NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers took the fight to the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders early but wound up falling 3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 25-17) on Saturday afternoon at the Human Performance Center.
Before the match, Head Coach
Ashley Preston was honored for her recent induction into the Morgan State Athletics Hall of Fame.
The Privateers started the day by racing out to an 8-4 lead on the strength of five early kills in that stretch. Two each came from
Irene Kitson and
Karen Cordero Barr to set the tone. The Islanders turned the fortunes in the set around when they ripped off six consecutive points to surge in front 22-17.
New Orleans again started out strong by scoring the first three points of the second set but the Islanders quickly settled in from that point. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi built a 13-6 lead but
Claire Turner had a solo block on Kyndal Payne that jump started a five-point spurt to cut the Islander lead to two.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi came back strong out of the timeout as they outpaced the Privateers 12-4 in the kill department for the second set.
The Islanders hit .300 in the third set as they battled to victory on the heels of a 3-0 loss at Southeastern on Thursday.
INSIDE THE BOX
Cordero led the Privateers in kills with nine.
Courtney Roundtree had four kills in five attempts and added four total blocks (one solo).
Rita Zecchin finished with a team-high 11 digs while
Lani Alleman and
Vera Beltrame added seven digs each.
Kyndal Payne notched a double-double with 11 kills and 11 digs. Leah Stolfus added 10 kills and three total blocks. Zoria Heard finished with 13 digs while Kayla White added 10.
NEXT UP
The Privateers will hit the road on Thursday when they face Nicholls in Thibodaux.
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