Arkansas Volleyball Drops SEC Opener at LSU
BATON ROUGE, La. – The University of Arkansas volleyball team (6-7) saw improvements throughout the night, but couldn’t build enough consecutive rallies to take down the Tigers, dropping its SEC opener to LSU, 3-0.
HOG HIGHLIGHTS
- Maggie Cartwright | 8 kills | .312 hitting% | 9 digs
- Liz Pamphile | 6 kills | .462 hitting% | 2 blocks
THE TURNING POINT
Trailing 1-0 in the match, Gillen sparked a 5-2 scoring run to help the Razorbacks tie the score at 13 points apiece in the second. Arkansas couldn’t keep the fire burning and LSU started a run of its own, taking a six-point lead that would last until the Tigers could secure a 25-19 set two win.
The Razorbacks got its first block of the match in the third set as Ellease Crumpton and Devyn Wheeler each earned the assist to give Arkansas a much-needed 6-2 lead. A kill by LSU’s Taylor Bannister would give the Tiger’s its first lead of the set (9-8) and LSU took advantage of the lead change and took its biggest lead of the set at 22-14 down the stretch. Arkansas managed six of the final nine points including a 4-0 scoring run late, but the Tigers’ lead was too big to overcome, and the Hogs dropped the final set, 25-20.
UP NEXT
Arkansas will visit Alabama in Tuscaloosa on the 29th before returning home to Barnhill for their SEC home opener against Texas A&M on Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. (CT).
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