LAKE CHARLES—McNeese volleyball wasted little time in its straight set 3-0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-11) win over Lamar Thursday night in a Southland Conference match to improve to 7-12 overall and 5-1 in the SLC.  The loss drops Lamar to 0-17 on the season and 0-6 in league action.
 
The Cowgirls ended the match with its best hitting percent of the season (.337) and nearly doubled Lamar in kills (45-26).
 
Junior Carissa Chainey picked up her sixth double double of the season by collecting 16 kills and 12 digs.  Chainey was the only player in the match to record double figure kills.
 
McNeese's defense picked up 62 digs and was led by junior libero Bailey Tillman who led all players with 27 digs.  The Cowgirls also produced from the service line where they collected seven aces. 
 
McKenzie Moore led the Cowgirls with four aces while Kendall Osgood was credited with two and Tshilanda Diouf had one.
 
The Cowgirls will travel to Southeastern this Saturday, Oct. 7 for a 12 p.m. match that will broadcast on ESPN+.
 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Set 1
• Lamar took a very early lead 2-0 before McNeese tied the set at two apiece
• With McNeese leading 15-12, Lamar pulled to within one point (15-14)
• Following a McNeese timeout, the Cowgirls scored the next five points to lead 20-14 before going on to win the set 25-19
 
Set 2
• Both teams traded points early on but a mini run by the Cowgirls gave them a 12-7 lead behind the serve of Kendall Osgood and three straight kills by Carissa Chainey.
• A kill by Emma Hendricks pushed the McNeese lead to 19-9 before the Cowgirls ended the set on a 4-1 run to secure the second set to take a 2-0 lead.
 
Set 3
• McNeese opened the set by scoring the first three points then led 9-2 following a McKenzie Moore ace.  A Lamar timeout didn't faze the Cowgirls as they went on a 12-6 run to lead 21-9 before another Lamar timeout.
• McNeese ended the set on a 4-2 run to win the set 25-11 and the match
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
• McNeese got back into the win column following its first SLC loss last Saturday
• McNeese hit .337 for the match, its highest hitting percent this season
• McNeese nearly doubled up Lamar in kills (45-26z0
• The Cowgirl defense was credited with 62 digs
• McNeese also picked up seven aces
• Junior Carissa Chainey recorded her sixth double double of the season, leading all players with 16 kills and added 12 digs
• Bailey Tillman led all players with 27 digs
• McKenzie Moore was credited with four of the seven Cowgirl aces
• Kendall Osgood had two aces
• Emma Hendricks dished out a match high 28 assists
• Freshman Megan Grose saw action after missing the last four matches