LAKE CHARLES, La. – Looking put push its winning streak to four games and tie the best conference start since 2009 the University of New Orleans (10-9, 4-1 Southland) will travel to Memorial Gym for a match-up with McNeese (3-15, 1-2 Southland) Thursday at 6:30 pm. The Privateers will then make the short trip to McDonald Gym for a match against Lamar University (4-11, 1-3 Southland) on Saturday at 1 pm.
HOW TO FOLLOW vs MCNEESE
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HOW TO FOLLOW VS LAMAR
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LAST TIME THEY MET
The last trip to Memorial Gym was not kind to UNO as they fell 3-0.
Lane Hindenburg led the way with eight kills and
Kaitlyn Grice added four blocks. And in the meetings with Lamar saw the Privateers win 3-2 and 3-1, respectively.
SCOUTING THE TEAMS
NEW ORLEANS
Blessing Dunn lead continues to lead the Privateer offense with 173 kills and is only 66 away from 1,000.
Brianna Vega follows with 162 kills, Grice has 157, and
Ehize Omoghibo is at 103.
Grice, who was recently named the Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Week leads the conference in blocks with 92 and is ranked fourth in the nation in the same category. As a team, UNO ranks fourteenth in the nation in blocks.
MCNEESE
The Cowgirls are led by a pair of juniors in the kill department, Keegan Nelms has 146 and Katelyn Elliott has 128.
LAMAR
The Cardinals have three players over the 100 kill mark - Tomar Thomas (167), Ivette Dim (102), and Abigale Nash (100). Dim is the leader in the blocks department with 47 total on the year.
SOCIAL MEDIA
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