LAKE CHARLES—McNeese volleyball will look to bounce back from its home opening loss against Houston on Tuesday when the Cowgirls travel to Lafayette to take part in the Louisiana-Lafayette Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic Friday and Saturday.
McNeese will open tournament action at 1:30 p.m. Friday against host UL-Lafayette then will take on Florida A&M at 4:30 p.m. later in the afternoon. The Cowgirls will close out the tournament with a 10 a.m. match against Eastern Michigan.
Streaming for all tournament matches is free of charge. Both streaming and live stats links can be found on McNeeseSports.com.
QUICK HITS
• McNeese enters the weekend with a 2-2 record and will look to snap a two-match losing streak after a home loss to Houston on Tuesday and a loss to Robert Morris in the final match of the Robert Morris Hilton Invitational last weekend.
• Senior libero Angela McGownd is two digs away from moving into McNeese's career Top 5. McGownd has recorded 20 or more digs in the last three matches including a season high 27 against Manhattan.
• Senior Keegan Nelms enters the weekend leading McNeese with 57 kills (3.35 kps.) and is second on the team with 49 digs.
• Junior Regan Stiawalt leads the team with 13 aces and is second with 46 kills
• Juniors Kendall Kilchrist and Caitlin Sharrock have 69 and 62 assists, respectively
• Junior Allison Lippert leads with 20 blocks while sophomore Kendall Glueck has 18 and freshman Ajani Hodges has 15.
UL-LAFAYETTE NOTES
• Member of the Sun Belt Conference
• Are 0-3 after three straight set losses in their own Doubletree Classic last weekend. Their losses were to Incarnate Word, UTEP, and Tulane.
• McNeese has won the last two matches against the Cajuns including a 3-1 win in Lafayette during the 2016 season.
FLORIDA A&M NOTES
• Member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC)
• Head into the weekend with a 1-4 record after opening the season with a 3-0 win over Texas Southern at the MEAC/SWAC Challenge last weekend. Coming off a 3-0 loss to Mercer on Tuesday.
• First meeting against the Rattlers
EASTERN MICHIGAN NOTES
• From Ypsilanti, Michigan
• Are 1-2 on the season after playing in the Utah State Tournament last weekend. Only win came against Utah State in their season opener.
• Member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC)
• First meeting against the Eagles
NEXT MATCH
Following the Sawyer Camillo Memorial Classic, McNeese will return home for four straight matches (Texas Southern- Sept. 10), Prairie View (Sept. 17) along with Grambling (Sept. 20) and UL-Monroe (Sept. 20) at the McNeese Round Robin.
