Women's Volleyball | October 15, 2018
PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle University volleyball team (11-9) is set to travel to Delaware State on Tuesday to finish non-conference play with a match against Delaware State (2-20). First serve is slated for 6 p.m. from Dover.
LAST TIME OUT:
- La Salle trailed 11-5 before working all the way back with a 9-2 run to go on top behind two service aces from junior Jennifer Edwards. After falling behind by as much as five, the Explorers saw match point after a Devin Corah kill, but Duquesne rattled off four straight points to take the set, 26-24.
- The Explorers bounced right back in the second set and jumped out to leads of 9-3, 12-4 and 16-7 before pulling away after back-to-back kills by senior Madison Kuch to make it 22-13. A pair of Duquesne errors later made it easy for La Salle to close it out, 25-17, to tie the match at one all.
- Both teams went back-and-forth to start the third set, as the score was knotted at 9-9 before Duquesne began to pull away. The Explorers got within two at 13-11, but the Dukes capped the set on a 12-4 run to snag the 25-15 win.
- In the final set, La Salle jumped out to a 6-3 lead after a kill by junior Catherine Edgington. However, Duquesne gained control from there and never looked back, taking the set, 25-15, and the match, 3-1.
SCOUTING THE HORNETS:
- The Hornets enter Tuesday's game on a six-game losing streak and are collectively 2-20 on the season.
- Offensively, the team is hitting .086 as a group. Mayah Ngundam paces the team with 2.18 kills per set while hitting .028. Delaware State's most efficient hitter is its setter Milexa Cardona. Cardona leads the Hornets with a kill percentage of .265 and also paces the squad in assists per set with 6.73.
- On the defensive side of the net, the Hornets average 11.25 digs and 1.10 blocks per set. Ngundam leads the team with .51 blocks per set, while Leimaluhia Taula leads the team with 3.27 digs per set.
MILESTONE WATCH:
- Jensen Sharrits is 27 digs shy of hitting 2,000 for her career. She also sits 87 shy of the school record.
- Kathryn Wood enters play 71 assists short of 3,000.
