Longview, Texas – The Centenary volleyball team will make a visit to East Texas on Tuesday as the Ladies play a pair of non-conference matches beginning with a contest versus the LeTourneau University YellowJackets at 3 p.m. inside Solheim Arena.
Centenary (9-8, 0-2 SCAC) then takes the short drive to Marshall to face the East Texas Baptist University Tigers at 7 p.m. at Ornelas Gym. The Ladies had their season-high six-game winning streak snapped on Saturday in Irving, Texas as the Maroon and White fell in a pair of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference matches to Dallas and Austin College at the Maher Athletic Center on the University of Dallas campus.
Live stats and video are available for both of Tuesday's matches at the links below:
LeTourneau Stats: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wvball/2021-22/boxscores/20210928_4o7j.xml
LeTourneau Video: https://letuathletics.com/watch/?Live=404&type=Live
ETBU Stats: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wvball/2021-22/boxscores/20210928_dzi9.xml
ETBU Video: https://goetbutigers.com/coverage
LeTourneau is 6-5 and will face St. Thomas at 7 p.m. following the match at 3 p.m. with the Ladies. The YellowJackets and Ladies are meeting for the second time this season after Centenary dropped a 3-1 decision on Sept. 3 in the Millsaps/Belhaven Invitational in Jackson, Miss. ETBU is 7-5 on the season and winners of five matches in a row. The Tigers will face St. Thomas at 3 p.m. prior to the match with the Ladies at 7 p.m. ETBU and Centenary are playing each other for the first time this season.
Centenary had its six-game winning streak snapped on Saturday as the Ladies fell in a pair of conference matches to Dallas and Austin College in Irving, Texas. The Ladies entered conference play on Saturday riding a season-high winning streak after defeating Dallas Christian College on Friday evening, 3-1, preceded by five-consecutive sweeps over Louisiana College, Grambling, Jarvis Christian, and Williams Baptist (doubleheader).
Centenary's six wins in a row was one shy of the division III era (2011-present) record of seven set by the 2011 squad. The Ladies fell 3-0 to the Crusaders of Dallas in its first match of the day and then dropped a 3-1 decision to the 'Roos of Austin College in the second match. The Maroon and White lost a close battle in set one versus Dallas, 28-26, dropped set two by a score of 25-19, and then fell 25-18 in the third and final set. Austin College took set one by a 25-22 score and won set two 25-18 before the Ladies picked up a decisive 25-15 win in set three. The 'Roos then closed out the match in the fourth set, 25-10.
Senior OH Alyssa Davis (Leonard, Texas) had a solid match versus Dallas with a team-high 10 digs and nine kills. Freshman RS Jaylin St. Martin (New Orleans, La.) also had nine kills and sophomore DS/L Tori Ligman (Bossier City, La.) recorded nine digs and an ace. Senior S Marichael Clarin-Jante (Houston, Texas) tallied 14 assists, seven digs, two kills, and an ace. Sophomore DS/L Jaycie Proctor (Paris, Texas) added six digs and fellow sophomore MB/OH Robin Lemelle (Liberty, Texas) posted five digs and a pair of kills.
Junior MB Liz Lowe (San Antonio, Texas) contributed three digs, three kills, and two assists. Senior MB Elizabeth Epley (Nashville, Tenn.) had two digs, two kills, and an assist. The Ladies finished the match with 45 digs, 29 kills, 26 assists, and a pair of aces. Dallas had 54 digs, 47 kills, 42 assists, and 10 aces.
Davis turned in an impressive performance in the second match of the day versus Austin College, a typical effort for the superb senior, as she posted a game-high 19 kills and added 10 digs which marked the eighth time this season she recorded double digit digs and kills in the same match. She finished the day with 28 kills, 20 digs, and two assists. Davis leads the SCAC in kills with 195 and also ranks sixth in the league in digs and is the team leader in both categories. Davis is also approaching 1,000 career kills as she currently has 974, so she may reach that impressive milestone on Tuesday.
Clarin-Jante recorded 27 assists, 10 digs, an ace, and a kill. She is currently second in the SCAC in assists with 274 and has tallied 20 or more assists in a match seven times this season!
Ligman posted eight digs and three aces. Proctor tallied seven digs, two assists, and a kill and Epley had six kills, three digs, and one assist. St. Martin contributed five kills, three digs, and a pair of assists.
Senior Lauren Kelley (Fort Worth, Texas) had six digs, three kills, an assist, and an ace. Freshman MB Elizabeth Canady (League City, Texas) posted four kills and three digs. Fellow freshman Kiara Liedy (Sugar Land, Texas) recorded six digs, an assist, and an ace. The Ladies finished the match with 56 digs, 39 kills, 35 assists, and six aces.
Centenary then returns to conference play this coming weekend as the Maroon and White play host to 10 matches over two days, Friday Oct. 1 and Saturday, Oct. 2, with SCAC rivals Dallas, Schreiner, Southwestern, and Trinity coming to town.
You can see the weekend schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/general/2021-22/releases/202109272g5a4p
See the Ladies' complete 2021 season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wvball/2021-22/schedule
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