University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Aggies End Cajuns Win Streak With Straight Sets Sweep
11/7/2003 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Friday, Nov. 7, 2003
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Trinia Cuseo posted a match-high 17 kills leading New Mexico State to a 3-0 (30-13, 30-28, 30-27) win over Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns volleyball team here Friday night at the Pan American Center in front of 2,085 fans.
The loss ended a two-match win streak for Louisiana-Lafayette (6-19, 2-10 Sun Belt) and kept them winless on the opponent's home court this season.
With the win, NMSU (24-4, 12-0 Sun Belt) captured its 18th straight victory overall and extended its Sun Belt win streak to 15 matches.
Sophomore Elina Salomaki turned in a team-best 12 kills on a .379 hitting percentage for the Ragin' Cajuns. Salomaki extended her streak of matches with double-digit kills to six.
Abby Stines tallied 11 kills as the Aggies had two players reach double-digit kills. NMSU posted nine aces led by four from Morgan Reader who also had a match-high 42 assists.
The Aggies took advantage of a 51-34 edge in kills and also had a .229 attack percentage compared to a .101 clip for the Cajuns. NMSU also out-dug UL Lafayette 54-37 led by 10 digs apiece from Reader and Jackie Godber.
Louisiana-Lafayette would out-block the hosts 10.0-9.0 led by another impressive effort from Stacy Liverett who made three solo stuffs and had a match-high seven blocks. It marked the second straight match of three block solos for Liverett.
The win allowed the Aggies to sweep the season series between the two Sun Belt West Division rivals for the first time since NMSU joined the league. The loss keeps UL Lafayette winless all-time (0-4) at the Pan American Center.
The loss combined with a Middle Tennessee win puts UL Lafayette two games behind in the race for the eighth and final slot for the upcoming Hardee's Sun Belt Conference Tournament. MT is 4-7 in league play while New Orleans in 4-8 and currently holds the eight seed.
The Cajuns will look to get back on the winning track and into the tournament race on Sunday in a 1 p.m. (CST) match at Denver.
MATCH SUMMARY
Louisiana-Lafayette at New Mexico
State
Site: Las Cruces, N.M. (Pan American Center)
Date: Friday, Nov. 7, 2003
Att: 2,085 Time: 1:20
New Mexico State 3,
Louisiana-Lafayette 0
1
2 3
UL Lafayette (6-19, 2-10 SBC) 13 28 27
NMSU (24-4, 12-0 SBC)
30 30 30
Louisiana-Lafayette (6-19, 2-10) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Salomaki, Elina 12-0-1; Bermes, Lindsey 6-0-3; Webre, Hope 5-0-2; Henson, Beth 4-0-1; Rodgers, Kim 4-0-3; Liverett, Stacy 3-0-7; Totals 34-0-10.0. (Assists) - Henson 25. (Dig leaders) - Henson 10; Webre 8
New Mexico State (24-4, 12-0) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Cuseo, Trinia 17-1-2; Stines, Abby 11-0-3; Adams, Stevi 7-1-4; Silagy, Sarah 6-0-2; Reader, Morgan 5-4-0; Hearne, Shari 5-1-3; Hendricks, Kristin 0-0-1; Arner, Megan 0-2-0; Totals 51-9-9.0. (Assists) - Reader 42. (Dig leaders) - Reader 10; Godber 10; Silagy 9; Adams 9
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