University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Cajuns Earn First League Win and Snap Losing Streak, 3-1 Over UNO
10/30/2003 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003
LAFAYETTE – Behind the combination of Hope Webre's 24 kills and Elina Salomaki's 19, Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns volleyball team earned its first conference win of the season and snapped a season-high 11-match losing streak with a 3-1 (30-27, 30-28, 25-30, 30-22) victory over I-10 rival University of New Orleans Thursday evening at Earl K. Long Gym.
The win improved UL Lafayette's record to 5-18 overall and 1-9 in the Sun Belt and was the Cajuns first triumph since Sept. 19 when the Cajuns defeated Jackson State 3-0. It was also snapped the Cajuns seven-match losing streak at Long Gym.
With the loss, UNO falls to 9-17 overall and 3-7 in the Sun Belt and lost its fifth match in its last six outings since defeating the Cajuns 3-0 on Oct. 11.
Both Salomaki and Webre tallied new career-highs for kills and collected double-doubles as they posted 18 and 12 digs respectively. For Salomaki it was her fourth straight match with double-digit kills and first career double-double.
Webre led the team with a .350 hitting percentage tallying her 24 kills on 60 attempts while committing only three errors. It was Webre's final kill of the night that gave the Cajuns their 30th point of game four and ended six weeks worth of frustration.
Five different Cajuns tallied double-digit digs led by libero Hollie Girouard's season-high 23. Lindsey Bermes had a career-best 18 digs while setter Beth Henson chimed in with 14.
UNO was led by 19 kills from Jennifer Cruz. Cruz tallied the Privateers lone double as she tacked on 17 digs. Like UL Lafayette, UNO had five players in double-digit digs led by 22 from Anais Urdaz.
UL Lafayette out-blocked UNO 10.0-6.0 behind six blocks from Stacy Liverett. Both Henson and Webre each tallied block solos.
As a team, Louisiana-Lafayette attacked at a .174 percentage to UNO's .112 - the first time the Cajuns had a higher attack percentage since the Sept. 19 win over JSU.
The win by the Cajuns evened the season series and extended UL Lafayette's win streak over the Privateers at Long Gym to six matches. UNO's win in game three snapped a string of 11 straight games lost on the Cajuns home court.
Louisiana-Lafayette returns to action on Sunday, Nov. 2, as the Cajuns play their final home match of the season at 1 p.m. against South Alabama in Long Gym.
MATCH SUMMARY
New Orleans at
Louisiana-Lafayette
Site: Lafayette, La. (Earl K. Long Gym)
Date: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003
Att: 239 Time: 2:00
Louisiana-Lafayette 3, New Orleans
1
1
2 3 4
UNO (9-17, 3-7 SBC)
27 28 30 22
UL Lafayette (5-18, 1-9 SBC) 30 30 25
30
New Orleans (9-17, 3-7 Sun Belt) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Cruz, Jennifer 19-1-2; Carr, Hillary 12-1-3; Zimmer, Christine 8-0-2; Helgeson, Jessica 7-1-2; Meyers, Amanda 6-0-2; Bauer, Kylee 4-0-0; Urdaz, Anais 4-0-0; Totals 60-3-6.0. (Assists) - Bauer 50. (Dig leaders) - Urdaz 22; Zimmer 20; Duncan 17; Cruz 17
Louisiana-Lafayette (5-18, 1-9 Sun Belt) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Webre, Hope 24-1-4; Salomaki, Elina 19-2-1; Liverett, Stacy 7-0-6; Bermes, Lindsey 7-0-1; Rodgers, Kim 5-0-2; Henson, Beth 2-0-4; Totals 64-3-10.0. (Assists) - Henson 53. (Dig leaders) - Girouard 23; Bermes 18; Salomaki 18; Henson 14; Webre 12
-Ragin' Cajuns-
