Fayetteville, Ark. – Sophomore Faith Menary collected a team-high eight kills to go along with a pair of aces in Louisiana Tech volleyball's 3-0 (25-14, 25-17, 25-19) setback at Arkansas in the Arkansas Classic on Saturday afternoon.
 
The loss drops the Lady Techsters to 0-2 on the season, while the Razorbacks improve to 2-0.
 
Arkansas got out to early 8-4 and 13-8 leads in the opening frame but back-to-back kills by sophomore Samantha Hick cut the Lady Techsters deficit down to three at 13-10. The Razorbacks responded quickly finishing the set on a 12-4 run.
 
A back-and-forth match through the early part of the second stanza saw LA Tech even the score at 15-all on an Ace by sophomore Faith Menary. Arkansas made a quick 3-0 run forcing Tech to use a timeout at 20-16. The Lady Techsters were unable to respond as the Razorbacks closed the second set on another 5-1 run.
 
With the score even at 4-all in the third, Arkansas used a pair of kills to spark a 4-0 run for and 8-4 advantage. LA Tech would battle back to within two on a pair of kills by Menary. The Lady Techsters continued to hang around evening up the score at 15-15 on Menary's sixth kills of the set. Arkansas would go on to claim the match with a 7-2 run.
 
NOTABLES

• LA Tech finished the match hitting .260 on 28 kills.
• Lady Techsters matched the Razorbacks with 33 digs apiece. 
• LA Tech out-blocked Arkansas, 3-2.
• Menary led Tech with eight kills, six coming in the third set.
• Sophomore Morgan Smith had a team-high .400 hitting percentage.
• Junior Imana Ellis and Hicks had six and five kills respectfully.
• Redshirt-Sophomore Mallory Meers set a new career-high dishing out 24 assists.
• Freshman McKenzie Johnson finishes with 11 digs for the second straight match.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Amber McCray
"I'm proud of the fight our team showed today against a very good Power 5 team. We put ourselves in position to be right there with them, but let one Arkansas serving run make the difference in each set. Our middles shined today offensively and we will continue to find ways to get the ball to them more. Our goal each match is to improve on the various areas we need to work on as we continue to learn how to play together with this very young team. There were a number of positives where we did just that today, and now our mission is to bounce back quickly and get ready for a scrappy UAPB team."
 
UP NEXT
The Lady Techsters will be back in action tonight at 5:00 p.m. when they matchup against Arkansas Pine-Bluff in their final match at the Arkansas Classic.

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