Sherman, Texas – The Centenary volleyball team will play three Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference matches this weekend on the campus of Austin College, beginning with a match versus the University of St. Thomas set for 1:15 p.m. at the Sid Richardson Recreation Center.
Live stats are available for the match at the link below. Live stats are available for all three of the Ladies' matches this weekend and there will be live video of their Friday evening match versus Southwestern inside Hughey Gymnasium.
Stats: https://ustcelts.com/sports/wvball/2022-23/boxscores/20221014_dl99.xml
The Ladies enter the weekend at 9-14 overall and 0-8 in conference play while the Celts are 13-7 and 3-6 in the SCAC. Centenary and St. Thomas previously met back on Oct. 1 in Georgetown, Texas as the Celts recorded a 3-0 sweep. The Ladies will face Southwestern on Friday at 6 p.m. in Hughey Gymnasium and then play Texas Lutheran on Saturday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. in the Sid Richardson Recreation Center.
Centenary split a pair of matches last Saturday at home as the Ladies fell 3-2 to The University of Dallas Crusaders in conference play and then defeated the LeTourneau University YellowJackets, 3-2, to cap the day in a thrilling non-conference contest at the Gold Dome.
The Ladies improved to 3-5 at home this season and are now 12-7 in their last 19 home matches dating back to the beginning of last season.
The Ladies finished with 73 digs, 52 assists, 52 kills, and nine service aces against Dallas Senior DS/L Jaycie Proctor (Paris, Texas) led the Ladies with 20 digs, and was one of five Centenary players to post double-digit digs. Sophomore MB Elizabeth Canady (League City, Texas) had a game-high 14 kills while sophomore RS Jaylin St. Martin (New Orleans, La.) joined her in double digits with 11. Freshman S Meadow Smith (Mansfield, Texas) led the Ladies with 28 assists and senior S/RS Rachel Demerjian (Glendora, Calif.) added 16. Demerjian also posted 13 digs, two aces, and two kills.
Senior MB Liz Lowe (San Antonio, Texas) had 12 digs, eight kills, two aces, an assist, and a block. Smith also had 11 digs and an ace, and sophomore OH/DS Kiara Liedy (Sugar Land, Texas) tallied 10 digs and a pair of aces. Sophomore RS Aubrey Salazar (San Antonio, Texas) had seven kills and two digs.
The Ladies opened the second match against LeTourneau with a 25-21 win in the first set but the YellowJackets evened things up with a 25-16 win in the second set LeTourneau then claimed a 25-15 win in set three to go up 2-1. The Ladies tied the match with a thrilling 29-28 win in the fourth set and sealed the win with a 15-8 win in the fifth set. Centenary finished with a .353 attack percentage in the first set, and .267 in the fifth set.
Centenary tallied 84 digs, 64 kills, 62 assists, three aces, and three blocks. LeTourneau finished with 82 digs, 57 kills, 54 assists, and 10 aces. The 84 digs are tied for the fourth-most in a single match this season by the Ladies and the 64 kills is tied for the most in a match, tying the total that Centenary had in the season opener against Howard Payne on Sept. 2.
Proctor again led the way with a match-high 28 digs, St. Martin had a team-leading 16 kills and added four digs and a pair of blocks, and senior DS Mariah Martinez (San Antonio, Texas) had a season-high 31 assists to go with 12 digs. Canady had 10 kills and a block, Lowe posted 12 kills, five digs, and an ace. Junior MB/OH Robin Lemelle (Liberty, Texas) tallied 13 digs, nine kills, and five assists, and Liedy posted nine digs and an ace. Freshman OH Jaeda Moreno (Weslaco, Texas) added nine kills and one dig.
Proctor currently ranks second in the conference in digs (396) while Demerjian ranks fourth in the SCAC in assists (370) with the rookie Smith is seventh with 343. Lowe is currently eighth in block with 47.
See the complete Ladies' season schedule here: https://www.gocentenary.com/sports/wvball/2022-23/schedule
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