Cajuns Take Championship at Southeastern Tri-Match
Louisiana defeats Southeastern Louisiana to complete sweep in Hammond
Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2006
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HAMMOND – Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns volleyball team claimed the championship of the Southeastern Tri-Match here Tuesday evening with a 3-1 (30-25, 24-30, 30-24, 30-26) victory over Southeastern Louisiana at the Pennington Center.
Combined with a 3-0 (30-18, 30-13, 30-28) win over Jackson State earlier Tuesday evening, UL (3-7) went 2-0 in the tri-match. The Ragin’ Cajuns win the Southeastern Tri-Match for the second time in the past three seasons (won the 2004 event).
Elizabeth Inman posted a match-high 14 kills on only 23 attempts to lead the Cajuns. She was joined by Lafayette native Jamie Sinegal (11 kills) and Kim Rodgers (10 kills) in double figures.
As a team the Ragin’ Cajuns eclipsed 50 kills for the second time in the tri-match. UL collected 57 kills and a solid .219 team hitting percentage.
Sinegal reached double digits in kills for the fourth straight match and sixth time in the past seven outings. She finished the tri-match with 23 kills.
Inman had a solid outing offensively. She committed only two attack errors and had a hitting percentage of .522. She also came thorough defensively with a match-high six blocks.
Both teams managed to overcome numerous errors. The Cajuns had 13 service errors, 10 reception errors and 25 attack errors. SLU (3-10) committed 16 service errors, 12 reception errors and 23 attack errors.
It was relatively close match stat-wise. UL out-killed the Lions 57-50, held a 47-46 edge on assists and out-dug SLU 55-52. The match was decided by nine points in the Cajuns’ favor.
Outside of three tied scores in game one, the Ragin’ Cajuns were in control. The last tie was at 6-6 and the was followed by a 8-2 run by UL which gave the Cajuns a 14-8 lead.
The Lions answered back with a victory in game two. UL’s only lead was 1-0 on a kill by Inman. SLU scored the next three points and later broke a 12-12 tie with eight unanswered points to break away and even the match at 1-1.
The Cajuns regained the match lead with a victory in game three. A kill by Inman put UL on top 2-1 and the squad never trailed the rest of the game. The Lions would close to 21-16 and the Cajuns responded with four straight points to open a comfortable nine-point lead.
The teams traded points in the opening stages of game four. The lead changed twice with the last change coming on a Melissa Jones service error that gave UL a 10-9 lead. The Cajuns’ lead grew to five points, 20-15, on a service ace by Kendra Hall.
The Cajuns held off a late Lions rally with a string of three straight kills after SLU closed the gap to 21-20. Thanks to SLU miscues when the lead got down to 27-25 the Cajuns were able to close out the match. A service error by Jill Edwards followed by an attack error from Lauren Mayer gave UL a 29-25 lead.
After a Lydia Adeosun kill, Jessica Pattison threw down a kill of her own to record the 30th point for UL that won the game and completed the match victory.
UL exited Hammond with its first back-to-back victories of the season.
The Ragin’ Cajuns will have the weekend of Sept. 15-17 off and won’t return to action until Tuesday, Sept. 19 against Lamar at Earl K. Long Gym. The match, which will be the final non-conference contest of the season, will begin at 7 p.m.
MATCH SUMMARY
Site: Hammond, La. (Pennington Cetner)
Date: Sep 12, 2006 Attend: 229 Time: 1:43
Louisiana 3, Southeastern Louisiana 1
1 2 3 4
Louisiana (3-7) 30 24 30 30
SE Louisiana (3-10) 25 30 24 26
Louisiana (3-7) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Inman, Elizabeth 14-2-6; Sinegal, Jamie 11-1-1; Rodgers, Kim 10-0-3; Pattison, Jessica 8-0-0; Mauti, Rachel 5-3-1; Cote, Tara 5-3-1; Saad, Jamara 3-0-4; Castro, Erika 1-0-0; Hall, Kendra 0-3-0; Totals 57-12-9.0. (Assists) - Cote, Tara 32. (Dig leaders) - Castro, Erika 16; Mauti, Rachel 14; Sinegal, Jamie 12
Southeastern La. (3-10) (Kills-aces-blocks) - Pomes, Brittany 13-5-5; Mayer, Lauren 10-2-2; Adeosun, Lydia 9-1-5; Jordan, Emily 6-0-3; Jones, Melissa 5-1-0; Cook, Caroline 3-1-0; Edwards, Jill 3-0-2; Beebe, Maddie 1-0-0; Totals 50-10-9.0. (Assists) - Edwards, Jill 37. (Dig leaders) - Pittman, Margaret 16; Mayer, Lauren 14; Pomes, Brittany 8
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