PINEVILLE, La. – LeTourneau University's volleyball team split with Lousiana College in two American Southwest Conference matches Saturday. The YellowJackets fell to the Wildcats in the first match, 26-28, 25-21, 23-25, 25-16, 10-15. They won the second match, 25-14, 25-10, 25-17.

This the second time in a row this season that the Jackets had to experience a five-set match. LETU hit .208 in the first match and a whopping .326 to close out the two match series. The Wildcats (1-7, 1-7) hit .216 in the opener and .009 in the second match.

In the first match, Kianna Crow finished with 16 kills, 13 digs, two blocks and two serving aces. Natalie Connelly and Madison Denega added 11 kills apiece.
Connelly also had five blocks and two serving aces. Avery Mabery finished with seven kills and two blocks, while Allison Smith finished with five kills and two blocks. Mabery and Smith created a .333 and .357 attack percentage, respectively. Skylar Fowler had four kills and three blocks. Courtney Edge had 28 digs. Natalie Davenport had 23 assists and 11 digs, while Samantha Winkel had 21 assists and seven digs. Winkel also added three serving aces. Edge, Davenport, and Kylie Cobb all recorded an ace.

In the fourth set of the opener, LeTourneau jumped out to a 10-3 lead, after a kill by Denega from Edge. Louisiana College would make their own run to bring the set within two, 12-10. The YellowJackets went on a 7-2 run to take a 19-12 advantage over the Wildcats, behind the serving of Cobb, who recorded an ace during the run. After a service error from Louisiana College's Sadi Jones, the Jackets captured the fourth set win, 25-16, to force a fifth set.

LETU lost in the fifth set of the first match, 15-10.

Both teams had 10 aces. The YellowJackets recorded 10 blocks, while Louisiana College recorded four. The Jackets had 88 digs, and the Wildcats 92.

In the second match, Crow had 14 kills, 11 digs and a block. Smith finished with eight kills and two blocks, while Connelly added six kills, three blocks and four digs. Winkel had 16 assists and three digs, while Davenport had 15 assists and six digs. Edge had 18 digs. Mabery had three blocks and two kills. Connelly, Davenport, Winkel, Edge and Cobb all recorded an ace throughout the match.

The YellowJackets found their groove in the second match, dominating the Wildcats, 3-0. LeTourneau totalled 39 kills, while Louisiana College had 23. In the second set, the YellowJackets created a .481 attack percentage, holding the Wildcats to a .059 hitting percentage. LETU held the Wildcats to nine kills and a -.024 hitting percentage, to close out the third set.

LETU improved to 10-3 overall and 7-3 in ASC play.

LeTourneau will face off in two matches against the University of Texas at Dallas Friday at Solheim Arena.