The Book 2002-03 UL Lady Cajuns Volleyball

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LAFAYETTE - Louisiana's Lady Cajun volleyball team made a strong statement to the rest of the Sun Belt Conference here Friday night at Earl K. Long Gym.

The statement: the Cajuns are going to be a factor in the league's stretch run and will be a team to contend with at the conference tournament.

UL (13-12, 7-4) registered its biggest conference victory to date this season with a sound 3-0 (30-20, 30-26, 30-25) sweep of SBC West Division leader New Mexico State (20-6, 10-2).

The win was the fourth straight for the Cajuns and seventh in their last eight since a 0-3 start to the SBC slate. Louisiana remains undefeated at home this season and has now won 26 of its last 28 matches at Long Gym since the 1999 season.

Three Cajuns posted double-figure kills with Priscilla Lima leading the way with 14. Clarice Laires had 13 kills along with 14 digs while freshman Lesley Tough had 11 kills and 11 digs, giving the Cajuns two players with double-doubles.

Laires picked up her third straight double-double and attacked above .400 for the third consecutive match and raised her team-best season attack percentage to. 259. Tough notched her fourth straight double-double and her fifth straight match with double-digit kills.

UL out-killed NMSU 55-35, out-dug the Aggies 54-46, had a 49-34 assists advantage and had a team hitting percentage of .248 compared to just .123 for NMSU. The Aggies had entered the match as the SBC's top hitting team, attacking at a .256 clip.

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LAFAYETTE - New day, new opponent. Same venue, same result.

Louisiana's Lady Cajun volleyball team remained undefeated at home this season and ran their season-long winning streak to five matches with a 3-0 (30-16, 30-18, 30-24) pounding of an overmatched Denver Pioneer squad here Sunday afternoon at Earl K. Long Gym in front of 270 fans on Parent's Day.

The Ragin' Cajuns (14-12, 8-4 Sun Belt) extended their streak of straight set sweeps at Long Gym this season to five matches and have now won 15 consecutive games within the friendly confines. It was UL Lafayette's 27th win in the last 29 matches at Long Gym since the 1999 season.

The Cajuns have now won eight of their last nine matches since a 0-3 start to the SBC slate.

More importantly, Louisiana moves ahead of Arkansas-Little Rock for the No. 4 seed in the upcoming Sun Belt Conference Tournament to be held Nov. 21-23 in Miami. Depending on the outcome of the New Mexico State-North Texas match, the Cajuns could be only 1/2-game behind NT for the No. 3 seed.

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LAFAYETTE – Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns volleyball team has hit the home stretch of the 2002 regular season. They've also arrived at the most critical part of the season.

Fortunately for them, they will have the advantage of playing at home.

The Ragin' Cajuns (14-12, 8-4 Sun Belt) enter the final weekend of Sun Belt Conference action only one-half game behind North Texas for the third seed in the upcoming SBC Tournament being held Nov. 21-23 in Miami.

Those two teams will meet on Sunday, Nov. 17 in the Cajuns home finale, possibly with the third seed on the line.

But in order to be in that position, the Cajuns must take care of business Friday night against Middle Tennessee (16-13, 7-6 Sun Belt) at 7 p.m. in Earl K. Long Gym. NT faces Western Kentucky at home in Denton, Texas on Friday.

The good news for UL is that WKU has yet to lose a match in SBC play this season and NT has lost its last three matches. Equally as important, the Cajuns have yet to lose at home this season in both games (15) and matches (5).

Either way you look at it, Friday's match with MT is a must-win for Louisiana if they hope to capture the third seed and avoid Western Kentucky until the SBC Tournament championship match.

If previous performance is any indication, UL is in great shape heading into this weekend's action.

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Tonight at 7pm Middle Tennessee will come into Earl K. Long Gym where the Lady Cajun Volley ball team do not have a propensity of losing.. In fact they have not done so all year.

Coach Madden has done a masterful coaching job this year, having accepted the position just one month prior to the start of voleyball season.

Below are a few pictures of the Lady Cajuns getting ready for Middle Tennessee.

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Priscila Lima, Clarice Laires,and Lindsey Bermes practice (in sequence) their serve.

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Stacy Liverett, and Stacey Cole await a serve from Priscilla Lima, while coach Madden studies technique.

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The Lady Cajun volleyball team have learned to play as a team, and continue to do so as they practice and get ready for the next tilt at Earl K. Long Gym.

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Originally posted by Staff

Coach Madden has done a masterful coaching job this year, having accepted the position just one month prior to the start of voleyball season.

I agree, these ladies have done a great job and have done the university proud. Coach Madden has done a tremendous job.

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LAFAYETTE - Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns volleyball team continued its home assault on the Sun Belt Conference here Friday at Earl K. Long Gym in a 3-0 (30-12, 32-30, 30-28) sweep of the Middle Tennessee Lady Raiders here at E.K. Long Gym.

The win was the sixth in straight sets this season at home for the Cajuns (15-12, 9-4 Sun Belt) over SBC foes and UL remained undefeated at Long Gym this season. It was the Cajuns sixth straight win overall and ninth in the last 10 matches since a 0-3 start in SBC play.

Senior middle blocker Clarice Laires paced the Cajuns offense with 14 kills and a .500 attack percentage (three errors, 22 attacks). Fellow senior Priscilla Lima led the Cajuns defensive charge with a team-best 12 digs.

KeKe Deckard led the MT offensive unit with nine kills and posted a team-high eight digs. The Lady Raiders attacked at a .239 clip, becoming the first team to post a higher hitting percentage than the Cajuns at Long Gym this season (UL Lafayette hit .231).

In what was a tightly contested match after game one statistics-wise, UL Lafayette took advantage of 10 services aces with six from sophomore outside hitter Stacey Cole in pivotal points of both games two and three to squeak by the Lady Raiders (16-14, 7-7). MT was their own worst enemy, committing 12 service errors, including some at critical serves in game three.

Louisiana raced out the gates in game one. The Ragin' Cajuns broke open a close 9-7 game with six straight points off the serve of Cole, which included two aces, giving UL Lafayette a 15-7 lead. Runs of 7-3 and 8-2 followed, which helped the Cajuns dispose of the Lady Raiders and take a 1-0 lead in the match.

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LAFAYETTE - Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns volleyball team continued its home assault on the Sun Belt Conference here Friday at Earl K. Long Gym in a 3-0 (30-12, 32-30, 30-28) sweep of the Middle Tennessee Lady Raiders here at E.K. Long Gym

The win was the sixth in straight sets this season at home for the Cajuns (15-12, 9-4 Sun Belt) over SBC foes and UL remained undefeated at Long Gym this season. It was the Cajuns sixth straight win overall and ninth in the last 10 matches since a 0-3 start in SBC play.

Senior middle blocker Clarice Laires paced the Cajuns offense with 14 kills and a .500 attack percentage (three errors, 22 attacks). Fellow senior Priscilla Lima led the Cajuns defensive charge with a team-best 12 digs.

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MIAMI - For the first time in four years, UL's Lady Cajuns volleyball team failed to advance to the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

The Lady Cajuns (15-14) were issued an abrupt exit from the 2002 SBC Tournament here Thursday afternoon at Golden Panther Arena as fourth seed Arkanas-Little Rock handed fifth seed Louisiana-Lafayette a 3-1 (30-26, 20-30, 28-30, 22-30) loss in both squads tournament-opening match.

UL had advanced to the tournament semifinals the past three seasons and defeated UALR 3-1 last season to reach the semis. The Trojans (14-12) returned the favor Thursday. Ironically, in 1998, the last time the Lady Cajuns failed to reach the semifinals, it was UALR who eliminated the Cajuns 3-0.

Louisiana's season comes to a close and so does the career of seniors and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, natives Clarice Laires and Priscilla Lima.

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University of Louisiana volleyball coach Becky Madden and her assistant Amy Kraljev will be hosting the program’s annual summer camps this year in the month of June and August.

Dates for the camps are as follows:

June 9-12 - 8 a.m. - Noon
Individual All-Skills Camp (Grades 9-12)

June 9-12 - 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Individual All-Skills Camp (Grades 4-8)

August 2-3 -
Team Camp (varsity, JV, frosh, middle school)

In addition to Louisiana's coaching staff, the camp staffs will include current and former Ragin' Cajuns players.

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For more information or to receive a camp brochure, please contact the Ragin' Cajuns Volleyball office at 337-482-6327 or email head coach Becky Madden at bsm7985@louisiana.edu.

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