THE BASICS
Score: ULM 0 – Arkansas State 3
(12-25, 13-25, 21-25)
Record: ULM 7-13, 2-1
A-State 11-6, 3-0
Location: Jonesboro, Ark. (Convocation Center)
Jonesboro, Ark. – The ULM volleyball team was swept by Arkansas State despite the Warhawks late comeback attempt on Friday night.
NOTEABLES
-A-State came out strong in set one and led the entire set.
-A-State continued a strong performance in set two
-ULM mounted a comeback in set three and led off and on throughout the set. ULM looked to close the set out but the Red Wolves held the Warhawks to 21 points and closed out the match.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
-ULM posted its highest hitting percentage in set one (.179).
-ULM posted its highest total of kills in sets one and three (10)
-ULM held the Red Wolves to their lowest hitting percentage of the match in set three (.122)
-Hope Pawlik led the offense with seven kills. Sarah Woods followed right behind with six kills of her own and the highest hitting percentage on the night (.357).
FROM COACH HILTZ
About the match: I feel like the first two sets we were overthinking everything. When we think too much we speed the game up on ourselves too much. When you combine that with the fact that Arkansas State plays at a very fast pace already....well, you get the scores we got in sets one and two. In the third we calmed down quite a bit and began to play more within ourselves. The results were obviously much better. Still, after their timeout late in the third, we finished the match by committing seven errors in a row. Not mindless tentative errors but errors nonetheless and we can't afford to do that late in a match.
About the players: Sarah played consistently for us tonight offensively. The whole team was certainly trying hard but we simply overwhelmed ourselves early and couldn't recover.
Where do we go from here: The key is to learn from our mistakes tonight. Since most of them were based on the psychological side of things, it's important for us to erase this match from our short term memory and get ready for Little Rock tomorrow.
About tomorrows match: UALR poses a completely different set of challenges so it's really key that we turn our focus on to tomorrow's match quickly.
UP NEXT
The Warhawks will take the court again on Saturday, Oct. 1, at Little Rock.
