MARSHALL, Texas – The Louisiana Christian University volleyball program dropped nearly a dozen service aces on the hosts of the Wiley Showdown, rising back to the .500 mark on the season with a sweep of the opposing Wildcats.
 
The Basics:
 

• Score
  • Louisiana Christian – 3
  • Wiley – 0

 

• Records
  • Louisiana Christian (6-6, 0-0 Red River)
  • Wiley (0-4, 0-1 HBCUAC)

 

• Location
  • Marshall, Texas – Alumni Gymnasium

 

• Series History
  • Series Tied 2-2 (50%)

 

• Winning Streak
  • Louisiana Christian (W2) | Wiley's Last Win: September 24, 2021 (3-0)

 
Wildcats Top Performers: 
 

• Kate Campbell and Katie Spell spearheaded a two-headed monster, making up 23 of the squad's 42 kills (54.8%) as the former notched 12 (4.00 p/s) and the latter put up an 11 (3.67 p/s) spot including a .348 efficiency rating.

 

• Emma Cother had herself possibly the best evening of the year setter-wise, averaging an even ten assists per set (30 total) and tying for the team title for digs (8, 2.67 p/s) in addition to a pair of aces.

 

• Jessica Smith was the co-leader in digs with her teammate above (8, 2.67 p/s) while smashing a match-high four service aces.

 
Record Book Watch:
 
Career 
 

• Campbell passed Paris Babino (2017-21, 274) for career points, climbing up the ranks to seventh at 284.

 

• Kierra Jones contributed one ace to the box score, tying Graduate Assistant Aniah Adams (2019-23) for seventh as well, collecting her 45th.

 
Season 
 

• Cother also jumped past Babino (301) for seventh place all-time, but in her instance, it was single-season assists (318).

 
Team 
 

• The Orange and Blue's sixth triumph moves the team into sole possession of the third-most wins in school history, behind only the past two seasons which both ended with double-figure win totals.

 
Game 
 

• For the second time in the first dozen matches, Louisiana Christian had one of its most efficient attacking sprees ever, clubbing the ninth-best hitting percentage in its eight-plus campaigns with a stellar .297 mark, tallying 42 kills opposed to 15 errors over 91 attempts.

 
Next:
  

• Volleyball will be the first fall sport to start Red River Athletic Conference action when they mosey on over to Hobbs for a date with the University of the Southwest (New Mexico) at 8 p.m. central time on Friday.

 

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