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NEW ORLEANS, La. – The New Orleans Privateers (8-5) asserted command early and never looked back as they cruised to a 3-0 victory (25-9, 25-9, 25-16) over the Grambling Tigers (2-9) on Saturday afternoon at the Human Performance Center.
The teams split the first 10 rallies, but New Orleans' service game started to overpower Grambling after that point.
Cara Sander was on serve when the Privateers opened up a 10-0 run to gain the separation they needed in the opening set. Sander had three service aces in that stretch.
New Orleans opened the second set with an 11-3 run as the Tigers committed four attack errors in that span. The Privateers finished the set with five straight points, the last on a tandem block which was one of five blocks on the match.
The Privateers went with a different lineup in the third set and ran out to a 19-7 advantage. The match was eventually polished off when
Courtney Roblez registered a kill on her only swing of the match.
Rondolyn Bryant &
Lane Hindenburg both had four kills in just the third set.
Samantha Uline led the attack with eight kills in 15 attempts while also chipping in five digs, two aces, and two block assists.
Keke Irby added six kills in 10 swings while
Kaitlyn Grice posted five kills on six attempts. New Orleans hit .355 as a team including a .533 attack percentage in the second set.
Lauren Levy led the team in digs with seven.
Grambling was paced by Javienna Jones and Christian Jones who had four kills each. Grambling had 17 kills on the match compared to 37 for the Privateers. Alleeyah Hensley led the way in digs with six while Teryn Phillips added five.
New Orleans will start a five-match road trip and Southland play on Sept. 24 when they travel to Houston Baptist. First serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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