Ruston, La. –  The Louisiana Tech volleyball team completed the sweep over Jackson State Wednesday night inside the Thomas Assembly Center in the Lady Techsters home-opener.
 
The Lady Techsters improves to 2-2 on the season with the 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, 25-19) win, Jackson State falls to 0-3 overall.
 
LA Tech jumped out to an early 9-3 lead in the first set as sophomores Samantha Hicks, Faith Menary and Mallory Meers recorded kills to get things start. Jackson State clawed their way back into the match with a 12-2 run taking a 17-15 lead. The Lady Techsters used an ace by sophomore Ainsley Yanz and a block by Meers to take back the advantage before Menary finished things off with a kill.
 
A slow start to the second set saw the Lady Techsters fall behind 9-5 early, but a pair of kills by sophomore Carly Doros and a ace by Meers trims the lead to two at 12-10. Sophomore Samantha Hicks sparked a 5-1 run with a pair of kills cutting the deficit to one, 17-16. The two teams traded points until the Lady Techsters finished the set with a 6-2 run behind kills from Morgan Smith and Yanz to take a 2-0 sets lead.
 
The Lady Techsters surged out a 6-2 lead forcing Jackson State to use a timeout. The Lady Tigers would fight their way back into the match, closing the deficit to within one at 15-14, but a pair of kills by Smith, Menary and senior Jordyn Carswell extended the Lady Techsters lead to 20-16. Sophomore MacKenzie Murray would close things out with a kill to give LA Tech its second win of the season.
 
NOTABLES

• LA Tech moves to 13-1 all-time against Jackson State.
• 10 of the 13 victories have come via a sweep.
• The Lady Techsters finished the night with 33 kills.
• LA Tech recorded a five ace serves.
• Five Lady Techsters collected four or more kills.
• Meers dished out 26 assists and recorded nine digs.
• McKenzie Johnson collected a season-best 19 digs.
• Murray played above the net collecting 4 blocks.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Amber McCray
"I'm proud of the fight our team showed tonight amidst a mountain of adversity. Jackson State is a program on the rise playing with a ton of confidence right now from going undefeated en route to a SWAC Championship until their only loss came in the NCAA Tournament. It took a total team effort, including multiple players bring a spark off the bench to carry us to this win tonight. That shows growth and is definitely something we can regroup and build on heading into this weekend."
 
UP NEXT
The Lady Techsters return to action on Friday at 4 p.m. when it heads to Houston, Texas, for a match against Prairie View A&M at the Houston Marriott Westchase Invitational, hosted by Houston Baptist. LA Tech will also face Houston Baptist and Lamar on Saturday.

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