TROY, Ala. - The University of New Orleans' eight-match winning streak
came to an end as Troy upset UNO 3-1 (25-23, 25-19, 15-25, 25-22) on
Sunday afternoon.
The win was the first in the 12 matches against the Privateers for Troy (9-10, 5-3 Sun
Belt), who extended their home win streak to five matches with the
victory. Devin Von Pingel and Meghan Gilroy led the Trojans with 13 and
10 kills, respectively.
Megan Henderson distributed 40 assists for Troy with Lizzie Clough notching 19 digs from the back row.
Despite playing without
Maria Szivos for the second straight match, UNO
(12-6, 5-1 SBC) still was able to outhit the Trojans, totaling a .215
clip for the match compared to .144 for the host squad.
Leading the way was
Lindsey Loyd with 14 kills and a .314 hitting
percentage.
Vesna Jelic and
Edina Dobi each reached double-digits with
10 kills apiece.
Cassidy Asebroek was the top setter for head coach
Jozsef Forman with
29 assists while
Hajnalka Molnar chipped in 10.
Nicky Valenti had 18 digs in
the match, tying Kristin O'Hearn (1992-95) at second place in school
history with 1,327 career digs.
Dobi started the offense for UNO in the opening set connecting on kills
during two of the first three points contested. The Privateers
capitalized and built a five-point lead at 13-8.
The Trojans climbed back with a two consecutive UNO errors putting Troy
on top for the first time at 20-19. Three Privateer errors including
two by Jelic after a deadlock at 23 gave the Trojans a 25-23 opening
set victory.
Riding the momentum into the second set, Troy jumped out to an early
6-3 lead and built a four-point advantage before UNO began their rally.
The Privateers ran off four straight points with
Anett Farkas having a
hand in two blocks during the spurt to take a 12-11 lead.
The teams would contest six ties and three lead changes with the
Trojans emerging during a 4-0 run which featured three straight Von
Pingel kills. Down 24-19, Forman would receive a red card and Troy
would enter the break with a 2-0 lead.
With their backs against the wall, the Privateers started the third
stanza on a 4-1 run with two Jelic kills making up half of the points.
With the Trojans within two at 16-14, UNO opened up the scoring with a
9-1 run that carried the squad until the set's end as the Privateers
prevailed 25-15.
In the fourth frame, Troy would take control early at 5-2 and continue
to hold the lead, jumping out to a 16-9 advantage. The Privateers
closed the gap to two points at 23-21 with two Gilroy kills finishing
off the contest in favor of the Trojans.
UNO will head to Arkansas next weekend for a pair of matches, beginning
on Friday night at 5 p.m. against UALR and finishing with a 3 p.m.
contest on Saturday against Arkansas State.
