BEAUMONT, Texas – The New Orleans Privateers took the second set in extra rallies after a big early run, but the Lamar Cardinals used their serve to take a 3-1 (25-15, 24-26, 25-15, 25-17) decision on Saturday at McDonald Gymnasium.
Leading 2-1, Lamar got out to a 12-5 advantage early in what became the deciding set. The Privateers rallied to close the gap to three at one point, but five Lamar service aces helped the Cardinals see out the rest of the match for their third conference win. The Cardinals had 17 service aces on the match.
At the outset, Lamar steadily built a lead behind a solid attack. Through their first 31 attempts, the Cardinals had 12 kills with no errors and a hitting percentage of .387. The Cardinals closed out the first set with a kill from Maja Malinowska, which was her fourth of the set.
Courtney Roundtree matched Malinowska's kill total in the first set.
Molly Kehoe got the Privateers out to a quick start in the second set behind her serve. After the Privateers won the second point of the set, New Orleans scored eight straight points on Kehoe's rotation. Two of those came on service aces.
Lamar rallied to tie the score at 18-18 but the Privateers got back ahead on the scoreboard out of a timeout on a
Ryan Williams kill. Consecutive service aces by
Jaedyn Newman followed to give New Orleans a 21-18 lead.
The Cardinals once again came back to tie the set and force extra rallies but New Orleans would not be denied. After a Roundtree kill brought about set point, New Orleans converted after a Cardinals attack error.
Lamar responded with a big run after the first 16 rallies were split evenly. The Cardinals used the service line to take a 2-1 lead in the match as they produced eight service aces. Lamar also hit .333 in the set.
INSIDE THE BOX
Roundtree had 15 kills with a .419 hitting percentage to lead the Privateer offense. Newman finished with seven kills and six digs along with two aces.
Lani Alleman recorded 18 digs while Kehoe finished with 11 digs.
Akeir Scales added five kills.
NEXT UP
The Privateers will travel to UIW on Saturday, Oct. 26
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