LAFAYETTE, La. — The current 12-match winning streak for the Texas State volleyball program began following a four-set match against Louisiana on Saturday, Oct. 2. And 42 days later, the Bobcats returned the favor with a four-set victory over the Ragin' Cajuns.
Louisiana (14-10, 9-7) ran out to a quick three-point lead to start the match, before Texas State (18-11, 14-2) used a four-point run to take a 7-5 lead. The Bobcat advantage extended out to 9-6, before the two teams started trading the lead throughout the rest of the set. Kelsey Bennett, however, ended the set with back-to-back kills.
The following set, Texas State displayed its dominance as the road team hurried to a 6-2 lead and never looked back. Louisiana cut its deficit to three at 8-5 and 9-6, but the Bobcats always responded. TXST ran back out to a 15-9 lead, before the lead ballooned to 21-12.
Tyeranee Scott capitalized on an
Emily DeWalt set as the two seniors combined to end the set on a Scott kill.
Texas State carried that momentum over to the third set as the Bobcats went up 15-5 after opening the set on a 5-0 run. An attack error by Siena DeCambra made it 20-7, Bobcats, before the Ragin' Cajuns scrapped together a few points before a bad set by Reka Kotorman ended the set.
An early-set advantage is what Texas State got, again, to begin the fourth set as the Bobcats went up 11-5 following a kill by
Tessa Marshall. A service error by Louisiana's Siena DeCambra made it 13-6, Texas State. The Ragin' Cajuns battled back to cut their deficit to two at 13-11 following a 5-0 run. The Bobcats kept the lead, though, and eventually took the set on a
Kenedi Rutherford kill to halt a 4-1 run by Louisiana.
STAT LEADERS
SCORES BY SET
- 1st | Louisiana 26, Texas State 24
- 2nd | Texas State 25, Louisiana 16
- 3rd | Texas State 25, Louisiana 14
- 4th | Texas State 25, Louisiana 22
MATCH NOTES
- Head coach Sean Huiet continued his hot start in Sun Belt Conference action as the second-year head coach concluded the 2021 fall regular season with a 29-3 record against conference foes.
- Texas State senior outside hitter Kenedi Rutherford continued her double-digit kill streak as Rutherford now has recorded at least 10-or-more kills in a match over the last three contests following a season-high 12 kills Saturday night.
- Texas State senior setter Emily DeWalt recorded her 10th match this season with 40-or-more assists after finishing Saturday night's match with 48, which is the third-most assists in a match by DeWalt this season.
- With her 17-kill, 14-dig performance against Louisiana, Texas State senior outside hitter Janell Fitzgerald recorded her sixth straight double-double against conference opponents. For the season, Fitzgerald has been credited with 11 double-doubles against Sun Belt Conference opponents.
UP NEXT
- With the 2021 fall regular season now in the past, the Texas State volleyball program will now turn its attention to the Sun Belt Conference postseason tournament. The Bobcats, the number one seed out of the West Division, will open play on Friday, Nov. 19.
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