Shreveport – The Centenary volleyball team returns home on Wednesday evening as the Ladies will face the Tougaloo College Bulldogs in a non-conference contest set for 6 p.m. at the Gold Dome.
Live stats and live video will be available for the match at the links below:
Stats: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wvball/2023-24/boxscores/20230927_t7xr.xml
Video: https://www.youtube.com/live/xGutE5iTx_s?si=pOoAGCS92ly60fYz
The Ladies (4-7) aim to snap a five-game losing streak after dropping a pair of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference matches on Saturday in Irving, Texas at the SCAC Inter-Pod hosted by the University of Dallas. The Ladies and Bulldogs have met once before – a 3-1 road win by Centenary last season.
Centenary fell 3-1 the host University of Dallas Crusaders and 3-1 to the Austin College 'Roos as the Ladies opened league play over the weekend.
Sophomore S Meadow Smith (Mansfield, Texas) enters Wednesday's action ranked third in the conference in assists with 309. She averages 7.72 assists per set this season and had an impressive weekend as she had a match-high 40 assists against Austin College as she reached the mark for the second time this season. She previously tallied a career-high 43 against Lyon earlier this month. She added a season-high 19 digs and had one kill against the 'Roos. Smith had a team-best 29 assists and added eight digs, two kills, and an ace in the match against Dallas.
The Ladies finished with a season-high 93 digs, 49 kills, 47 assists, two aces, and one block in the Austin College match. Junior OH/DS Kiara Liedy (Sugar Land, Texas) was the leader in digs with 20 against Dallas and added one assist. Junior MB Elizabeth Canady (League City, Texas) led the way in kills with 10 and added two digs, an ace, and an assist. Canady is tied for second in the conference in blocks with eight.
Sophomore DS/L Daly Nagot (Benton, La.) finished with nine digs and an assist, and junior RS Jaylin St. Martin (New Orleans, La.) had an impressive match with eight digs, eight kills, a team-high three aces, and an assist. Freshman RS/S Victoria Larson (Royse City, Texas) tallied six kills, three digs, and one assist.
Senior MB/OH Robin Lemelle (Liberty, Texas) had four digs and one kill, freshman MB Bailee Henderson (Monroe, La.) totaled six kills and a dig, freshman OH/DS Mackenzie Haley (Orange, Texas) added four kills, and senior OH Madison Schonberg (Harbor City, Calif.) had one dig and one kill.
St. Martin polished off a stellar day with 21 digs and 14 kills against Austin College, both season highs. Canady had 11 kills, six digs, and one block and Larson finished with 11 kills, three digs, and one assist. Haley had six kills and five digs and Nagot finished with 12 digs, one ace, and one assist.
Liedy had 20 digs as she reached the mark for the fourth time this season and in both matches of the day. She added two assists and one ace. Henderson had a dig and a kill, Lemelle finished with four kills, and Schonberg recorded one kill. Freshman S/DS Hannah Dimmel (Navasota, Texas) had a solid match with six digs and three assists.
See the complete Ladies' schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wvball/2023-24/schedule
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