NATCHITOCHES, La. – The Louisiana Tech volleyball team dropped their final non-conference match of the season against Southeastern Louisiana on the final day of the Battle for the Boot in Prather Coliseum on the campus of Northwestern State on Saturday afternoon.
 
LA Tech fell behind early after a flurry of kills by Southeastern grew the lead to 12-4. The Bulldogs would work to fight their way back into the match, but eight errors by Tech and a 0.409 hitting percentage by Southeastern would lead to the Lady Lions taking the first set.
 
Ashley Taylor and Luisa Araujo started the second set with a block that led the Bulldogs into a 7-4 lead after an ace from Grace Krohn. The Lady Lions would use a 9-2 run to regain the lead at 17-12 before Sa'Mayah Medford and Sydney Jackwin would try to bring Tech back. Medford would account for two kills, a block, and an ace to help the Bulldogs pull within three. Combining with Medford on the block, Jackwin would account for the other point in that run. Tech would pull to 23-22 before Southeastern closed the set with the final two points.
 
The Bulldogs started slow in the third stanza, once again falling behind. Medford would bring Tech back this time with a pair of kills that tied the set. With their back against the wall, the Bulldogs used a 4-1 run to cut into the lead. Jackwin and Ashley Taylor helped bring Tech back this time, accounting for all four points during the run. Southeastern would get the final two points to win the match 3-0 (25-13, 25-22, 25-21).
 
QUOTABLES
Head coach Amber McCray
 
"We obviously know we are a much better team than we showed today and that's disappointing. Even still, there were some bright sports we can build on like the play of our middles. Ashley Taylor and Sa'Myah Medford did all they could to be consistent point scorers for us today, but we are limited in how much we can involve them when our passing is not there. We have to be much more productive on our pins, and we just did not have that today. We also let several SLU players who don't normally lead them offensively have career days against us and their team really fed off of that. I'm thankful we have a week to go regroup, shuffle some things around to fix our shortcomings and put ourselves in the best position to compete well opening conference play at FIU."

NOTABLES

• Finishing with four aces, the Bulldogs have multiple aces in every game this season.
• Jackwin led the Bulldogs with 10 kills and five digs.
• Albrecht finished with 17 assists, extending her streak of 10+ assists to 10 straight matches. She has 15+ in eight of those ten.
• Taylor finished with seven kills and five blocks. Medford added a career high six kills and an ace.
• The Bulldogs finished with a season-low 26 digs. 

 
UP NEXT
The Bulldogs travel to Miami to open Conference USA play against Florida International on Sept. 22-23. Friday's matchup is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. CT on ESPN+.
 
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