WACO, Texas— McNeese volleyball fell 3-0 (23-25, 23-25, 13-25) to Tulsa in the first of two matches for the Cowgirls Friday on the final day of the 2022 City of Lacy Lakeview Tournament hosted by Baylor. McNeese (4-9) will play #14 Baylor (8-2) at 7 p.m. tonight in its final match of the tournament.
McNeese Notes
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Kendall Glueck was the only McNeese player to record double figure kills with 14
• It's Glueck's nineth match with 10 or more kills
• After recording a career high in digs, 17 against Sam Houston on Thursday,
Kendall Osgood set a new career high with 18 digs against Tulsa
• Three Cowgirls recorded double figure digs with
Bailey Tillman leading the way with 19. Osgood had 18 and
Lizzy Low had 11
• Its' the 11
th straight match for Tillman to pick up double figure digs.
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Mia Perales led the Cowgirls with 25 assists. Perales has dished out 10 or more assists in all but one match this season.
Set 1
The Hurricane took the early 7-4 lead but a kill by
Kendall Glueck and a Tulsa error tied the set at 15 apiece. McNeese took its first lead (17-16) on another Tulsa error. Back-to-back kills by
Sanni Rantanen and
Mikayla Christiansen put McNeese up 19-17. Tulsa would take advantage of three Cowgirl errors to lead 24-20. McNeese held off set-point with three straight points on a kill by Rantanen and two more by
McKenzie Moore to pull to within one point (24-23). Tulsa would end the set on the next point following a timeout.
Set 2
Tulsa took a 2-0 set lead with the same score as the first set (25-23). After a 2-2 tie, Tulsa outscored McNeese 5-2 to take a 7-2 lead. McNeese went on a run of its own and outscored the Hurricane 5-2 behind three straight kills by
Kendall Osgood to tie the set at nine all. With McNeese trailing 15-13, the Cowgirls scored four straight points to take a 17-15 lead behind kills from Christiansen and Glueck. Trailing 20-17, Tulsa scored five straight points to take a 22-20 lead. McNeese came back to tie the set at 23 but two kills by Tulsa gave them the second set win.
Set 3
McNeese stayed close for the first few points. With the set tied at five apiece, Tulsa outscored the Cowgirls 11-3 to extend the lead to 16-8 before going on to win the set and the match.
