The Book 2009-10 UL Lady Cajuns Volleyball

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  Louisiana's Lady Cajuns volleyball team is on the road this weekend as they travel to Denver and North Texas for a pair of Sun Belt Conference matches.

The Ragin' Cajuns (8-21, 2-12 Sun Belt) will first take on Denver (14-14, 9-5 Sun Belt) at 8 p.m. (CST) on Saturday, Nov.7, followed by a match in Denton, Texas, against the Mean Green (10-17, 6-7 Sun Belt) on Monday, Nov. 9.

Louisiana is coming off a weekend which saw two personal milestones established.

Lindsay Brown moved in to the program's all-time career Top 5 for digs with her 1,188th career dig. She ended the Florida Atlantic match with 28 digs, which was her eighth 20-plus performance of the season and 25th double-digit mark overall.

Brown now has 477 digs this season, leaving her only 21 shy of breaking the rally scoring era, single-season mark set by Erika Castro in 2007.

The other milestone was Kendra Hall eclipsing Erika Castro for the most career sets played in the rally scoring era. Hall competed in her 406th career set in last Friday's match with FAU. She joins Castro as the only Cajuns to reach 400-plus career sets in the rally scoring era.

Hall has recorded 82 kills and 228 digs this season, both single-season bests for her.

The Cajuns are led by Amie Goodwin who has 261 kills on the season. Ariel Krolikowski is close behind her with 225. Krolikowski is only eight digs shy of notching a 200-kill, 300-dig season.

Assisting most of the kills is Hall who has recorded a total of 881 on the year.

On defense for the Cajuns, Brown's aforementioned tally leads the team in digs. Bethany Fogler leads the team in blocks with 89, putting her in fifth place in the Sun Belt Conference. Behind her is Mandi Gavin with 57. Fogler has 18 solo blocks on the season.

The Pioneers are led by Emmy Davidsmeyer who leads the Sun Belt in kills with 457 on the season. She has a .350 hitting percentage. Assisting Davidsmeyer will be Kresson Vreeman, a junior who has 895 assists on the year.

On defense for Denver, Davidsmeyer has recorded 99 blocks. Kacie Wikierak leads the team in digs with 394, putting her at seventh in the conference.

The Mean Green are led by Amy Huddleston who has 350 kills on the season, good enough for seventh in the conference. She is assisted by Kayla Saey, who has recorded 821 assists on the year. Saey has a 9.12 assists per set average.

Leading the defense for the Mean Green is Kati Dillard, who has 108 blocks, which is good enough for second in the conference. Most digs come from Sarah Willey, who has collected 320 on the season.

Louisiana met DU and NT earlier this season at Earl K. Long Gym the weekend of Oct. 2-4.

The Mean Green and Cajuns squared off on Saturday, Oct. 3 and UL almost overcame a 2-0 deficit in the match to pull off the win. NT held on for the win in the fifth set. Tied at 12-all, NT posted kills on consecutive rallies - one by Dillard and one by Brittani Youman. On match point, Ariel Krolikowski committed an attack error when she hit into a solo block throw up by Dillard ending the Cajuns comeback attempt.

UL and DU faced off on Sunday, Oct. 4 and the Pioneers took advantage of the Cajuns' lowest hitting percentage of the season to post a straight sets sweep. UL struggled all afternoon and finished with a -.008 hitting percentage (25 kills, 26 errors, 124 attempts). Conversely, Denver hit .304 and .208 in the first and second sets, respectively, and finished the match with a .198 percentage.

Following the matches, the Ragin' Cajuns return home to play their final home match of the season on Friday, Nov. 13 against Interstate 10 rival New Orleans at 7 p.m. Then the team wraps up the 2009 season on the road Sunday, Nov. 15 in Monroe with a 1 p.m., match against the Warhawks.

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[reaper1]

_ Do you really hate UL ot just out of touch? Drop the double L
igeaux.mobi _

Sorry Cocky Cajun UL there you go. Sorrt about the Double "L" press on my part.

[Boomer]

Get the girls from UNO to transfer here!!!!

[snote]

Sorry Cocky Cajun UL there you go. Sorry about the Double "L" press on my part.

ey reaper.. no worries here for sure.. although on a message board.. a_ul is, what a_ul does.. grins..

ps. i too, have tried to please the masses.. hence i spell my name w/1 L.. bil

psss. guy's night out tomorrow, thursday @ the wild salmon.. corner of dulles and foreman dr .. hope to see and meet many there

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  Senior setter Kendra Hall will be honored in a pregame ceremony Friday evening at Earl K. Long Gym. Hall will take to the court at E.K. Long for her 43rd and final match.

Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns volleyball team wraps up the 2009 season with one last home match on Friday night and their final match on Sunday.

It will be Senior Night at Earl K. Long Gym on Friday as the Cajuns (8-23, 2-14 Sun Belt) battle New Orleans (17-11, 10-6 Sun Belt) at 7 p.m. Senior setter Kendra Hall will be honored in a pregame ceremony. Hall will take to the court at E.K. Long for her 43rd and final match.

Earlier in the season, Hall became just the third player in program history to reach 3,000 career assists. She enters the weekend with 3,608 assists - the second-most recorded by a UL player.

After concluding the home portion of the schedule on Friday, Louisiana closes out the 2009 season on Sunday in Monroe. The match with UL Monroe will begin at 1 p.m.

Lindsay Brown enters the final weekend needing just 10 digs to have 500 for the season. A 500-dig season would give her the rally scoring era record and place her in the overall, single-season Top 5. She would be the first person to reach 500 digs in a season since Gina Calegari did so in 1997.

The Cajuns are led by Amie Goodwin and true freshman Ariel Krolikowski who have 264 and 231 kills, respectively. Hall leads the team in assists with 922 and also has 240 digs on the season.

Krolikowski has 298 digs and 35 blocks. Fellow freshman Bethany Fogler leads the team in blocks with 94, 20 of which are solo. Fogler is fifth in the Sun Belt in blocks.

With four more digs, Krolikowski will reach 300. That would give her a 200-kill, 300-dig season as a freshman.

UL is seeking to win its home finale for the second straight season under head coach Heather Mazeitis. The last time the Cajuns ended the home slate with a win in back-to-back seasons was 1999 and 2000.

UNO clinched a Sun Belt Tournament berth with a 3-1 win over North Texas last Saturday. While the SBC tournament berth is ensured, UNO will need to win their remaining two conference matches and get a loss out of Denver in order to claim a share of the league's West Division title.

The Privateers are led by Lindsey Loyd who has 343 kills on the season. That is good enough for ninth in the Sun Belt Conference. Maria Szivos is second in kills with 317. Szivos also has 31 aces on 99 serves.

Defensively for UNO, Kaley Hubbard leads the way with 93 blocks on the season. NickyValenti is second in the Sun Belt in digs with 502.

Louisiana surprised the Privateers on Tuesday, Oct. 20 in New Orleans with a five-set victory. Louisiana was led by a career night from Fogler. The Ft. Wayne, Ind., native threw down a match-high 17 kills, recorded a .343 hitting percentage and posted seven blocks.

The Cajuns are looking for their first sweep of the season series with UNO since 2002.

Louisiana-Monroe is still looking for its first Sun Belt win of the season and first since 2006. Sun Belt play has not been kind to the Warhawks as they are 2-68 all-time in league play and enter this weekend having suffered 63 consecutive SBC losses

The Warhawks have won only two sets in Sun Belt play this season, being swept in 14 of their 16 conference matches. UL Monroe (3-28, 0-16 Sun Belt) will host UNO on Saturday before hosting the Cajuns on Sunday.

The Warhawks are led by Mari O'Neal who has 279 kills on the season. She is usually assisted by Meghan McCoy who has 725.

Defensively, UL Monroe is led by Christy Tribble who has 341 digs, good for fifth in the Sun Belt Conference.

Louisiana claimed a 3-1 (25-19, 25-16, 25-27, 25-15) win over the Warhawks on Monday, Oct. 12 at E.K. Long Gym. Caroline Dufrene (15 kills) and Amie Goodwin (12 kills) combined for 27 kills on 58 attempts to fuel the Ragin' Cajuns who out-killed the visiting Warhawks 49-38.

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  Prior to the start of Friday's match, senior setter Kendra Hall was honored by the UL Athletics Department. One of only three players in program history to reach 3,000 career assists, she played in her 43rd and final match and Earl K. Long Gym.

The largest crowd of the season was on hand for the home finale for Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns volleyball team Friday evening at Earl K. Long Gym.
The crowd noise energized the Ragin' Cajuns and made for a great atmosphere for senior Kendra Hall's 43rd and final match at E.K. Long.

New Orleans (18-11, 11-6 Sun Belt) spoiled the party, though, with a 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-13) victory to avenge a five-set loss to Louisiana (8-24, 2-15 Sun Belt) back on Oct. 20 in New Orleans.

The Cajuns were hurt by 30 attack errors which led to a -.025 hitting percentage. The Privateers posted 41 kills and committed only 13 attack errors.

A bright spot for Louisiana was libero Lindsay Brown reaching 500 digs, making her the first player since Gina Calegari in 1997 to reach the half century mark.

Brown posted her ninth, 20-plus dig performance of the season by collecting 23 which upped her season total to 513, a new rally era scoring record. She broke Erika Castro's rally scoring mark of 497 digs.

Mandi Gavin led UL with nine kills. Hall dished out 21 assists in her home finale.

UNO rode the arms of Maria Szivos (12 kills) and Lindsey Loyd (11 kills) who combined to record 23 of the team's 41 kills (56 percent). Nicky Valenti contributed 22 of the Pirvateers' 54 digs and Kaley Hubbard posted four block solos.

Kills from Bethany Fogler, Gavin and Amie Goodwin led to a quick 3-1 lead for UL in the opening set. The Cajuns would hold on to the lead and get it up to four points three different times. A Gavin kill on the 18th rally pushed the lead to 11-7.

The Privateers changed setters - taking out starter Cassidy Asebroek and bringing in Hajnalka Molnar - and scored on three straight rallies swinging the momentum to their side of the net.

Caroline Dufrene threw down a kill to make it 12-10 and stop the rally, but back-to-back kills by Szivos began an 8-0 run by the visitors. The Cajuns handed the Privateers the lead after the 12-all tie by committing attack errors on the next three rallies.

UL fought back to close the deficit to 19-17 following another kill by Dufrene. UNO then scored four unanswered points to stretch the lead to six. After the Cajuns cut it to 23-21 following four unanswered points of their own, a kill by Loyd then attack error by Goodwin gave the set to the Privateers.

UNO erased a 3-1 deficit in the second by scoring on four consecutive rallies. After Louisiana broke serve thanks to a Valenti service error which made the score 5-4, the Privateers distance themselves from the Cajuns with a 7-1 run.

The Privateers hit .294 (13 kills, 3 errors, 34 attempts) and Louisiana committed double-digit attack errors for the second straight set and hit .000 (10 kills, 10 errors, 44 attempts).

A commanding 15-4 edge in kills allowed UNO to coast to victory in the third set. The Cajuns hit -.125 (4 kills, 8 errors, 32 attempts) and after UNO turned a 9-4 lead into a double figure lead with a 6-0 run, never got closer than eight points the rest of the set.

The Ragin' Cajuns conclude the 2009 season on Sunday, Nov. 15 in Monroe as they face the Warhawks of Louisiana-Monroe in a 1 p.m., match.

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_ Coach Mazeitis is a great person, coach, and will have UL Volleyball seeing SunBelt Success very soon. Well done ladies on the season. Things (Wins, Recruiting, ULL Volleyball) will only get better as long as Heather is in charge. We all look forward to the future of UL Volleyball.

Again, well done ladies. _

Where do I begin..... I too was wearing the "rose colored" glasses with this coach. All I can say is that there are major issues with a coach when 5 full scholarship players and 6 walk ons have left since she started. Yes, including my daughter. 3 out of 4 of her first recruiting class. More may follow. I only hope the best for the girls still there. They are all wonderful players and most of all, young ladies. They deserve better. I have enjoyed meeting them all. I don't want to get in to all of the "dirty" details on this board and will only say that Mr Farmer has been talked to and is aware of the issues. I only wish to thank all of you for your support for our daughter during the hurricanes of last year and my car breaking down this fall on our trip down. You are all great. One thing our family has learned over the last 1 1/2 years is that the Louisiana people are awesome! Never have we met so many nice people. This has been in many ways a great experiance for us all. Our daughter is transfering back to Wisconsin after this semester. I will be down there next friday to drive her home. She is having a very hard time with this all as she has so many friends there. Especially the football players! Take care and good luck to all of you. It has been a pleasure for us to say that our daughter was a Ragin Cajun.
Geaux Cajuns!

[Turbine]

_ Where do I begin..... I too was wearing the "rose colored" glasses with this coach. All I can say is that there are major issues with a coach when 5 full scholarship players and 6 walk ons have left since she started. Yes, including my daughter. 3 out of 4 of her first recruiting class. More may follow. I only hope the best for the girls still there. They are all wonderful players and most of all, young ladies. They deserve better. I have enjoyed meeting them all. I don't want to get in to all of the "dirty" details on this board and will only say that Mr Farmer has been talked to and is aware of the issues. I only wish to thank all of you for your support for our daughter during the hurricanes of last year and my car breaking down this fall on our trip down. You are all great. One thing our family has learned over the last 1 1/2 years is that the Louisiana people are awesome! Never have we met so many nice people. This has been in many ways a great experiance for us all. Our daughter is transfering back to Wisconsin after this semester. I will be down there next friday to drive her home. She is having a very hard time with this all as she has so many friends there. Especially the football players! Take care and good luck to all of you. It has been a pleasure for us to say that our daughter was a Ragin Cajun.
Geaux Cajuns! _

Nooo don't go, please stay, I never got to meet you. I know your daughter has to do what's best for her long term.

Don't be a stranger you are always welcome here.

[Boomer]

Same here guy---thanks for letting your daughter be a Cajun and for your having come to the Lafayette area----God Bless and come back to see us!!!!!

[reaper1]

_ Where do I begin..... I too was wearing the "rose colored" glasses with this coach. All I can say is that there are major issues with a coach when 5 full scholarship players and 6 walk ons have left since she started. Yes, including my daughter. 3 out of 4 of her first recruiting class. More may follow. I only hope the best for the girls still there. They are all wonderful players and most of all, young ladies. They deserve better. I have enjoyed meeting them all. I don't want to get in to all of the "dirty" details on this board and will only say that Mr Farmer has been talked to and is aware of the issues. I only wish to thank all of you for your support for our daughter during the hurricanes of last year and my car breaking down this fall on our trip down. You are all great. One thing our family has learned over the last 1 1/2 years is that the Louisiana people are awesome! Never have we met so many nice people. This has been in many ways a great experiance for us all. Our daughter is transfering back to Wisconsin after this semester. I will be down there next friday to drive her home. She is having a very hard time with this all as she has so many friends there. Especially the football players! Take care and good luck to all of you. It has been a pleasure for us to say that our daughter was a Ragin Cajun.
Geaux Cajuns! _

WOW! Complaints from parents, Kids Transferring, Scholarship kids and WALK ONS leaving. Sounds like the honeymoon period is over. Time to let Mazeitis do her job, with the players she recruits to win in the Sun Belt.