NEW ORLEANS, La. – The University of Tennessee Southern volleyball team played their final road match of the regular season in Louisiana falling 3-0 to Loyola on Saturday.
UT Southern (7-13, 4-8) battled the WolfPack in close start with eight ties. The home team pieced together a 5-0 run to take the first set. In the second net, the Firehawks jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, but Loyola charged back. After trading the lead back and forth, UTS took back the lead at 16-15, LU once again cashed in a 5-0 run to take a 2-0 lead. In the final set, both teams battled back and forth trading the lead. With both sides tied at six, came alive via a 14-4 run to sweep the match.
STAT LEADERS
Kills: Morgan Avrit – 9 on 26 attempts
Assists: Laura Howell – 18
Digs: Isabella Garza – 15
3,000 ASSISTS
Senior setter, Laura Howell needed nine assists in today's match to break 3,000 career assists. Today she accumulated 18 to tally 3,009 in her career.
NEXT UP
The Firehawks will celebrate senior day on Saturday, November 2^nd, hosting Oakwood. First serve between the Ambassadors and Firehawks is set for seven p.m.
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