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Box Score 2 LAKE CHARLES - The University of New Orleans dropped a pair of matches
to Prairie View A&M and McNeese State on the first day of
competition in the McNeese State Fairfield Inn & Suites Invitational
on Friday.
UNO (1-5) won the first set and rallied to force a decisive fifth frame,
before falling to PV3-2 (25-27, 25-15, 25-16, 23-25, 15-8) in their
opening match. The Privateers came back three hours later and dropped a
3-0 (25-10, 25-17, 25-20) decision to the host McNeese (1-6).
In the opening match, reigning SWAC Player of the Week Cheri Lindsay
totaled match-highs with 17 kills and 15 digs for PV (2-7), who bounced
back in the win column after a five-set setback against Northwestern
State earlier in the day. Breanna McNeil joined Lindsay in double-figure
kills with 14.
Erin Fondel had a match-high 36 assists with Jasmine Hales and Sierra
White adding 14 and 12 digs, respectively. Sharonda Marshall was the top
blocker for the Panthers, having a hand on seven of the team's 15
blocks against a UNO offense that struggled to a .031 attack percentage
for the match.
Kaitlin Hatcher had her first career double-double with a 10-kill,
15-dig effort for the Privateers.
Edina Dobi matched Hatcher with a
team-best 10 kills with
Lauren Massulla equaling Hatcher with 15 digs.
Cassidy Asebroek had a season-best 31 assists for the Privateers, who
tallied 14 service errors in the match.
Though the team struggled offensively in the final four sets of the
match, head coach
Kim Young's squad did flash what they are capable of
doing in the opening set. The unit hit .265 with five players pounding
down at least two kills apiece.
Against McNeese in the nightcap, the Privateers limited their service
errors and avoided the Cowgirls' blocks, but continued to struggle when
on the attack. UNO hit .031 for the three-set affair compared to .280 by
McNeese.
Priscilla Massengale had 11 kills with just one error in 18 attacks to
pace the Cowgirls. Nicole Bowden added nine kills for the hosts, who
also received 26 assists from Becky Bekelja.
UNO was led by Dobi and
Ashley Henderson, who had eight and six kills,
respectively. Dobi struck for three aces against the Cowgirls with
Asebroek dishing out two assists and Massulla posting seven digs.
The Privateers will face ULM at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning before
challenging NSU at 3 p.m. Both matches will have live stats available
through links located at UNOPrivateers.com.
