University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Errors Cost Cajuns In Loss To Tennessee Tech
9/13/2003 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns volleyball team was unable to make up for its mistakes here Saturday morning dropping a 3-1 (30-22, 29-31, 22-30, 24-30) decision to Tennessee Tech in the second round of the University of Memphis Invitational.
The Cajuns (3-6) committed 33 attack errors and 16 service errors eliminating the advantage they had in out-killing the Golden Eagles 67-51. TTU (1-5) also had a 13.0-3.0 advantage in blocks led by Annette Kupka's four block solos.
UL Lafayette, coming off of its first win in two weeks, lost the match despite having four players tally double-figures in kills and four reach double-digits in digs.
Beth Henson led the Cajuns in kills for the second straight match as she collected a career-high 20. Freshman Hope Webre chipped in with 15 kills to tie her career best. Kim Rodgers and Lesley Tough each had 11.
Hollie Girouard led the Cajuns defensive effort with 18 digs as she reached double-figures in digs for the seventh straight match.
Henson and Tami Harvey split time at setter for the Cajuns. Harvey led the Cajuns with 37 assists while Henson had 21.
TTU placed three players in double-digit kills led by Liz Engel's 18. The win was the first of the season for the Golden Eagles and first under former Ole Miss head coach John Blair.
UL Lafayette will wrap up play at the UM Invitational at 7 p.m. when the Cajuns take on host-Memphis in the tournament finale.
MATCH SUMMARY
Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Tennessee Tech
Site: Memphis, Tenn. (Elma Roane Fieldhouse)
Date: Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003
Att: 58 Time: 1:44
Tennessee Tech 3, Louisiana-Lafayette 1
1 2 3 4
UL Lafayette (3-6) 30 29 22 24
Tenn. Tech (1-5) 22 31 30 30
Louisiana-Lafayette (3-6) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Henson,
Beth 20-1-1;
Webre, Hope 15-2-0; Tough, Lesley 11-1-2; Rodgers, Kim
11-0-2;
Salomaki, Elina 4-0-1; Pattison, Jessica 3-0-0; Harvey, Tami
2-2-0;
Bermes, Lindsey 1-0-0; Totals 67-6-3.0. (Assists) -
Harvey 37; Henson 21. (Dig leaders) - Girouard 18;
Harvey 15; Tough14; Webre 10
Tennessee Tech (1-5) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Engel, Liz 18-2-2; Kupka, Annette 11-2-8; Morrow, Anne 10-0-1; Sidorowicz, Laura 6-0-1; Tyburski, Laura 5-0-0; Meyer, Nancy 1-0-5; Kastner, Kristen 0-0-1; Perry, Courtney 0-3-0; Totals 51-7-13.0. (Assists) - Meyer 43. (Dig leaders) - Tyburski 21; Engel 15; Perry 10; Meyer 10
-Ragin' Cajuns-
