MOBILE, Ala. – The Louisiana Christian University volleyball program showed a dash of resiliency after falling into a 2-0 hole, fending off the host University of Mobile to take the third set, 25-22, before yielding the match in four.
 
The Basics: 
 

• Score
  • Mobile – 3
  • Louisiana Christian – 1

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (0-1, 0-0 Red River)
  • Mobile (4-1, 0-0 Southern States)

 

• Location
  • Mobile, Alabama – H. Austill Pharr Gymnasium

  

• Series History
  • Mobile Leads 2-0 (0%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • Mobile (W2) | Louisiana Christian's Last Win: N/A

 
Wildcats Top Performers: 
 

• Emma Cother notched her 16th career double-double under her belt, boasting a match-high 23 assists (5.75 p/s) plus 11 digs (2.75 p/s).

 

• Kate Campbell flew high above the net to collect a career-most four blocks (1.00 p/s), three assists and one solo, in addition to five kills (1.25 p/s).

 

• Kierra Jones hit a blistering .500 over 16 attacks, leading the squad with eight kills (2.00 p/s) as well as averaging a dig per set (1.00).

 

• Leah Stamps came back for a fifth year on "The Hill", logging 18 digs (4.50 p/s) to go along with five assists (1.25 p/s), one for each season donning the Orange and Blue.

 
Record Book Watch:
 
Career 
 

• A trio of Cats are inside the top-ten for matches played and an additional student-athlete is on the list regarding sets played as Stamps (72), Jones (60), and Spell (50) sit at sixth, seventh, and ninth respectively for matches while Cother joins them in the sets department (150).

 

• On the attacking side of the court, Spell (472.5), Jones (479.5) and Campbell (183) all appear on the points record board.

 

• Spell, Jones, O'Neal and Campbell racked up the points mainly via kills, sitting in fourth (403), fifth (355), ninth (165), and tenth (164) in the order they appear above.

 

• Cother has quickly climbed the ladder as the primary setter for the last two-plus campaigns, already in second place at 1,321 and just over halfway to the top which is occupied by Paris Babino (2,262).

 

• As for the top players for service aces, only Cother (59, fourth) and Jones (34, tenth) made a dent in their tallies while Stamps (60, third) and Spell (38, ninth) were shutout in that category.

 

• Stamps inched to within five digs of becoming the program's top defender, looking to move into first Friday morning as she has 860, trailing only Jaslyn Bright (2017-21) now.

 

• Jones is also second in total blocks (148), hoping to eventually eclipse Sadi Jones (2017-21) with 164.

 
Next:
  

• It will be time to rise and grind Friday morning as LCU tries to extinguish the Southeastern Fire bright and early at 8 a.m. on day two of the Rams Invitational.

 

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