Pineville, La. – The Centenary volleyball team recorded a sweep over the Louisiana Christian University Wildcats on Tuesday evening in a non-conference contest at H.O. West Fieldhouse.
The Ladies (7-10) snapped a four-game losing streak and swept the Wildcats (4-4) for the second-consecutive meeting after doing so in Shreveport last season. Centenary now leads the all-time series 6-1 and appeared in Pineville for the first time since the 2018 season. The teams will meet again next month as the Ladies will face the Wildcats on Senior Night, Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. in the Gold Dome.
The Ladies made history on Tuesday as they finished with a division III era (2011-present) single-match program record .438 hitting percentage. Centenary finished with 73 total attacks and finished with 38 kills and only six errors. The previous mark was .435 on Oct. 19, 2016 against Texas College.
Centenary finished with 36 assists, 30 digs, and eight service aces. The Wildcats tallied 36 kills, 35 assists, 27 digs, and two aces. The Ladies won set one, 25-17, and then took sets two and three by the identical score (25-16). The Ladies hit .500 in the first and third sets and .304 in set two.
Senior S/RS Rachel Demerjian (Glendora, Calif.) had a team-high 18 assists and added seven digs and a pair of aces. Freshman S Meadow Smith (Mansfield, Texas) had a solid match with 12 assists, five digs, and an ace. Sophomore RS Aubrey Salazar (San Antonio, Texas) had eight kills and two digs, senior DS/L Jaycie Proctor (Paris, Texas) posted four assist, four digs, and a kill.
Sophomore RS Jaylin St. Martin (New Orleans, La.) had 10 kills, two assists, and a dig good for 11 points. Sophomore MB Elizabeth Canady (League City, Texas) had eight kills and one dig for eight points. Sophomore OH/DS Kiara Liedy (Sugar Land, Texas) had a team-high three aces and three digs.
The Ladies will return to conference play this weekend as they travel to Georgetown, Texas as Southwestern University will play host to Centenary, Texas Lutheran, and St. Thomas. The Ladies will face St. Thomas and Southwestern on Saturday and TLU on Sunday.
See the complete Ladies' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wvball/2022-23/schedule
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