HAMMOND---Katelyn Elliott and Ebony Lewis recorded a season high kills in McNeese State's 3-1 (16-25, 25-19, 25-18, 25-23) Southland Conference volleyball win over Southeastern Louisiana Saturday.
 
After dropping the first set, McNeese regrouped to win the next three sets including a 25-23 third set win to seal the match.
 
"I'm happy with the result today but disappointed with how we opened the match," said head coach Ashleigh Fitzgerald. "Southeastern La. is better than their record indicates and they really took it to us. To our credit, we gathered ourselves and righted the ship," Fitzgerald said.
 
With the win, McNeese improves to 6-16 overall and 4-3 in conference play. SE La. falls to 2-18 overall and 1-17 in the SLC.
 
Elliott led all players with 16 kills while Lewis added 13. Keegan Nelms was the third Cowgirl to pick up double figure kills with 10.
 
Unlike Thursday's match where the Cowgirls struggled on offense, McNeese ended today's match with a .255 team hitting percent. The Cowgirls opened the match with a .192 hitting percent in the opening set but came back with a scorching .402 hitting percent in set 2.
 
Lewis had an outstanding match, leading McNeese with a .545 hitting percent on 13 kills, one error on 22 attempts.
 
Elliott picked up 16 kills on four errors in 33 attempts for a .364 hitting percent and Allison Lippert ended with a .400 hitting percent on seven kills, one error on 15 attempts.
 
McNeese had another good match at the net where they picked up a total of 18 blocks, including 16 assisted blocks.
 
Paige Havel continues her dominance at the net and ended the day with six blocks. She got help from Lippert who was credited with four and Lewis with three.  
 
McNeese will return home Tuesday to host Incarnate Word in a Southland Conference match beginning at 6:30 p.m.
 
"We have a big three match conference week next week starting with UIW on Tuesday. Hopefully we will make adjustments and be ready to play starting on the first serve. If we play hard fro start to finish, it could be a great week for us."