Houston, Texas –  The Louisiana Tech volleyball team picks up their third consecutive sweep with a 3-0 win over Prairie View A&M on Friday afternoon at the Marriott Westchase Invitation in Houston, Texas.
 
The Lady Techsters move to 3-2 on the season with the 3-0 (25-22, 25-17, 25-23) win, while Prairie View A&M falls to 0-5 Overall
 
LA Tech surged out to an early 6-2 lead as sophomore libero McKenzie Johnson served up the first of three LA Tech aces. Prairie View A&M would claw their way back evening the match at 14-all. A short run by the Lady Panthers only sparked a 7-1 run by the Lady Techsters, featuring a pair of kills by sophomore Faith Menary and a kill by Marley Maurer, giving Tech a 23-19 lead. The Lady Panthers closed within two at 24-22 before a service error gave the Lady Techsters a first set win.
 
LA Tech built an early 9-3 lead on a pair of kills and blocks from senior Jordyn Carswell and a kill from Menary. The Lady Techsters would push lead out to as much as eight, twice at 17-9 and 20-12. Carswell finished off the set with her sixth kill of the frame giving LA Tech a 2-0 sets lead.
 
In the third set, Prairie View A&M jumped out to a quick 10-4 lead. That lead was short lived as the Lady Techsters surged back to within one at 11-10, with a 6-1 run as four different LA Tech players record kills during the run. The Lady Techsters would even the score at 17-17 before kills by Carswell and sophomore Marley Maurer wrapped up things up.
 
NOTABLES

• LA Tech moves to 6-0 all-time against Prairie View A&M.
• Five of the six victories over the Lady Panthers have come via the sweep.
• The Lady Techsters have swept three straight opponents for the first time since 2010.
• LA Tech finished the night with 33 kills, 49 digs and 7 total team blocks.
• Carswell lead the Lady Techsters with 10 kills.
• Mallory Meers directed the offense, dishing out 24 assists.
• McKenzie Johnson collected a team-high 15 digs.
• Carswell finished the afternoon with three total blocks, two being solo blocks.

QUOTABLE
Head Coach Amber McCray
"We are happy to get the win against a Prairie View team who played a new lineup that worked very well for them. We were very high error tonight and that made it hard for us to build true momentum the entire match, but we had a number of players step up to make plays in critical moments and that was a sign of growth for us. McKenzie Johnson was stellar for us again at the libero spot, and Mallory Meers did a solid job distributing our offense and putting our hitters in good positions that we now just have to work to capitalize on."

UP NEXT
LA Tech will return to action tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. as the Lady Techsters matchup against Houston Baptist.

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