THIBODAUX— McNeese volleyball dominated Nicholls 3-0 (25-9, 25-19, 25-16) Saturday in its regular season finale, securing the No. 5 seed in next week's Southland Conference Championship.
Nicholls (9-20, 2-14 SLC) scored the first two points of the match then McNeese (13-14, 9-7 SLC) scored the next 10 points to take and early 10-2 lead before on its way to a 25-9 first set win that set the tone for the rest of the match.
McNeese's offense didn't let up as the Cowgirls continued to dominate in the second set, leading 15-6 at the media timeout.
A kill by
Neal Grace Berry put the Cowgirls up 20-8 before going on to win the set for a 2-0 match lead.
The third set wasn't any different as the Cowgirls took the early lead and never looked back. A kill by
Ava Henry gave McNeese match point then Henry and
Megan Grose teamed up for a block assist to end the match.
Fourteen Cowgirls saw action with
Kayla Wilson leading the way with eight kills. Setters
Megan Grose and
Corynne Hausler continued their consistency by both ending the match with double figure assists. Grose dished out 17 assists and Hausler ended the match with 14, one shy of her 1,000
th career assists.
Sophia Tocmo led all players with 14 digs and
Gaby Santiago was credited with 10 digs.
McNEESE NOTES
• McNeese will be making its first SLC Tournament appearance in two years and first under first year head coach
Tayler Gray
• Fourteen Cowgirls saw action
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Kayla Wilson led McNeese with eight kills
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Megan Grose led all players with 17 assists
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Corynne Hausler ended the match with 14 assists, one shy of her 1,000
th career assists
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Sophia Tocmo led all players with 14 digs
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Gaby Santiago was credited with 10
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Mary-Alice Dohmann tied her season high with five kills to go along with her season high two blocks
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Neal Grace Berry recorded a season high six kills
UPCOMING COWGIRL MATCHES
Nov. 20-22 Southland Conference Championship (Corpus Christi, Texas)
