The Book 2008-09 UL Lady Cajuns Volleyball

[cajunvbmom]

Way to go Cajuns! Keep up the good work. I watched the game via the internet and was impressed by the detemination and intensity. You kept your composure and played "your" game.

The bottom line.. good passing, makes for good sets, makes for killer plays and great blocking makes it easier on the defense.

The best is yet to come!

[Zeebart21]

_ Way to go Cajuns! Keep up the good work. I watched the game via the internet and was impressed by the detemination and intensity. You kept your composure and played "your" game.

The bottom line.. good passing, makes for good sets, makes for killer plays and great blocking makes it easier on the defense.

The best is yet to come! _

Nice job by the VB team!!! Congrats on an excellent showing!

Z

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  UL- Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns volleyball team rallied from a 2-0 deficit in Saturday’s match with Troy, but fell victim to attack errors in the fifth set and dropped a 3-2 (23-25, 20-25, 30-28, 25-11, 8-15) decision here at Earl K. Long Gym.

UL (5-11, 2-4 Sun Belt) only had one kill and committed eight errors in the match-deciding set. Those errors helped the Trojans race to a 7-3 lead. Three of Troy’s final four points were Cajuns attack errors including Elizabeth Inman hitting into a block by Troy’s Brittany McClelland giving the Trojans (11-11, 2-5 Sun Belt) a 15-8 win which claimed the match.

It was an anticlimactic ending for the Ragin’ Cajuns who surged back from the 2-0 deficit with a .217 hitting percentage in set three and .318 hitting percentage in the set four.

For the second straight evening Inman led the Cajuns offense. She tallied 13 kills for her second straight match with double-digit kills.

Defensively, libero Lindsay Brown hauled in over 20 digs for the second straight night. Brown posted a match-best 23 digs. Combined with 24 against South Alabama Friday, she ended the weekend with 47 digs over 10 sets.

Amie Goodwin contributed nine kills and Caroline Dufrene added seven. Rachel Mauti came off the bench to thrown down six kills on only 13 attempts.

UL out-killed Troy 52-48, but attack errors were the difference. The Cajuns had 18 attack errors in the first two sets compared to Troy's 11.

The Trojans received a match-high 16 kills from Meghan Gilroy. Troy’s defense piled up 70 digs with three players hitting double digits led by 18 from Megan Henderson.

The first set slipped away from UL in the waning moments. The Cajuns led from the start and enjoyed a 21-15 edge. The Trojans battled back with five unanswered points.

Louisiana broke the run with an Inman kill. Troy stole momentum scoring four straight points off a Katie Kennedy service error, back-to-back attack errors by Inman and a kill from McClelland. Inman redeemed herself with a kill, but on the ensuing serve Goodwin committed an error to give Troy a 25-23 win.

The second set had a similar ending with Troy scoring the final four points. Louisiana which led twice at 16-14 and 18-17 saw the visitors rally. A kill by Dufrene drew the Cajuns within 21-20. A kill by Gilroy pushed the Trojans advantage to 22-20. The Cajuns self-destructed with consecutive attack errors and a Gilroy service ace.

UL turned the tables on Troy in the third set. After trailing early and falling behind 13-7, the Cajuns crawled all the way back into a 22-all tie. Facing set point and trailing 25-24, Mauti threw down a kill and Lesley Mirarchi and Mauti combined on a block to push UL in front 26-25.

After trading points through a 28-all tie, a Dufrene kill gave the Cajuns a 29-28 lead. She then served up set point to avoid the sweep.

In the fourth set the Ragin’ Cajuns continued building off their third set rally. Louisiana raced to an 11-3 lead and never looked back. The Cajuns posted 10 kills on only 22 attempts and Troy committed nine attack errors.

Louisiana travels to Monroe on Tuesday, Oct. 14 to meet ULM at 7 p.m., in the ULM Activity Center. UL then returns to Earl K. Long Gym for a three-match homestand beginning Friday, Oct. 17 with Arkansas State.

RaginCajuns.com

[cajunvbmom]

OUCH!!!!

You let this one get away!

Let it go, re-group and deal with ULM they way you know how! Don't overlook this team. A win going into this coming weekend would be great, and will definitely get you ready for the next 5 matches.

Lets re-focus and get your intensity back.

GEAUX CAJUNS!

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  MONROE, La. – Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns volleyball team repelled the ULM Warhawks in a 3-1 win on Tuesday night by scores of 25-13, 18-25, 25-17 and 25-14. UL improves to 6-11 overall and 3-4 in the Sun Belt Conference.

The first set started evenly, with an 8-8 tie after several minutes of play, but ended with a dominant series of rallies from the Cajuns. UL won 17 of the next 22 points to finish the match at 25-13, including six straight points on rallies started by Lindsay Brown serves. Louisiana ended the set with an impressive .370 hitting percentage.

Set No. 2 started, and ended, much differently as UL quickly went down 5-0. They battled back to a one-point deficit at 7-6, but that was the closest they would get. The Warhawks opened up a comfortable seven-point lead to close out the match at 25-18.

“As long as we don’t panic, we’re fine, and we didn’t, so we came back and won games three and four,” head coach Heather Mazeitis said. “I keep telling (the Cajuns) to be patient with their offense, and when we do that we can win.”

The third set opened with an exchange of six ties before ULM slipped ahead to a 12-10 lead. Louisiana charged back with four straight points, led off by an Amie Goodwin kill, followed by two straight service aces from Katie Kennedy, and capped by another Goodwin kill. The Cajuns capitalized on the momentum, outscoring ULM 11-5 in the remainder of the set, finishing at 25-17.

Louisiana closed out the match with a convincing 25-14 fourth set, despite trailing 6-2 early. They went on a furious 13-1 run, including five Cajuns’ kills, service aces from Goodwin and Elizabeth Inman, and six ULM attack errors.

For the match, the Cajuns were led by Inman, who nailed 12 kills on .250 hitting. Goodwin followed with 11 kills and Sonora Edwards slammed 10 to the floor on .348 hitting, a match best for players on both sides of the court with more than two attempts.

Kendra Hall posted 32 assists, as well as season-highs in kills and attack attempts, at three and seven respectively. Lindsay Brown led all players with 21 digs, three short of her season mark of 24, set at South Alabama on Oct. 10. Katie Kennedy chipped in 15 digs along with two kills on two attempts.

Inman and Hall each put three block assists, while Goodwin had one solo block and one assist. The Cajuns put up seven total blocks as a team.

Louisiana hosts two Sun Belt matches over the weekend, first against the Arkansas State Red Wolves Friday at 7 p.m., followed by a contest with the UALR Trojans on Sunday, slated to begin at 1 p.m. Both matches will be broadcast via a live video feed on RaginCajuns.com.

RaginCajuns.com

[CajunFun]

Ladies host ASU tonight at 7:00.

I'm going... anyone else?

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  UL – Louisiana’s Lady Cajuns volleyball team takes on the state of Arkansas this weekend, with visits from Sun Belt Conference foes Arkansas State on Friday at 7 p.m. and UALR on Sunday at 1 p.m.

The Cajuns are coming off a 3-1 win over in-state rival ULM on Tuesday, their third win in the last five matches. This weekend’s events kick off a three-game home stretch, the season’s longest, which ends with a Tuesday, Oct. 21, tilt against I-10 rival New Orleans.

Louisiana enters the weekend at 6-11 overall, with a mark of 3-4 in Sun Belt play.

Seniors Elizabeth Inman and Sonora Edwards split the team’s hitting title, with Inman leading in kills per set at 1.98, and Edwards hitting for the highest percentage at .237. Edwards put 10 kills on the floor at ULM on .348 hitting, while Inman put down 12 kills, and boasts a three-game double-digit kills streak (18 vs. South Alabama, 13 vs. Troy and 12 vs. ULM) going into the weekend.

Sophomore libero Lindsay Brown has posted at least 20 digs in each of the last three matches to lead the defense, and stands at fifth in the Sun Belt with 3.85 digs per set. In Sun Belt action, the Cajuns have held opponents to a conference-leading .143 hitting percentage. Louisiana has held four of its last five opponents to hitting percentages below .100.

“Coach (George) Hagemaster is a really good defensive coach,” Inman said. “He never lets up, and he gives (the defense) a lot of confidence. The team defense is really coming together, because the blocks are there, and the digs are there, and now that it’s all there it’s really working well.”

The Arkansas State Red Wolves own a 15-6 overall and 4-3 conference record going into a match with New Orleans Thursday night before coming to Lafayette on Friday. The Red Wolves hold a 31-10 advantage all-time over the Cajuns, including a 0-3 UL loss in Jonesboro on Sept. 26.

The Red Wolves are led by Konae Purcell, who paces the team in kills (4.02/set). Erin Neeley helms the defense, with 4.16 digs per set, while Cayla Fielder leads in blocking, with 71 total blocks on the year.

The UALR Trojans visit Lafayette defending a 17-3 overall record, along with an 6-1 mark in the Sun Belt. So far, the Trojans have been unstoppable on the road, winning all six of their away matches. The Cajuns dropped a 3-0 decision in Little Rock on Sept. 28.

The Trojans are paced by Anita Bucur at 3.51 kills per set and a stellar .349 hitting percentage. On defense, they look to Amy Hafner, who leads the team with 4.50 digs per set, standing just behind the Cajuns’ Lindsay Brown on the conference leaderboard.

Following the home weekend, the Cajuns host New Orleans on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. before taking to the road for matches against Middle Tennessee on Friday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m., and Western Kentucky on Sunday, Oct. 26, at 1 p.m.

RaginCajuns.com

[Zeebart21]

_ Ladies host ASU tonight at 7:00.

I'm going... anyone else? _

Tough night with high school football in full swing. I certainly wish them the best, though!

Go Cajuns!

[BeauCajun]

_ Tough night with high school football in full swing. I certainly wish them the best, though!

Go Cajuns! _

Z, check your PM inbox.

[El Sidonio]

Ladies host ASU tonight at 7:00.

I'm going... anyone else?

The fact that the time stamp on this message says you posted at 4:30 am indicates you are a TRUE fan. I might stop by with a friend of mine. How are they doin this season?

God Bless

GEAUX LOUISIANA LADY CAJUNS VOLLEYBALL!!!!!!!!!!!

[CajunFun]

The fact that the time stamp on this message says you posted at 4:30 am indicates you are a TRUE fan. I might stop by with a friend of mine. How are they doin this season?

God Bless

GEAUX LOUISIANA LADY CAJUNS VOLLEYBALL!!!!!!!!!!!

They have already won more games than the team did all of last year...

They won't be world beaters, but I think Heather Mazeitis can get us on the winning track. She transferred from Tech and LOVES Lafayette. And she is really impressed with how much vball there is in the area.

[LSUConnMan]

I'll probably sneak a peak at the bball practice and then head over...I don't think I even know where the gym is located.