University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Friday, September 25
Lafayette
6:30 p.m.
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
3-11, 0-3SBC
2
vs
3
ULM
10-5, 2-0SBC
1
2
3
4
5
F
ULM
19
26
25
15
15
3
Louisiana
25
24
19
25
13
2
Team Stats
ULM
UL
Kills
59
59
Errors
20
22
Attempts
169
166
Hitting %
.231
.223
Points
73.0
74.0
Assists
55
57
Aces
7
7
Blocks
7.0
8.0
Game Leaders
Kills
20
Aces
2
Blocks
5
Kills
11
Aces
2
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Players Mentioned
MB
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S
/ Volleyball
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/ Volleyball
S
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Cajuns Fall in Hard-Fought Match With Warhawks
9/25/2015 10:05:00 PM | Volleyball
LAFAYETTE – In a match that featured an even amount of kills and digs, plus nearly identical hitting percentages, ULM slipped by the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns volleyball team 3-2 (19-25, 26-24, 25-19, 15-25, 15-13) Friday evening at Earl K. Long Gym.
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Louisiana (3-11, 0-3 Sun Belt) and ULM (10-5, 2-0 Sun Belt) each posted 59 kills and each recorded 78 digs. The Warhawks held a slight .231-.223 advantage in hitting percentage.
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ULM avoided a 2-0 deficit in the match by staving off a late Louisiana rally in the second set. The Cajuns forged a 24-all tie, then the Warhawks used a kill from Taylor Zaeske and forced Keely Hayes to hit into an attack error to capture the set and even the match.
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In the fifth set, the Cajuns pushed the Warhawks to the brink after kills from Chanelle Gardner and Nia Antoine, followed by a Gardner ace, cut the ULM lead to 14-13. Hadley Swartz, with a well-placed ball, slipped a kill past Gardner in the back row to claim match point for ULM.
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Friday's match was the lone contest for Louisiana this weekend. The Ragin' Cajuns travel to Hammond, La., on Tuesday, Sept. 29 to face Southeastern Louisiana in a non-conference match, then return to Earl K. Long Gym for Sun Belt matches with Arkansas State on Friday, Oct. 2 and Appalachian State on Saturday, Oct. 3
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Gardner led all players with a career-high 20 kills and accomplished the feat using a sparkling .548 hitting percentage (20 K, 3 E, 31 TA). The St. Martinville product's previous career-best kills total was 17 set twice in 2014, last vs. Georgia State on Oct. 24.
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Sara Mossakowski (11 kills, 13 digs) and Jessica Bartczyszyn (50 assists, 11 digs) notched double-doubles for the Ragin' Cajuns. Libero Sydney Davis' match-high 24 digs marked a personal season-and career-high.
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Zaeske led ULM with 19 kills on 48 swings. Hope Pawlik and Swartz joined her in double digits with 12 kills apiece. Libero Tara Jenkins notched a team-high 19 digs.
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Key to the Warhawks win was tallying 20 kills and hitting .528 (20 K, 1 E, 36 TA) in posting a 25-19 win in the third set to grab a 2-1 lead in the match.
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The Cajuns flipped the script in the fourth set to even the match and force a deciding fifth frame. Louisiana's hitting percentage was above .400 throughout the majority of the set and as a result raced out to an 18-9 lead, eventually landing a 25-15 win.
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ULM snapped a six-match losing streak to Louisiana. With the loss, the Ragin' Cajuns saw their losing streak stretched to six matches.
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Louisiana (3-11, 0-3 Sun Belt) and ULM (10-5, 2-0 Sun Belt) each posted 59 kills and each recorded 78 digs. The Warhawks held a slight .231-.223 advantage in hitting percentage.
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ULM avoided a 2-0 deficit in the match by staving off a late Louisiana rally in the second set. The Cajuns forged a 24-all tie, then the Warhawks used a kill from Taylor Zaeske and forced Keely Hayes to hit into an attack error to capture the set and even the match.
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In the fifth set, the Cajuns pushed the Warhawks to the brink after kills from Chanelle Gardner and Nia Antoine, followed by a Gardner ace, cut the ULM lead to 14-13. Hadley Swartz, with a well-placed ball, slipped a kill past Gardner in the back row to claim match point for ULM.
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Friday's match was the lone contest for Louisiana this weekend. The Ragin' Cajuns travel to Hammond, La., on Tuesday, Sept. 29 to face Southeastern Louisiana in a non-conference match, then return to Earl K. Long Gym for Sun Belt matches with Arkansas State on Friday, Oct. 2 and Appalachian State on Saturday, Oct. 3
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Gardner led all players with a career-high 20 kills and accomplished the feat using a sparkling .548 hitting percentage (20 K, 3 E, 31 TA). The St. Martinville product's previous career-best kills total was 17 set twice in 2014, last vs. Georgia State on Oct. 24.
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Sara Mossakowski (11 kills, 13 digs) and Jessica Bartczyszyn (50 assists, 11 digs) notched double-doubles for the Ragin' Cajuns. Libero Sydney Davis' match-high 24 digs marked a personal season-and career-high.
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Zaeske led ULM with 19 kills on 48 swings. Hope Pawlik and Swartz joined her in double digits with 12 kills apiece. Libero Tara Jenkins notched a team-high 19 digs.
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Key to the Warhawks win was tallying 20 kills and hitting .528 (20 K, 1 E, 36 TA) in posting a 25-19 win in the third set to grab a 2-1 lead in the match.
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The Cajuns flipped the script in the fourth set to even the match and force a deciding fifth frame. Louisiana's hitting percentage was above .400 throughout the majority of the set and as a result raced out to an 18-9 lead, eventually landing a 25-15 win.
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ULM snapped a six-match losing streak to Louisiana. With the loss, the Ragin' Cajuns saw their losing streak stretched to six matches.
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