University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Cajuns Drop 3-0 Decision to Green Wave
10/1/2002 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns volleyball team suffered its fourth consecutive defeat with a 3-0 (28-30, 28-30, 18-30) loss to Tulane University here Tuesday evening at the New Orleans Sports Arena in the ING/Louisiana Showcase and first NCAA contest held at the arena.
The Green Wave's Britney Hurst dominated the action the entire match. Hurst posted 30 kills, setting a Tulane three-game match record, and 19 digs. Hurst hit .560 as she made just two errors on 50 total attacks.
TU (8-9) snapped a four-matching losing streak while the Cajuns (6-10) continued their recent slide as they dropped their fourth straight and 10th in the last 12 matches.
UL Lafayette was on the short end of things despite placing three players with double-digit kills and two with double-doubles. Stacey Cole led all Cajuns with 12 kills and 16 digs as she extended her streak of matches with at least 12 kills to 13. Freshman Lesley Tough (11 kills) and Clarice Laires (10 kills and 10 digs) were the Cajuns other two in double-figure kills.
Senior Priscilla Lima did not play in the match, the first time this season she missed a match.
The Green Wave rallied from a 28-26 deficit in game one with a 4-0 run at the end to claim the game. In game two, TU jumped out to a 5-0 lead only to see the Cajuns put forth a rally to knot things up 28-28. The Green Wave followed with a pair of kills to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the match.
Game three went back-and-forth with the score tied 6-6 after 12 serves. Tulane would pull away with a 6-3 run and never looked back in cruising to the 30-18 win to claim the match.
TU had more kills (52-47), assists (45-42) and more digs (62-49) and outhit the Cajuns .293 to .148. The Cajuns allowed an opponent to hit over .200 for the fourth straight match.
UL Lafayette will play the final two matches of its season-long 18-match road trip to open the season this weekend as they travel to Denver for a 8 p.m. (CST) match Friday and New Mexico State for a 3 p.m. (CST) match Sunday.
MATCH SUMMARY
ING/Louisiana Showcase at New Orleans Sports
Arena
Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Tulane
Site: New Orleans,
La. Date: Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2002
Tulane 3, UL Lafayette 0
1 2 3
UL Lafayette (6-10) 28 28 18
Tulane (8-9)
30 30 30
UL Lafayette: Kills
47 (Cole 12, Tough 11, Laires 10); Digs 49 (Cole 16, Laires 10, Tough 8);
Assists 42 (Henson 31).
Tulane: Kills 52
(Hurst 30, Kenon 7, Swafford 6); Digs 62 (Hurst 19, Daly 13, Jones-McClain,
Kenon 9); Assists 45 (Dickson 42).
A: N/A T: 1:16
-Ragin' Cajuns-
