LORMAN, Miss.—The McNeese volleyball team played at a different level and executed on all cylinders to produce its highest team hitting percent of the season in a dominating straight set (25-11, 25-13, 25-12) win over Alcorn Tuesday night.

"We came out with positive energy and executed at a high level tonight," said head coach Ashleigh Fitzgerald. "It feels good to pick up a win heading into a very important Southland Conference weekend."

McNeese (12-12) hit a season best .366 for the match and hit .300 or better in each of the three sets including a .429 in the second set. The Cowgirls also came away with their second lowest amount of hitting errors this season with 12.

Senior Rachel Cagnina, who played in only her second match back after an injury kept her off the court for a week, was the only player to record double figure kills in the match. Cagnina ended the match with 10 kills and a .526 hitting percent.  Cagnina didn't commit an error in 19 attempts. 

Junior Carly DeMarque also had a nice night on the offensive side.  DeMarque produced a .800 hitting percent with four kills on five attempts and she too was error free on the night. Freshman Shelby Poehls was perfect on the night with seven kills on seven attempts without an error.

The Cowgirls, who lead the Southland Conference in aces, ended the night with 12.  Cagnina served up a season high four and Adison Giambrone put down three aces. Giambrone also led the Cowgirls with 13 digs and Kelly Graham dished out a match high 24 assists.

McNeese will return to Southland Conference action Thursday when the Cowgirls travel to Houston, Texas to face Houston Baptist in a 7 p.m. match.  The Cowgirls will conclude their weekend with a 1 p.m. match at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Saturday.