTourneau on 14 kills and just two attack errors. LC's attempt to close the gap would come unfounded as the final score in the set would come out 25-15 in favor of the YellowJackets. 

"We are working well with one another and straight up competing" said senior Elyse Wright in a post-game interivew. "I am starting to see a lot more drive in the girls and the competition level among teammates has really stepped up."

Wright ended up with 13 kills just one day after having 16 in a five-set loss to Belhaven while Freshman Hailey Matthews had 18 kills and 11 digs. LETU would meet the Raising Canes block party challenge by recording six blocks with Lauren Egby-McNeal assisting on five of the six blocks. Senior Korissa White would add 28 assists while Cam Taylor had 17 assists and seven digs. 

A trip down highway 80 awaits the YellowJackets, when they will travel to Marshall to take on East Texas Baptist on Tuesday, October 3rd at 7 p.m.