ITTA BENA, Miss. – The Louisiana Tech volleyball team was firing on all cylinders Tuesday night with a commanding 3-0 sweep over Mississippi Valley State inside R.W. Harrison Complex in non-conference action.

LA Tech improves to 7-16 on the year with the win, while the Devilettes of Mississippi Valley State fall to 2-11 overall with the loss. Scores of the match in favor of the Lady Techsters were 25-9, 25-15, 25-18.

The Lady Techsters dominated the opening set serving up four aces while holding the Devilettes to just two kills and a -.350 hitting percentage. LA Tech surged out a 11-3 lead behind kills from sophomore's Mallory Meers, Carly Doros and Morgan Smith and senior Jordyn Carswell. The Lady Techsters extended their lead out to 18-8 on a service ace by sophomore Faith Menary. Following a kill by Mississippi Valley State, sophomore Meghan Dunnigan served up a 6-0 run that included a pair of aces to give the Tech a 25-9 set win.

Set two saw the Lady Techsters record 18 kills on 43 attempts for a .326 hitting percentage on the way to a 25-15 set win. Tech raced out to an early 7-2 lead on a Carswell kill and extended it out to 17-10 before the Devilettes we able to cut the lead down to six at 20-14. A ace serve by Carswell and a kill by sophomore Marley Maurer claimed the set 25-15 and a 2-0 lead in the match for LA Tech.

Similar to the first two frames, the Lady Techsters opened the third set with a 14-3 advantage, behind five kills from four different Lady Techsters and a pair of blocks by Smith, Carswell and Maurer. LA Tech held match point at 24-12, but Mississippi Valley State was able to rattle off six straight points cutting the lead down to 24-18. Sophomore Samantha Hicks finished things off with a kill through the block, giving Tech a 25-18 set win.
 
NOTABLES

• The Lady Techsters move to 5-0 against SWAC teams this season and 30-1 against SWAC opponents since joining Conference USA in 2013.
• The Lady Techsters improve to 2-0 all-time against the Devilettes.
• Six of LA Tech's wins this season have come via sweeps.
• LA Tech snaps an 8-game losing streak with 3-0 sweep of Mississippi Valley State tonight.
• Every LA Tech player that played recorded at least one kill.
• Jordyn Carswell lead LA Tech's offense for the second straight match with seven kills and 11 digs.
• Carly Doros and Morgan Smith each added six kills for LA Tech.
• Meghan Dunnigan lead the Lady Techsters back row with 12 digs, her eighth double-digit dig match and third straight with 10 or more digs.
• Mallory Meers dished out 16 assists, while collecting six digs for LA Tech.
• Smith played above the net collecting two of the teams five total blocks.
• The Lady Techsters collected 38 kills, hitting .237 as a team, the third best mark of the season.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Amber McCray
"It's always great to get a road win, and we needed one badly to split up this conference stretch. Jordyn Carswell is playing with a ton of confidence right now which has been great to see heading into her final matches of her career. Morgan Smith was effective both offensively and defensively tonight as well, hitting a .308 and leading us with four blocks. We stayed aggressive behind the service line and that provided us a number of opportunities we just need to continue to make sure we actually capitalize on. We are excited to head into this bye weekend with a chance to really go get after it in practice working on a number of aspects of our game that can put us in the best position to compete in our final weeks of season."

UP NEXT
The Lady Techsters return to the court next Tuesday, Oct. 26 when they travel to matchup with cross town rival Grambling State. First Serve is set for 6 p.m. inside the Grambling's Fredrick C. Hobby Assembly Center.
 
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