PINEVILLE, La. – The Louisiana Christian University volleyball program had the first-place Eagles against the ropes with a victory in the first set and a 21-15 advantage in the second, but Texarkana charged back to steal the opening match before Dillard took the finale in a tough weekend for the Wildcats.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score (Match 1)
  • Texas A&M-Texarkana – 3
  • Louisiana Christian – 1

 

• Score (Match 2)
  • Dillard – 3
  • Louisiana Christian – 1

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (12-15, 6-6 Red River)
  • Texas A&M-Texarkana (17-10, 13-1 Red River)
  • Dillard (15-7, 13-1 HBCUAC)

 

• Location
  • Pineville, Louisiana – H.O. West Fieldhouse

 

• Series History
  • Texas A&M-Texarkana
    • Eagles Lead 5-1 (16.7%)
  • Dillard
    • Bleu Devils Lead 7-2 (22.2%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • Texas A&M-Texarkana
    • Eagles (W4) | Wildcats' Last Win: October 18, 2022 (3-1)
  • Dillard
    • Bleu Devils (W1) | Wildcats' Last Win: August 27, 2024 (3-0)

 
Wildcats Top Performers: 
 

• Emma Cother was phenomenal in all aspects, setting season-highs of 19 digs, 5.5 points, and three aces with an assist-dig (36-19) double-double versus Texarkana while leading the team in both total service aces (5, 0.63 p/s) as well as assists (71, 8.88 p/s) for the day. She also produced an average of 3.38 digs per set.

 

• Summer Martin had her best showing in Orange and Blue opposite Dillard, going for ten points via nine kills and two block assists, the first two statistics being personal/match-bests.

 

• Kate Campbell was the primary offensive threat in game one, smashing a season-high 14 kills for 15.5 points, tying Abby Revell for that title against TAMUT, leading the court-dwellers with 22 (3.67 p/s) in just six sets.

 

• Other individual performances that were their best of 2024 came from Dynasty Brown, who got up for four blocks in three sets (1.33 p/s) during her first action in two weeks, and Jenna Seilhan's four digs.

 

• Leah Stamps tallied double-figure digs in both matches to front the women from Pineville, digging up 32 balls for an even ratio of four per set.

 
Record Book Watch:
 
Career 
 

• Madison Danley usurped an inactive Jessica Smith (2022-24) for the tenth spot on the all-time digs leaderboard, collecting 292 over the past three seasons.

 

• Stamps slid past Jaslyn Bright (2017-21) for fourth place in career assists at 127.

 

• Katie Spell tied Graduate Assistant Aniah Adams (2019-23) on the third rung of the solo blocks ladder, swatting down her 15th.

 
Team 
 

• Coach Salloum's squad is now the leader of the pack in terms of single-season block assists (174), ranks second for digs (1,300), and jumped into the top-three for all of the following: points (1,245), kills (950), and assists (866); on the afternoon.

 
Season 
 

• Campbell made a major move up the single-campaign kills chart, starting the day at tenth and ending it in seventh with 202.

 

• Cother is now second to last year's output on the assists list (722), tied for third regarding service aces (34), and seventh in digs (251).

 

• Stamps sits just three digs away from the top of the heap, currently boasting 372 while Olivia Huval's 2017 ended at 374.

 
Game 
 

• Louisiana Christian's nine blocks vs. the Bleu Devils is the sixth-highest in program history.

 
Next:
  

• The women can punch their ticket to the Red River Athletic Conference Tournament on Friday night if they can defeat Huston-Tillotson as first serve is set for 7 p.m. inside H.O. West Fieldhouse.

 

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