SAN MARCOS, Texas – The Texas State volleyball team swept Louisiana 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-22) Friday night inside Strahan Coliseum.
 
The Bobcats (22-8, 13-2 SBC), playing in front of the third-largest crowd in school history of 3,021 fans, earned a modicum of revenge after the Ragin' Cajuns (19-10, 12-3 SBC) defeated TXST in five sets on Oct. 28 in Lafayette.
 
With the victory, the maroon and gold clinched the Sun Belt Conference West Division title and a double bye at the 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship. The postseason tournament will be contested Nov. 16-19 at Convocation Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Texas State will skip the first two days and begin play in the semifinals Nov. 18.
 
The Bobcats were led offensively by a quartet of attackers. Junior Madison Daigle (.579) and true freshman Tyeranee Scott (.550) both registered 12 kills and just one error each on a combined 39 swings. Sophomore Amy Pflughaupt had nine kills and only one error for a .320 attack percentage, while adding 11 digs. Classmate Megan Porter finished with nine kills and eight digs of her own.
 
Defensively, sophomores Micah Dinwiddie (25) and Mattie Adams (10) both reached double-digits in digs.
 
Senior Erin Hoppe distributed 48 assists, which marked the highest total in a three-set match by any Sun Belt player since Oct. 25, 2013. Fellow senior Jaliyah Bolden totaled seven kills, while setting a new career-high with seven digs.
 
Texas State escaped the opening period with a narrow 25-22 victory. The two sides played even until a kill from Scott gave the maroon and gold a 15-14 advantage. The Bobcats led the rest of the way but, conversely, the Ragin' Cajuns stayed in hot pursuit by never letting the home team lead by more than four points. UL played to within one at 22-21, but a service error and kills from Porter and Bolden swung momentum over to Texas State.
 
The second set was more favorable for the Bobcats, as they cruised to a 25-18 triumph. Louisiana was able to earn a 10-10 draw, but TXST slowly crept ahead and pulled away until reaching the final seven-point margin of victory.
 
The last tie in the match came at 13-13 in the third period. Texas State moved into a cushion of five points at 20-15, but the visitors scored a pair of points to get within three at 20-17. The comeback attempt would end there, however, as the Bobcats were able to close out the Ragin' Cajuns.
 
Hanna Rovira posted a match-high 14 kills, while Jessica Bartczyszyn distributed 27 assists in the losing effort. Sydney Davis (11) and Lexi Hebert (10) both reached the double-figure dig mark.
 
Texas State had match highs in kills (52-38), attack percentage (.368-.184), assists (51-33), aces (2-1), and digs (70-47). Both teams had four blocks.
 
The Bobcats have one more home match to close out the regular season. They will host ULM at noon Nov. 12, which will also serve as Senior Day for the maroon and gold. Bolden and Hoppe will be honored prior to the match.
 
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