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LSU
Volleyball Falls Short of LSU
9/21/2013 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Sept. 21, 2013
| LSU 3, HOUSTON 1 |
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| Final Stats | Box Score (PDF) | Season Stats |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| LSU | 25 | 22 | 25 | 25 |
| HOUSTON | 17 | 25 | 19 | 19 |
| Quick Stats | UH | LSU |
| Kills | 54 | 54 |
| Attack Errors | 26 | 15 |
| Total Attempts | 154 | 141 |
| Hitting % | .182 | .277 |
| Digs | 65 | 61 |
| Assists | 51 | 49 |
| Service Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Solo Blocks | 1 | 3 |
| Block Assists | 14 | 22 |
| Total Blocks | 8.0 | 14.0 |
| Statistical Leaders | ||||
| UH | LSU | |||
| Kills | Mikals, Warren (17) | Holman (17) | ||
| Assists | Paine (49) | Pardo (45) | ||
| Digs | Patterson (21) | Pardo (15) | ||
HOUSTON - In a hard-fought battle, LSU defeated the University of Houston volleyball team in four sets (17-25, 25-22, 19-25, 19-25) in front of a packed Athletics/Alumni Center during day two of the Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup Saturday.
The Cougars (7-6) started strong in the first set committing nine errors, but improved greatly into the second set. Before the half, the Cougars tied up the match with a 25-22 win. Houston hit .415; committing only three errors while holding the Tigers (10-1) to a .250 hitting average. LSU took a 2-1 advantage in the third set, winning most of its points on errors by Houston.
Freshman Sarita Mikals recorded her fifth double-double of the season with 17 kills and 13 digs. Cortney Warren also hit 17 kills against LSU, a .293 hitting percentage. Defensive specialist Destiny Patterson dug out a career high 21 digs along with a great defensive showing from the Cougars.
LSU finishes tournament play undefeated. Baylor takes (0-1) on North Texas (1-1) match up at 2:30 p.m. followed by Houston's final match of the tournament against the Bears at 7 p.m.
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