ABILENE, Texas - Lane Hindenburg had 13 kills and six blocks,
Brianna Vega registered her first double-double of the season (12 kills, 13 digs) and
Rondolyn Bryant finished with seven blocks as the University of New Orleans volleyball team fought back and nearly forced a fifth set after dropping the first two. However, New Orleans (7-9, 1-3 Southland) came up short in set four, falling 26-24 as Abilene Christia University (6-10, 2-2 Southland) took the match 25-17, 25-23, 20-25, 26-24 Saturday in Moody Coliseum.
FIRST SET
Abilene Christian took the first set 25-17 thanks to a hitting percentage advantage of .031 for the Privateers to.231 for the Wildcats. ACU had 17 kills to eight for New Orleans.
Manela Grau led New Orleans with 6 assists.
SECOND SET
Vega had 5 kills for New Orleans. The Privateers led for most of the second and had a 20-15 advantage until Abilene Christian closed with a 10-3 run to take set two 25-23.
THIRD SET
UNO turned the tables on ACU with a 6-0 run at the end of the third set. Kills by Hindenburg and Vega and two Grau service aces enabled New Orleans to take a 25-20 victory.
FOURTH SET
Trailing 24-20 and facing match point, the Privateers went on a 4-0 run, tying it at 24 on a Hindenburg kill. However, Abilene Christian closed it out with the final two points of the match for the win.
COACH'S COMMENTS
"We have to be more consistent as a team," said head coach
Millicent Van Norden. "We get good play from certain positions in different matches but it's not reliable enough yet to sustain during the course of a match. If we can be more consistent and cut down on out errors, we'd stop losing."
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
Hindenburg led New Orleans with 13 kills and a .375 hitting percentage. Her six blocks were a career high. Vega turned in seasons-highs in kills (12) and digs (13) for her first double-double of 2017.
Rhyan Rand led all players with 18 digs and
Kaitlyn Grice, who entered second in the conference in hitting percentage, added eight kills (.333) and four blocks.
UP NEXT
New Orleans heads to Nacogdoches, Texas, Wednesday, October 4 to face Stephen F. Austin State University (14-5, 2-1 Southland). The Ladyjacks lost their last outing Saturday against Houston Baptist. The match will be on ESPN3 and can be accessed by using the Watch ESPN app or by visiting UNOPrivateers.com.
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