HOUSTON, Texas?Despite
recording more kills than its opponents in all three matches of the day, ULM dropped all three on
day one of the Texas Southern Opener Volleyball Tournament Friday night.
The Warhawks (0-7) dropped their first match of the day 3-1
(30-16, 31-33, 30-28, 30-18) to UTEP (5-1).
Mississippi Valley State
(2-1) swept ULM
3-0 (30-25, 30-28, 30-20) in match two and the host Tigers ended the day
downing the Warhawks 3-1 (30-22, 30-22, 27-30, 30-24).
Stephanie Hall led the ULM
offense in all three matches with kill totals of 13, 8 and 13. Jessica Ayodele and Candice Howell also
recorded double-digit kills on the day with Ayodele picking up 10 against UTEP
and Howell had 12 against Texas
Southern.
The Achilles' heel for the Warhawks was once again the
serving game as they committed 27.7 service errors per match today; ULM is averaging 21.9
service errors per match this season.
ULM hit a season-high .197 against the
Miners with 51 kills and just 20 errors; the Warhawks also posted their
second-highest block total with four. In
the match against Mississippi Valley State,
ULM committed just 20 attack errors, its
second-lowest total of the year (19 in the season opener against St. Louis.)
The Warhawks have now recorded more kills than their
opponents in four-straight matches by an average of 11.0 per match.
Thanks in part to three service aces by Christy Tribble, ULM reached double-figure aces as a team for the second
time this year; they had 19 against Nicholls
State on Tuesday.
After the three matches today, ULM has just one scheduled for tomorrow. The Warhawks square off against Prairie View
A&M at 1:00 pm.
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