BIRMINGHAM- The Louisiana Tech volleyball team fell 3-1 (18-25, 20-25, 25-14, 20-25) to UAB on Sunday afternoon at the Bartow Center. 
 
LA Tech was only able to produce five kills in the first set against the UAB defeanse. Eight of their points were scored off of errors from the Blazers. UAB jumped ahead early on in the set with a 5-0 scoring run to give them a four-point lead before adding another 4-0 scoring run and a 5-0 scoring run to give them a 10-point advantage. The Lady Techsters fought to try and catch up by collecting a 4-0 scoring run late in the game off of three UAB errors and an ace from Andrea Spasojevic, but it wasn't enough. 
 
The Lady Techsters started the second set off with a 3-0 scoring run with three straight kills from Morgan Smith, Jailen Hurley, and Spasojevic. The two teams went back and forth throughout most of the set, but the Blazers were able to take the lead with a 4-0 scoring run to give them a three-point lead. Only down by two, LA Tech gave up three errors to give UAB the second set. 
 
Like the second set, LA Tech began the third set with another 3-0 scoring run with a UAB error and a kill from Spasojevic and Hurley. The Lady Techsters led throughout the entire set, but widen their lead with a 4-0 scoring run off of three errors from the Blazers and a kill from Sydney Jackwin. Leading by five, LA Tech added another scoring run with two kills from Jackwin, one from Imana Ellis, and two errors from UAB to bring their lead to nine to finish the match 25-14.
 
The final set was back and forth between the two teams. The Lady Techsters led 13-12 midway through, but the Blazers were able to produce a 5-0 scoring run to put them, in the lead. That wasn't able shack LA Tech though. The Lady Techsters returned with a 4-0 scoring run with a kill from Hurley, two aces from Ashley Jones, and an error from UAB to tie the game 17-17. UAB then collected back-to-back-to-back kills to give them the lead they needed to claim the victory on the match. 
 
QUOTABLES
Head Coach Amber McCray
 
"Road wins are hard to get in this league, and they're even tougher when we come out flat. Just like Friday, I was pleased with the fight and attention to detail we showed in the last 2 sets. Out blocking UAB 14-6 is also a stat to be proud of, but the deficit in kills is what's hurting us most right now and what we will spend the most time over this next week looking to improve. Good news is there's a lot of league left and it's already been proven anyone can get anyone. We just have to show up every day ready to battle from the first serve, and we will start to see more of these matches go our way."
 
NOTABLES
•          Andrea Spasojevic added another double-double giving her nine on the season with 10 kills and 11 digs.
•          Sydney Jackwin produced nine kills and 12 digs.
•          Morgan Smith sets a new career record with 10 blocks, giving her the No. 8 spot in the program record books. 
 
UP NEXT
The Lady Techsters return home on Friday, Oct. 21 at 6 P.M. to face off with Florida Atlantic in the Thomas Assembly Center.
 
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