MOBILE, Ala. – The Louisiana Christian University volleyball program might not have fared the best as a team on Friday morning, a 3-0 loss to Southeastern, one individual made history as graduate student
Leah Stamps broke the school record for career digs, surpassing Jaslyn Bright (2017-21) for the top spot in the record books.
The Basics:
- Score
- Southeastern – 3
- Louisiana Christian – 0
- Records
- Louisiana Christian (0-2, 0-0 Red River)
- Southeastern (3-2, 0-0 Sun)
- Series History
- Southeastern Leads 1-0 (0%)
- Winning Streak
- Southeastern (W1) | Louisiana Christian's Last Win: N/A
Wildcats Top Performers:
- Stamps easily reached the milestone after needing only six coming into the match, logging a game-best 21 (7.00 p/s) with three assists (1.00 p/s) plus an ace (0.33 p/s).
- Jessica Smith tied a career-high in the digs department, recording 11 (3.67 p/s) as well as being the only Wildcat with multiple service aces (2, 0.67 p/s).
- Emma Cother cobbled together her second straight double-double and the 17th of her collegiate tenure, posting 15 assists (5.00 p/s) and 11 digs (3.67 p/s) on top of two kills (0.67 p/s).
- Katie Spell and Mallory Wills split the top blocker moniker as each contributed a trio of block assists (1.00 p/s) while Abby Revell has made her return to the court a smooth transition after being a Graduate Assistant last season, fronting the Cats with six kills (2.00 p/s).
Record Book Watch:
Career
- Stamps currently sits at 881 over 260 sets, which is an average of 3.39 per set, second-most behind Olivia Huval (2017-18) at 4.78.
* The next closest active student-athlete is Cother, who is eighth all-time with 393 digs.
- Despite playing just one set, Kate Campbell leapfrogged her teammate Megan O'Neal (165) for ninth in kills, tallying two to put her one ahead at 166 in a battle that will likely flip-flop all year long as they jockey to outdo the other.
- Spell passed Paris Babino (2017-21) for fifth all-time regarding block assists, pumping her total up to 48 and in sight of Graduate Assistant Aniah Adams (2019-23) for fourth at 51.
Next:
- The Orange and Blue get another crack at its first win of 2024 at 6 p.m. when they dance with the Bleu Devils of Dillard University in game three-of-five as part of the Rams Invitational.
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