NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers (9-7, 3-1) moved their home record to 5-0 in a 3-0 (25-20, 25-20, 26-24) win against the Southeastern Lady Lions (13-4, 3-2) on Thursday evening at the Human Performance Center.
The win against Southeastern was the 44
th in program history, the second most against any program (Louisiana-48 wins).
HOW IT HAPPENED
New Orleans raced to a third set lead of 9-3 forcing a Southeastern timeout. However, the Lady Lions roared back to cut the deficit to one on the strength of five consecutive points with two service aces from Kailin Newsome.
The Lady Lions had another spurt of four straight points that gave them a 22-21 lead. After a service error by Southeastern,
Trinity Jackson earned an ace to put the Privateers in front. A solo block by
Mauri Carver put two match points on the Privateers' hands.
Southeastern saved both match points to send it to extra rallies but the Privateers made the third time the charm as
Courtney Roundtree had a solo block at the net on a swing from Crispin Adams to finish off the victory.
The Privateers continue to defend their home court, expanding on their best home start since 2004. New Orleans seized a 13-11 lead in the opening set and never relinquished it from that point. Five different Privateers registered a kill from that point and New Orleans scored on the last three rallies to close out the opening set in their favor.
An efficient attack raised the bar to another level in the second set as the Privateers hit .379 in the set after a .316 attack percentage in the opening set.
A 5-1 run by the Privateers to emphatically break a 10-10 tie set the stage for the remainder of the set. The Privateers had 13 kills to just two errors in 29 attempts on the set while holding Southeastern to a .128 attack percentage.
INSIDE THE BOX
Sophia Ewalefo notched a double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs.
Kamryn Scroggins had a season-high seven kills in 11 attempts to go along with 29 assists and seven digs.
Sheilah Purcell had a team-high 12 digs while Jackson finished with seven kills and 11 digs.
Carver was in on four blocks while Roundtree finished with two blocks including the one on match point.
NEXT UP
The Privateers will head to Lake Charles to take on McNeese on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 1 p.m.
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