LAKE CHARLES—McNeese volleyball dropped its Southland Conference opener in straight sets (25-23, 25-16, 25-12) to UTRGV Wednesday night, snapping the Cowgirls four match winning streak.
"We were uncleaned in this match," said head coach
Tayler Gray. "I didn't think we handled ourselves behind the service line and we didn't handle the service pressure and maybe that falls on me. We scouted them well and the types of serve they would have but for whatever reason our first contact across the board was poor."
McNeese (4-8, 0-1 SLC) was led in kills by
Kayla Wilson's 11 kills. Wilson was the only Cowgirls that managed to pick up at least 10 kills. Setters
Corynne Hausler and
Megan Grose continued to dish out 10 or more assists apiece. Hausler ended the match with 15 and Grose had 10.
Sophia Tocmo continued her streak of double figure digs to 11 matches with 10 digs to lead the Cowgirls.
UTRGV (5-7, 1-0 SLC) ended the match with seven aces and were led by Matina Franco's 12 kills. The Vaqueros ended the match with 12 blocks to McNeese's seven blocks.
SET 1
• The opening set had three lead changes and seven ties as the Cowgirls stayed toe to toe with the Vaqueros
• McNeese opened the match by winning the first two points
• The Cowgirls trailed 12-9 but went on a run and tied the set at 15 apiece following a
Kayla Wilson kill
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Gabbie Maldonado's kill tied the set at 18 apiece but a 7-5 run gave the Vaqueros the set for the 1-0 lead
• McNeese outhit UTRGV .314 to .194 in the set
SET 2
• This set consisted of four lead changes and six ties.
• With the set tied at 10, UTRGV went on a 12-5 run to extend the lead to 22-15 then outscored McNeese 3-1 in the next four points to take the set
• UTRGV outhit the Cowgirls .320 to .032
SET 3
• UTRGV scored the opening point and never looked back as the Vaqueros went on to pick up the third set win to clinch the match
McNEESE NOTES
• The loss snapped the Cowgirls four match winning streak
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Kayla Wilson led McNeese with 11 kills
• Setters
Corynne Hausler and
Megan Grose both ended the match with double figure assists (15 and 10)
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Sophia Tocmo extended her streak of 10 or more digs to 11 matches by collecting 10 digs
UP NEXT
McNeese will travel to Corpus Christi, Texas on Saturday for its first SLC road match of the season.
