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Volleyball: Ragin’ Cajuns Sweep Way to 10-0 Mark

Andrea Hole, Tonice White 

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HOUSTON, Texas – Andrea Hole was named tournament MVP for the third straight week and the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns ran their record to 10-0 for just the second time in program history with sweeps of Oral Roberts and Houston on the second day of the Flo Hyman Collegiate Cup.
 
The Ragin’ Cajuns were just 2-20 against the tournament field entering the weekend before reeling off three straight sweeps for just the third time since 2002.
 
Hole was not the only all-tournament selection for the Cajuns as Chanelle Gardner was named to the all-tournament team for the third straight week, as well Sara Mossakowski.
 
Louisiana 3, Oral Roberts 0
The Ragin’ Cajuns continued to roll, steaming past Oral Roberts, 3-0 (27-25, 25-18, 25-19) in the second match of the Flo Hyman Classic.
 
Louisiana (9-0), who was previously winless in three matches against the Golden Eagles (5-6), hit .330 for the match and owned the net with a 7-0 edge in blocks.
 
Despite not putting a player in double-figure kills, the Cajuns still out-killed ORU 40-34 and were led by Chanelle Gardner and Kaylee Nemeth‘s eight kills apiece. Andrea Hole had four kills and four blocks, but picked up another double-double with 29 assists and 11 digs.
 
Caitlyn Auxilien led all players with a dozen digs, while Gardner added four blocks to her eight-kill total.
 
In all, seven Cajuns had at least four kills in the match and the team served up nine aces in the three-set affair.
 
The Cajuns used a late 5-1 run to steal the first set from the Golden Eagles. Louisiana fought off a pair of set points late in the frame, getting kills from Filce and Reilly to put off the first, and a kill from Gardner to ward off the second before Reilly delivered the final point of the set.
 
Set 2 was never in question with UL leading by as much as nine points at the 19-10 mark on its way to hitting .500 for the set. ORU cut it back to 19-14, but the Cajuns responded with four straight points out of a timeout to put the set away before closing it out on a kill by Nemeth.
 
In the third set, the Cajuns established a 16-11 lead with a 7-1 run midway through the stanza and cashing in on its first set-point try when Hole found Gardner for a kill.
 
Louisiana 3, Houston 0
Sara Mossakowski, Chanelle Gardner and Stacey Reilly picked up 10 kills apiece and hit .312, going over .300 for the third straight match, with a 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-22) sweep over the host Houston Cougars.
 
The Ragin’ Cajuns (10-0) dominated all statistical categories, including kills, blocks aces and digs, while holding the Cougars (6-3) to just .167 hitting for the match.
 
Mossakowski picked up another double-double, going for 10 kills and 10 digs, hitting .381 with just two errors on 21 swings. Reilly did the same with 10 kills and 11 digs of her own, while Gardner had 10 kills and three blocks.
 
Hole, who entered the weekend ranked second in the Sun Belt Conference in assists, dished out 43 assists for the match, along with eight digs and three service aces.
 
Caitlyn Auxilien added a match-high 14 digs, and freshman Keely Hayes just missed double figures with nine digs.
 
The Cougars were led by Cortney Warren with 15 kills and Keandra McCardell with 29 assists.
 
The Ragin’ Cajuns hit .351 in the opening set, scored four straight points to snap a 15-15 tie in the initial set. Houston managed a late rally to cut the lead to 23-22 before a service error and a kill from Mossakowski closed things out.
 
Louisiana jumped out to a quick 8-1 lead in the second frame before a 12-4 Cougar run put Houston in front 13-12. A 9-2 run for the Cajuns followed, setting them up to close the set out with a kill from Abby Filce and a block by Filce and Mossakowski.
 
UL had its best set of the match in the clinching frame, hitting .500 with 18 kills. The teams traded points until the 15-14 mark when UL ran off five straight scores, getting kills from Nemeth and Reilly in that span. Kills from Gardner and Reilly stretched the lead to 21-17, before a kill from Mossakowski finally closed out the match.
 
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