NEW ORLEANS, La. – The Louisiana Christian University volleyball program watched its record-tying five-match winning streak fall by the wayside on Saturday afternoon in the Big Easy, dropping a pair of contests against William Carey and Loyola (New Orleans) in straight sets as it concluded its non-conference road schedule.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score (Match 1)
  • William Carey – 3
  • Louisiana Christian – 0

 

• Score (Match 2)
  • Loyola (New Orleans) – 3
  • Louisiana Christian – 0

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (10-8, 4-0 Red River)
  • William Carey (13-6, 3-2 Southern States)
  • Loyola-New Orleans (3-15, 1-4 Southern States)

 

• Location
  • New Orleans, Louisiana – The Den (University Sports Complex)

 

• Series History
  • William Carey
    • Crusaders Lead 1-0 (0%)
  • Loyola (New Orleans)
    • Wolf Pack Lead 3-0 (0%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • William Carey
    • Crusaders (W1) | Wildcats' Last Win: N/A
  • Loyola (New Orleans)
    • Wolf Pack (W3) | Wildcats' Last Win: N/A

 
Wildcats Top Performers: 
 

• Abby Revell led the offense with a team-high 17 kills (3.40 p/s) behind a season-best 14 points and 13 kills versus William Carey including the doubleheader's lone solo block.

 

• Leah Stamps could dig the competition, tallying 28 on the afternoon for a 4.67 per set average.

 

• Five-foot-seven defensive specialist Jessica Smith got some action on the front line and delivered her first career block in conjunction with Kierra Jones against Loyola, taking up her normal role on the backend in the opener by notching eight digs over three sets (2.67 p/s).

 

• Jones smacked down four blocks in total (0.67 p/s) as well as 11 kills (1.83 p/s) while Emma Cother picked up 51 assists (8.50 p/s), 16 digs (2.67 p/s), a service ace in each game (0.33 p/s), and a 2024-most three kills opposite the Wolf Pack.

 

• Megan O'Neal returned from her five-match absence to produce a double-digit kill tally of ten in only three sets (3.33 p/s) and Summer Martin set a season-high for digs with four during the WCU tilt.

 
Record Book Watch:
 
Team
 

• By scoring 72 points, the Orange and Blue moved into fifth place on that list at 828, moving past the 2017 squad's mark of 824.

 
Career
 

• Jones shares sixth on the all-time matches played leaderboard with I'Nyah Kately (2018-21) following the twin-bill, having each suited up 77 times.

 

• The other career milestone was for Abby Revell, whose solo stuff gives her nine at LCU to tie with teammates Katie Spell and Kate Campbell along with Michelle Iroh (2021-22) for fifth-highest.

 
Season
 

• Stamps slid past both Cabree Bourg's 2018 campaign (239) and Jaslyn Bright's 2018 season (257) to secure fifth on the single-season digs ladder, finishing the trip with 266.

 

• Cother's name keeps rising higher across the record books, tying for the fourth-most assists in a year at 468 (same as Paris Babino in 2019) on top of hopping into sixth for service aces at 25, leapfrogging Said Jones' fall of 2021 in the process.

 
Next:
  

• An undefeated start to Red River Athletic Conference play gets its biggest test to date on Friday and Saturday as the Cats return to New Orleans for a double date with the back-to-back-to-back conference champion Xavier (Louisiana) Gold Nuggets.

 

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