NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Louisiana Christian University volleyball program recorded season-highs in points (84), kills (68), and assists (62) while partaking in a dogfight vs. PQC, ultimately prevailing in five before being ousted by the regular season champs, Our Lady of the Lake, later Friday afternoon.

• Score (RRAC Quarterfinals)

  • #4 Louisiana Christian – 3

  • #5 Paul Quinn – 2

    • 22-25, 18-25, 25-22, 17-25, 15-8

• Score (RRAC Semifinals)

  • #1 Our Lady of the Lake – 3

  • #4 Louisiana Christian – 0

    • 15-25, 11-25, 12-25

• Records

  • #4 Louisiana Christian (15-9, 9-7 Red River)

  • #5 Paul Quinn (11-11, 8-8 Red River)

  • #1 Our Lady of the Lake (19-11, 15-1 Red River)

• Location

  • New Orleans, Louisiana – XULA Convocation Center

• Series History (RRAC Quarterfinals vs. Paul Quinn)

  • Louisiana Christian Leads 5-1 (83.3%)

• Series History (RRAC Semifinals vs. Our Lady of the Lake)

  • Our Lady of the Lake Leads 7-0 (0%)

• Winning Streak (RRAC Quarterfinals vs. Paul Quinn)

  • Louisiana Christian (W3) | Paul Quinn's Last Win: September 24, 2022 (3-0)

• Winning Streak (RRAC Semifinals vs. Our Lady of the Lake)

  • Our Lady of the Lake (W7) | Louisiana Christian's Last Win: N/A

Wildcats Top Performers:

• Aniah Adams led the offense with a grand total of 21 kills over the two matches, averaging 2.63 per set.
  
  - Adams blocked a trio of shots in the opener, a season-high during her second-to-last contest in orange and Blue.
   

• Emma Cother strung an even 70 assists together (8.75 per set) including 54-assist, 18-dig double-double in the win over the Tigers.
  
  - Also against PQC, Cother set a new personal-record 5 kills to go along with campaign-bests for points (8.5) plus assists (54).

• Leah Stamps logged 31 digs (3.88 p/s) to top the defensive performers.

• Dynasty Brown sent six blocks careening off the hardwood and Madison Danley collected a trio of service aces to conclude the leaders.
  
  - Brown set a 2023-most for blocks at five in the victory as she looks to use that as momentum for next year and Danley's trio of aces was a career-high too.

• Katie Spell was fantastic in the five-set drama-filled quarterfinal triumph, going for a 18-dig, 14-kill double-double with the former being a new benchmark during her tenure.

• Last but not least, Kierra Jones joined the club by raising her career-best bar to seven digs and a season-most 14 kills.

Notes:

• For the second straight season, the Orange and Blue won a conference tournament game after having not made the postseason in its first five years as a program.

Next:

• With only one senior and an additional super senior, the Cats are well-positioned to have an even better 2024 than their historic record-breaking 2023.

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