LAKE CHARLES—McNeese head volleyball coach Sasha Karelov has announced the hiring of Alexandra Allard as assistant coach.
 
Allard comes to the Cowgirl program after spending the last six years as head coach at Hastings College (Hastings, Nebraska) where she won 78 matches and led her 2022 team to the NAIA National Tournament and this past season led her team to the conference semifinals.
 
Prior to her coaching stint at Hastings, Allard spent four years as an assistant coach at The University of Incarnate Word from 2013-2017.  She also served as an assistant at Trinity University from 2010-2011.
 
She began her coaching career at Incarnate Word High School where she serves as the freshman coach and continues to serve as a club coach for National Teams in San Antonio and Nebraska.
 
Her professional playing career took place from 2012-13 where she was a setter for the Indias de Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
 
Allard earned All-American honors at Laredo Community College where she ranked in the Top 10 in kills before transferring to Angelo State where she earned her bachelor's degree in 2010 and her master's degree from UIW in 2016.