Thursday, November 2
Lynchburg, Va.
6:00 PM ET
Liberty University
14-11,7-6CUSA
3
vs
0
Louisiana Tech
6-19,1-12CUSA
1
2
3
F
Louisiana Tech
6
16
17
0
Liberty
25
25
25
3
Liberty Cruises to Senior Night Sweep of Louisiana Tech
11/2/2023 8:23:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
LYNCHBURG, Va. - Liberty hit a season-best .376 for the match, sweeping Louisiana Tech (25-6, 25-16, 25-17), Thursday at Liberty Arena.
With the win, their third in a row, the Lady Flames improved to 14-11, 7-6 in CUSA matches. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs fell to 6-19, 1-12 in conference play with their eighth straight setback.
Notable Numbers
The Lady Flames and Bulldogs will face off again tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Liberty Arena.
With the win, their third in a row, the Lady Flames improved to 14-11, 7-6 in CUSA matches. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs fell to 6-19, 1-12 in conference play with their eighth straight setback.
Notable Numbers
- For the match, Liberty outhit Louisiana Tech .376 to .099. The Lady Flames led in kills (44-24), assists (42-22), aces (11-3), digs (58-43) and blocks (58-43).
- Kate Phillips led all players with 16 kills (.455) and tied for the match high with 15 digs. Meanwhile, seniors Ananda Patterson and Zoi Sherolli both scored a season-high eight kills. Sherolli served up four aces and collected eight digs. Delaney Dilfer dished out a match-high 36 assists while Julia Mangum contributed a career-high six aces and nine digs. Erica Lowery collected a match-high 15 digs.
- Carla Esquer led Louisiana Tech with six kills, while Riley Steubing served up three aces, Grace Krohn totaled 13 assists and McKenzie Johnson collected 14 digs.
- The Lady Flames never trailed in the match, with Louisiana Tech tying the score twice early in the first set for the only two ties of the contest.
- Liberty has tied the all-time series at 1-1 with Louisiana Tech, as the Bulldogs won the only previous meeting 3-0 on Sept. 10, 2004 in Austin, Texas.
- Liberty's 25-6 win in set one was its largest single-set margin of victory this season and largest since defeating NJIT 25-6 in set two on Oct. 26, 2018 in the Vines Center.
- Liberty recognized seniors Delaney Dilfer, Julia Mangum, Ananda Patterson and Zoi Sherolli prior to tonight's match. The four combined for 22 kills, 38 assists, 11 service aces, 26 digs and four block assists.
- Liberty tied a season high with 11 aces (also Aug. 31 against High Point).
- Mangum's career-high six aces tied a Liberty Arena record set by Coppin State's Andrea Tsvetanova, Sept. 16, 2022 against Eastern Michigan. Mangum was the first Lady Flame since Casey Goodwin, Aug. 24, 2018 versus Oakland, to serve up six aces in a single match.
- Liberty's .376 hitting percentage was its best since hitting .388 (64-12-134) at Bellarmine on Oct. 7, 2022.
- The Lady Flames hit .600 (12-0-20) in set one, its best hitting percentage in a single set since hitting .609 (16-2-23) in set one against Jacksonville on Oct. 14, 2022.
- Phillips recorded her sixth double-double of the season and 24th for her career, while taking over the team lead with her 15th double-digit kill match of the season. She has connected for at least 15 kills in each of the last three matches and four of the last five.
The Lady Flames and Bulldogs will face off again tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Liberty Arena.
Team Stats
LATech
Lib
Kills
24
44
Errors
14
6
Attempts
101
101
Hitting %
.099
.376
Points
31.0
60.0
Assists
22
42
Aces
3
11
Blocks
4
5
Game Leaders
Kills
16
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
8
Aces
1
Blocks
2
Kills
8
Aces
4
Blocks
0
Kills
4
Aces
6
Blocks
1
Players Mentioned
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