RUSTON- The Louisiana Tech Volleyball team fell in three sets on Friday night against Florida Atlantic (27-25, 25-20, 25-20). 

 LA Tech came out ready to put up a fight in Friday night's match against FAU. The Lady Techsters started with an early lead over the Owls by collecting a 3-0 scoring run off of FAU errors. Their lead continued its climb late in the set when Andrea Spaojevic and Sydney Jackwin both produced kills to go along with an error from the Owls to give the Lady Techsters a five-point advantage. FAU was able to reclaim themselves in the set with a 6-0 scoring run. LA Tech couldn't stop the momentum they produced and fell 27-25. 

FAU started the second set not backing down. With an early six-point lead, the Lady Techsters had a hard time trying to take back over the set. Chard'e Vanzandt produced five of the twelve kills in the set along with McKenzie Johnson's seven digs.

The Lady Techsters didn't make it easy for the Owls to take the third set. FAU gained a seven-point lead early in the set, but the Lady Techsters were able to shut them down midway through. Down by three, FAU produced two errors along with Jackwin adding another kill, LA Tech tied the set 18-18 With three back-to-back kills, the Owls finalized the final set 25-20. 

QUOTABLES  
Head Coach Amber McCray
"Tonight will sting for a while because we know we had a prime opportunity to take care of the first set and be in control the whole match, and unfortunately we waited for them to lose instead of making the plays to win. We have to be able to consistently find way more kills from various positions than we are right now to give ourselves a chance in these matches, and we have another chance to do so Sunday."

NOTABLES
•    LA Tech out-blocked FAU 7-2 with three from Morgan Smith and two from Imana Ellis.
•    Two Lady Techsters collected double-digit digs, McKenzie Johnson totaling 14 and Andrea Spasojevic with 12. 

UP NEXT
The Lady Techsters will remain at home on Sunday, Oct. 23 to face off with North Texas at 1 p.m. at the Thomas Assembly Center.

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