HOBBS, N.M. – The Louisiana Christian University volleyball program started its Red River Athletic Conference slate with a perfect weekend, improving to 2-0 during league play for the third straight season as they dispatched the University of the Southwest (New Mexico) Mustangs twice in consecutive sets on the road.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score (Game 1)
  • Louisiana Christian – 3
  • Southwest (New Mexico) – 0

 

• Score (Game 2)
  • Louisiana Christian – 3
  • Southwest (New Mexico) – 0

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (8-6, 2-0 Red River)
  • Southwest-New Mexico (0-3, 0-2 Red River)

 

• Location
  • Hobbs, New Mexico – Jack & Mabel Maddox Student Life Center

 

• Series History
  • Wildcats Lead 5-2 (71.4%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • Wildcats (W4) | Mustangs' Last Win: October 22, 2022 (3-1)

 
Wildcats Top Performers: 
 

• Katie Spell had a weekend to remember out in the Land of Enchantment, exploding for a team-best 25.5 points (4.3 p/s), 21 kills (3.5 p/s), and three service aces (0.5 p/s) in addition to hitting .263 with 19 digs (3.17 p/s).

 
                    * Spell made a compelling case for her first career RRAC Attacker of the Week selection, notching season-bests for both points (18) as well as kills (16) while collecting her first double-double of the year (16 kills and 11 digs) in the finale. 
 

• Emma Cother stayed red-hot, putting together an average of 8.83 assists (53 total) and 3.67 digs (22 total) on her way to logging yet another double-double on Saturday (29 assists and 13 digs).

 

• Leah Stamps was her usual dynamic defensive self, posting 29 digs for a 4.83 median.

 

• Jessica Smith and Abby Revell each set career-highs over the two-day stint approximately ten hours west of town as the former tallied 11 digs (3.67 p/s) while the latter had seven (2.33 p/s) in the squad's conference debut.

 
Record Book Watch:
 
Team
 

• The Orange and Blue have now won three matches in-a-row, tied for the fourth-longest streak in school history, with both the second (4 games) and top spots (5 games) well within reach.

 
Season
 

• Kierra Jones is on pace to have the best blocking campaign by any Cats student-athlete in the program's eighth year, rising to fourth on the single-season total blocks list (35), fourth in block assists (28), and eighth regarding solo blocks (7).

 

• Cother jumped Paris Babino's fall 2021 (370) showing for sixth on the assists ladder, edging her out over the weekend to stand at 371.

 

• Finally, Stamps knocked Jaslyn Bright's 207-dig performance in 2017 off the leaderboard entirely to claim 10th all-time for digs in a campaign, garnering 218 so far.

 
Next:
  

• 15 games and a full month into the 2024 campaign, the Wildcats will finally play in front of the home crowd inside H.O. West Fieldhouse against the Texas College Steers at 7 p.m. on Friday evening.

 

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