University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Cajuns Overcome Struggles, Defeat Alcorn State 3-1
8/30/2003 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Saturday, Aug. 30, 2003
LAFAYETTE - Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns volleyball team overcame a sluggish performance and held off Alcorn State in a 3-1 (35-33, 30-26, 27-30, 30-19) win on the second day of the Our Lady of Lourdes SportsCare Volleyball Classic here at Earl K. Long Gym.
The Cajuns (2-0) survived 44 attack errors and 12 service errors to move to 2-0 on the season. UL Lafayette posted its 30th win in the last 34 matches contested at Long Gym.
UL Lafayette will face off with in-state rival Louisiana Tech at 7 p.m. in the tournament finale.
Alcorn State (0-2) will return to action in the 4:30 p.m. match against UL Monroe.
True freshman Kim Rodgers led the Cajuns offensive attack with a career-best 27 kills. She also led UL Lafayette with a .314 attack percentage.
Lesley Tough, 13 kills, and Hope Webre, 11 kills, gave UL Lafayette three players with double-digit kills. It was the second straight match with double-digit kills for both.
Libero Abrah Pond paced the Cajuns defensively with 11 digs.
Alcorn State received 16 kills from Tosin Fadeyi - a team-best. Donkia Sutton recorded 14 digs to lead ASU and all players in the match.
Louisiana-Lafayette outkilled the Braves 66-43. The Cajuns had 14 service aces led by six from Elina Salomaki.
Alcorn took advantage of UL Lafayette's -.021 attack percentage in game three to avoid a sweep and force a fourth one.
UL Lafayette turned things around in the fourth game, attacking at a match-best .262 clip (17 kills, 6 errors, 42 attempts) to roll to a 30-19 victory and seal the match victory.
The Cajuns jumped out to a 4-0 lead and never looked back. ASU would trim the lead to 6-5 before the Cajuns erupted on an 11-1 run to pull out in front 17-6.
MATCH SUMMARY
Alcorn State at UL Lafayette
Site: Lafayette, La.
(Earl K. Long Gym)
Date: Saturday, Aug. 30, 2002
Louisiana-Lafayette 3, Alcorn State 1
1 2 3 4
Alcorn State (0-2) 33 26 30 19
UL Lafayette (2-0)
35 30 27 30
Alcorn State (0-2) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Fadeyi,
Tosin 16-2-3; Sutton, Donkia 9-3-3; Mayfield, Rolanda 9-1-2; Daniels, LaQuinta
5-1-7; Robertson, Moriah 2-0-1; Myrick, Tamara 1-1-0; Ward, Brittney 1-0-2;
Totals 43-8-12.0. (Assists) - Ward, Brittney 36. (Dig leaders) -
Sutton, Donkia 14; Myrick, Tamara 10; Fadeyi, Tosin 9; King, Tiffany 8;
Mayfield, Rolanda 8
Louisiana-Lafayette (2-0) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Rodgers, Kim 27-2-4;
Tough, Lesley 13-3-3; Webre, Hope 11-0-2; Salomaki, Elina 7-6-5; Bermes, Lindsey
5-1-2; Girouard, Hollie 1-1-0; Harvey, Tami 1-1-0; Pattison, Jessica 1-0-0;
Totals 66-14-10.0. (Assists) - Harvey, Tami 53. (Dig leaders) -
Pond, Abrah 11; Girouard, Hollie 9; Tough, Lesley 8; Harvey, Tami 8
-Ragin' Cajuns-
