University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Tuesday, September 4
Baton Rouge, La.
5 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
at
Southern
@RaginCajunsVB Faces Southern in Midweek Match in Baton Rouge
9/3/2018 2:30:00 PM | Volleyball
Louisiana starting final stretch of road non-conference outings
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns Volleyball visits Southern University for a midweek contest on Tuesday at Clifford Seymour Gym. First serve is scheduled for 6 p.m.
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The match serves as a Homecoming for seniors Sydney Davis and Hanna Rovira who both prepped at Baton Rouge-based St. Joseph's Academy.
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Louisiana (5-2), entering the third week of the young season, is coming off a second winning mark in pre-conference tournament play following a 3-1 finish in the Sawyer Camillo Classic at E.K. Long Gym.
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Southern (0-6) is making its home debut and hosting the Ragin' Cajuns for the first time since 2010.
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Fans can follow the match by accessing the live stats link at RaginCajuns.com/VBschedule and with updates posted on the team's Twitter account (@RaginCajunsVB).
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THE MATCH
Match 8:Â Louisiana (5-2) at Southern University (0-6)
Tuesday, Sept. 4 • 6 p.m. (CDT) • Clifford Seymour Gym • Baton Rouge, La.
Series:Â Louisiana leads 38-8
Last Meeting: 9/8/15 at Earl K. Long Gym – Louisiana W, 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-16)
Live Stats
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ABOUT LOUISIANA
Louisiana returned five starters from the 2017 season highlighted by three returning All-Sun Belt Conference performers in middle blocker Dree'Ana Abram, libero Sydney Davis and 2017 SBC Freshman of the Year Hali Wisnoskie.
The Ragin' Cajuns added a talented group of eight newcomers headlined by freshmen Kelsey Bennett (5-11, OH, Allen, Texas) and Desiree Johnson (5-11, RS, Forney, Texas) who have been inserted into the rotation. Louisiana is utilizing a 6-2 offense for the first time in the Heather Mazeitis-Fontenot era with setters Avery Breaux and Milayne Danna directing the offense.
2017 REWIND
The Ragin' Cajuns (21-11, 13-3 SBC in 2017) turned in the program's finest season of the Sun Belt Conference era (1991-present). During the 2017 season, the squad raced out to a school-record 7-0 start in league play, posted the first winning conference mark since 2002 and set the school record for conference wins. The reward was the program's highest seed ever (No. 3) in the SBC Tournament.
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Head coach Heather Mazeitis-Fontenot became Louisiana's all-time winningest coach, increasing her program-standard tally to 140 victories. Hali Wisnoskie became the first Ragin' Cajun to win Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors since 1998 and she represented Louisiana on the AVCA All-Midwest Region team.
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SET POINTS
UP NEXT
The Ragin' Cajuns return to pre-conference tournament play Friday-Saturday, Sept. 7-8 traveling to Fort Worth, Texas for the TCU Fight in the Fort where they will face Montana State, host-TCU and SMU.
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Louisiana faces Montana State at 10 a.m. and TCU at 6 p.m. on Friday, then concludes play in the event on Saturday at 11 a.m. vs. SMU. All matches will be held at the University Recreation Center.
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FOLLOW THE RAGIN' CAJUNS
Follow the Ragin' Cajuns on Twitter (@RaginCajunsVB), Facebook (/RaginCajunsVB) or Instagram (@RaginCajunsVB) to stay up-to-date on all that is happening with Louisiana Volleyball.
- www.RaginCajuns.com -
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The match serves as a Homecoming for seniors Sydney Davis and Hanna Rovira who both prepped at Baton Rouge-based St. Joseph's Academy.
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Louisiana (5-2), entering the third week of the young season, is coming off a second winning mark in pre-conference tournament play following a 3-1 finish in the Sawyer Camillo Classic at E.K. Long Gym.
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Southern (0-6) is making its home debut and hosting the Ragin' Cajuns for the first time since 2010.
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Fans can follow the match by accessing the live stats link at RaginCajuns.com/VBschedule and with updates posted on the team's Twitter account (@RaginCajunsVB).
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THE MATCH
Match 8:Â Louisiana (5-2) at Southern University (0-6)
Tuesday, Sept. 4 • 6 p.m. (CDT) • Clifford Seymour Gym • Baton Rouge, La.
Series:Â Louisiana leads 38-8
Last Meeting: 9/8/15 at Earl K. Long Gym – Louisiana W, 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-16)
Live Stats
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ABOUT LOUISIANA
Louisiana returned five starters from the 2017 season highlighted by three returning All-Sun Belt Conference performers in middle blocker Dree'Ana Abram, libero Sydney Davis and 2017 SBC Freshman of the Year Hali Wisnoskie.
The Ragin' Cajuns added a talented group of eight newcomers headlined by freshmen Kelsey Bennett (5-11, OH, Allen, Texas) and Desiree Johnson (5-11, RS, Forney, Texas) who have been inserted into the rotation. Louisiana is utilizing a 6-2 offense for the first time in the Heather Mazeitis-Fontenot era with setters Avery Breaux and Milayne Danna directing the offense.
2017 REWIND
The Ragin' Cajuns (21-11, 13-3 SBC in 2017) turned in the program's finest season of the Sun Belt Conference era (1991-present). During the 2017 season, the squad raced out to a school-record 7-0 start in league play, posted the first winning conference mark since 2002 and set the school record for conference wins. The reward was the program's highest seed ever (No. 3) in the SBC Tournament.
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Head coach Heather Mazeitis-Fontenot became Louisiana's all-time winningest coach, increasing her program-standard tally to 140 victories. Hali Wisnoskie became the first Ragin' Cajun to win Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors since 1998 and she represented Louisiana on the AVCA All-Midwest Region team.
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SET POINTS
- Tuesday's contest is Louisiana's lone midweek match of the season. Non-conference play concludes with trips to TCU's Fight in the Fort (Sept. 7-8) and the SDSU/USD Challenge in San Diego (Sept. 14-15).
- The Ragin' Cajuns offense hit .200 or higher all four matches in the Sawyer Camillo Classic. The squad has finished above the mark in six of seven matches.
- Louisiana's offense features balance among several scoring options. A total of six players average at least 1.30 kills per set led by Hali Wisnsokie's 3.38 kills per set on a .264 hitting percentage.
- At a rate of 13.48 per set, Louisiana is the current Sun Belt Conference leader in kills.
- Hali Wisnoskie continued her season-opening string of matches with double digits in kills, hitting the mark all four outings and totaling 44 in the Sawyer Camillo Classic.
- After two weekends of play, middle blockers Dree'Ana Abram (1.09) and Nia Antoine (1.04) are blocking at a rate of over one per set.
- Right side hitter Hanna Rovira and libero Sydney Davis represented Louisiana on the Sawyer Camillo Classic All-Tournament team. Rovira averaged 2.23 kills per set on a .338 percentage while Davis scooped 5.46 digs per set.
- Freshman right side hitter Desiree Johnson provided at least five kills each match of the Sawyer Camillo Classic and finished the weekend with a .380 hitting percentage.
- The Ragin' Cajuns rank Top 50 nationally in hitting percentage (.260) and digs per set (16.74) and Top 100 nationally in kills per set (13.48) and blocks per set (2.37).
UP NEXT
The Ragin' Cajuns return to pre-conference tournament play Friday-Saturday, Sept. 7-8 traveling to Fort Worth, Texas for the TCU Fight in the Fort where they will face Montana State, host-TCU and SMU.
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Louisiana faces Montana State at 10 a.m. and TCU at 6 p.m. on Friday, then concludes play in the event on Saturday at 11 a.m. vs. SMU. All matches will be held at the University Recreation Center.
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FOLLOW THE RAGIN' CAJUNS
Follow the Ragin' Cajuns on Twitter (@RaginCajunsVB), Facebook (/RaginCajunsVB) or Instagram (@RaginCajunsVB) to stay up-to-date on all that is happening with Louisiana Volleyball.
- www.RaginCajuns.com -
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