LAKE CHARLES—Freshman Aryn Johnson and senior Regan Stiawalt combined for 23 kills here Tuesday night to lead McNeese volleyball to a straight set win (25-16, 25-18, 25-13) over Texas Southern in the final tune up before Saturday's Southland Conference opener at Houston Baptist.
 
Johnson also picked up four block assists on the night while Stiawalt was credited with 10 digs to complete her double double.
 
As a team, McNeese (6-5) hit .340 on the night with Jayln Gordon hitting a whopping .667. Bria Plante had a .571 hitting percent while Stiawalt ended the match with a .360.
 
Setter Ceci Harness and Lizzy Low recorded career high's with Harness dishing out 34 assists and Low credited with 15 digs.  
 
The loss for Texas Southern (1-12) was there 11^th in a row as the Tigers ended the match with a .211 hitting percent including 27 errors.
 
McNeese opened the match on a service ace by Harness who served for two more points to put McNeese up 3-0 early in the first set.
 
With the set tied at 13 apiece, the Cowgirls outscored the Tigers 12-3 the rest of the set to take the first set.
 
Texas Southern took advantage of a few Cowgirl errors in set 2 to hold a slim 12-9 lead but following kills by Stiawalt and Johnson and a TSU error, McNeese tied the set at 11 all.
 
With the set tied at 15, another Johnson kill ignited a 4-0 Cowgirl run putting McNeese up 19-15. The Tigers would get as close as three points late in the set but another run (5-1) by the Cowgirls gave them the 25-18 second set win.
 
McNeese carried the momentum in the final set, jumping out to a 5-1 lead and then a 10-4 lead following two TSU errors. McNeese put together a 13-5 run to take a 23-9 lead on a Kendall Glueck kill. TSU would score four straight points but Johnson's final kill of the night gave McNeese a 24-13 match point lead before Macee Krpec and McKenzie Moore teamed up for a block assists to end the match.