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Winner LeTourneau LETU 4-5 (1-0)
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Louisiana College LC 1-6 (0-1)
Winner
LeTourneau LETU
4-5 (1-0)
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Final
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Louisiana College LC
1-6 (0-1)
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
LeTourneau LETU 12 25 25 25 (3)
Louisiana College LC 25 16 17 19 (1)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Contact: Matt Kinney, Sports Information Director, mattkinney@letu.edu

LeTourneau Volleyball Rallies For ASC Win At Louisiana College

PINEVILLE, Louisiana - After dropping the first set by a score of 25-12, the LeTourneau University volleyball team would rally to win their American Southwest Conference opening match in four sets over Louisiana College at the H.O. West Fieldhouse in Pineville, Louisiana on Friday, September 14th. 

Scores of the match were 12-25, 25-16, 25-17, and 25-19 to allow LETU to improve to 4-5 overall and 1-0 in the ASC while the Wildcats dropped to 1-6 overall and 0-1 in ASC play. 
 
How It Happened:
  • Louisiana College would be poised to come out strong in front of their home crowd, scoring the first four points of the match and jumping out to a 7-2 lead in the early going.
  • The YellowJackets would do their best to battle their way back into the set, but couldn't close the gap to any closer than five points at 16-11 as the Wildcats used an 8-0 run to take a commanding 24-11 lead and eventually win the set 25-12.
  • It would be LeTourneau's turn to get off to a quick start in the second set, scoring 10 of the first 11 points of the set with seven straight points coming with freshman Kianna Crow at the service line to claim a 10-1 lead.
  • The lead for LETU would settle around the six point mark for much of the rest of the set as Louisiana College could get no closer than five points at 18-13 before seeing the YellowJackets score seven of the final 10 points of the match to knot things up at one set each.
  • With both teams looking to claim the match lead in the third set, a back-and-forth start saw eight ties to start the set with the eighth and final tie coming at 11-11.
  • Freshmen Natalie Connelly and Lexie Welton would give the YellowJackets four of the next five points to open up a three point lead at 15-12 as LeTourneau would continue to build their lead throughout the rest of the set before ending things on a 3-0 run to win the set 25-17.
  • The Wildcats would not go quietly however, pushing the YellowJackets early on in the fourth set as neither team could build a lead of more than two points until a 4-0 LETU run broke open a 13-13 tie.
  • LeTourneau wouldn't let the opportunity go wasted as the YellowJackets kept the lead for the rest of the set while pulling away for a six point victory to win the match.
Key Stats:
  • After seeing the Wildcats record a .450 attack percentage in the opening set, the LeTourneau defense would step-up and force 19 attack errors in the final three sets as Louisiana College would see their offense limited to just a .120 attack percentage for the match.
  • The YellowJacket offense was led by a trio of freshman with Crow (14), Welton (8) and Connelly (8) providing 30 of the 43 LETU kills in the match while sophomore Cam Taylor added 20 assists and three service aces.
  • Connelly also proved to be a big player on the defensive side of things, recording a career-high four blocks while Mikayla Thomas added two blocks of her own.
What's Next?
LeTourneau heads to the furthest east location in the American Southwest Conference to take on Belhaven College in ASC play on Saturday, September 15th at 1 p.m. The Blazers dropped their ASC opener in straight-sets to East Texas Baptist University inside Rugg Arena Friday evening to fall to 7-2 overall.  
 
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