University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Hilltoppers Rally Past Cajuns in Sun Belt Opener
9/27/2002 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Friday, Sept. 27, 2002
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns volleyball team dropped a 3-2 (30-28, 22-30, 30-27, 20-30, 8-15) decision to defending Sun Belt Conference East Division champion Western Kentucky in their league opener here at the Preston Center Friday night.
The Hilltoppers (16-4, 2-0 SBC) rallied from a 2-1 deficit to spoil the SBC debut of Cajuns head coach Becky Madden. It was WKU's fifth straight win over the Cajuns and their 10th in SBC play dating to last season.
Senior middle blocker Priscilla Lima led all Cajuns with 14 kills and 16 digs as she posted her ninth double-double of the season and seventh in the last eight matches. Stacey Cole (13), Clarice Laires (11) and Lesley Tough (10) combined with Lima to give the Cajuns (6-8, 0-1 SBC) four players with double-digit kills.
Crystal Towler led WKU with 19 kills while Tracy May paced the Toppers defense with 25 digs. Sara Noe contributed with 61 assists. The Hilltoppers hit .210 as a team and tallied 75 kills and 68 assists.
UL Lafayette returns to action Sunday in a 2 p.m. match at North Texas.
MATCH SUMMARY
Louisiana-Lafayette at Western Kentucky
Site: Bowling Green, Ky. (Preston Center) Date: Friday, Sept. 27,
2002
Western Kentucky 3, UL Lafayette 2
1 2 3 4 5
UL Lafayette (6-8, 0-1 SBC)
30 22 30 20 8
Western Kentucky (16-4, 2-0 SBC) 28 30 27 30 15
UL Lafayette: Kills 59 (Lima 14, Cole 13, Laires 11); Digs 62 (Lima 16,
Laires 11, Bermes, Cole, Henson 8); Assists 51 (Henson 47).
WKU: Kills 75 (Towler 19, Wagner 15, Cecil, Schiff 14); Digs 76
(May 25, Noe 12, Cecil 11); Assists 68 (Noe 61). A: 307 T: 1:55.
-Ragin' Cajuns-
