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Friday, September 26
Lynchburg, Va.
6:00 PM ET
Liberty University
13-1,1-0CUSA
3
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0
Louisiana Tech
7-8,0-1CUSA
1
2
3
F
Louisiana Tech
8
13
15
0
Liberty
25
25
25
3
Liberty Overpowers LA Tech in CUSA-Opening 3-0 Sweep
9/26/2025 8:07:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
LYNCHBURG, Va. - Liberty hit a season-best .440 in a 3-0 (25-8, 25-13, 25-15) sweep over Louisiana Tech in both teams' CUSA opener, Friday at Liberty Arena.
The Lady Flames (13-1, 1-0 CUSA) pushed their winning streak to nine matches, continuing their best start to a season in program history. The Bulldogs fall to 7-8, 0-1 in conference play with the loss.
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Notable Numbers
The Lady Flames and Bulldogs complete this weekend's series tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Liberty Arena.
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The Lady Flames (13-1, 1-0 CUSA) pushed their winning streak to nine matches, continuing their best start to a season in program history. The Bulldogs fall to 7-8, 0-1 in conference play with the loss.
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Notable Numbers
- Liberty outhit LA Tech .440-.041 for the match, with the Lady Flames leading 40-21 in kills, 8-0 in aces, 32-25 in digs and 6-2 in blocks.
- Jenna Otts scored a match-high 13 kills at a .500 pace, while Paige Overcash hit .643 with nine kills and Laney Daniell totaled five blocks. Alison Bierwagen registered 20 assists and a match-high four aces. Zoe Hall served up a career-high three aces, while Carly O'Brien posted seven kills and a match-high eight digs.
- Giulia Bonifacio led LA Tech with five kills, while Riley Steubing collected a team-best six digs.
- The Lady Flames burst out to a 10-0 lead in the first set before LA Tech scored a single point. Liberty posted its largest margin of victory in a single set so far this season, 25-8, in set one.
- The hosts quickly finished off the match with 25-13 and 25-15 victories.
- Liberty is now 5-1 all-time against LA Tech in volleyball, with the Lady Flames winning all five matches against the Bulldogs since joining Conference USA prior to the 2023 season. Â Â
- Liberty's 25-8 set-one victory was its largest margin of victory since defeating LA Tech 25-6 in set one on Nov. 2, 2023.
- The Lady Flames' 36 total points allowed tonight were their fewest against since yielding just 34 points to NJIT in a three-set sweep on Oct. 26, 2018.
- Otts has scored 10 or more kills in each of the last eight matches. That is the longest streak of 10-kill matches by a Lady Flame since Kate Gammer's eight straight from Oct. 29 through Nov. 15, 2024.
- Liberty's current nine-match winning streak is its longest since winning the first eight games of the 2023 season.
- Liberty's .440 hitting percentage tonight was its sixth best single-match attack percentage in the rally-scoring era and best since hitting .461 (41-6-76) against Elon, Sept. 7, 2019.Â
The Lady Flames and Bulldogs complete this weekend's series tomorrow at 1 p.m. at Liberty Arena.
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Team Stats
LATech
Lib
Kills
21
40
Errors
18
7
Attempts
74
75
Hitting %
.041
.440
Points
23.0
54.0
Assists
20
36
Aces
0
8
Blocks
2
6
Game Leaders
Kills-Aces-Blocks
Kills
13
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
9
Aces
0
Blocks
3
Kills
7
Aces
0
Blocks
0
Kills
4
Aces
0
Blocks
5
Players Mentioned
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