NATCHITOCHES—   McNeese head women's volleyball coach Sasha Karelov picked up her 50^th career win Wednesday night, guiding the Cowgirls to a straight set 3-0 (25-21, 25-20 25-23) Southland Conference win over Northwestern State.
 
McNeese, who improves to 6-13 overall and 2-5 in the SLC, ended the match with a season high .368 hitting percent behind 47 kills and tied a season low with 12 hitting errors.
 
For the sixth straight match, senior Kayla Wilson recorded double figure kills and led all players with 16. Wilson also ended the match with a .407 hitting percent, her second-best hitting percent this season.
 
The loss for Northwestern State is their 20^th consecutive loss this season, falling to 1-20 overall and 0-7 in the SLC.  The straight set loss is the 17 of the season, and the Lady Demons still haven't won a set in conference play.
 
McNeese will return home Saturday to host East Texas A&M.  First serve is set for 11 a.m.
 
 
SET-BY-SET SCORE
Set 1: McNeese 25, NW State 21
Set 2: McNeese 25, NW State 20
Set 3: McNeese 25, NW State 23
 
McNEESE STAT LEADERS
Kills: Kayla Wilson - 16
Assists:  Kinga Ziolkowski- 20
Digs:  Sophie Twiggs- 9
Blocks: Gracjana Rozanska- 3
Aces: Kinga Ziolkowski, Corynne Hausler- 1
 
McNEESE MATCH NOTES
• Head coach Sasha Karelov picked up her 50^th career win
• For the sixth straight match, senior Kayla Wilson led McNeese in kills with 16
• McNeese ended the match with a season high .368 hitting percent and a tied a season low with 12 hitting errors
• Kinga Ziolkowska and Corynne Hausler recorded each dished out double figure assists with 20 and 16, respectively
• Sophie Twigg led McNeese with nine digs
• Gracjana Rozanska led all players with a season high three blocks
 
 NEXT MATCH
Oct. 18 East Texas A&M*
 
 UPCOMING MATCHES
Oct. 23 UTRGV*
Oct. 25 Texas A&M-CC*
Oct. 30 at Lamar*
 
Home Match
*-Southland Conference Match