VB: App State @ La Ragin' Cajuns 7:30 ET Tonite

asu66 · Unread post by **asu66** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 9:13 am

SR All-SBC OH Emma Longley of Raleigh (NC) Cardinal Gibbons for the kill!

After sweeping last weekend, App State volleyball will hit the road to begin a five-match road trip tonight. The Mountaineers take on Louisiana in Lafayette this evening at 7:30 EST on ESPN+.

The all-time series between App State and Louisiana is tied 4-4. Last season, the Mountaineers overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Ragin' Cajuns 3-2 in Boone.App State enters play with a 6-9 mark and 2-0 mark in Sun Belt play, after posting 3-1 wins over Georgia State and Georgia Southern this past weekend.

For their efforts over the weekend, Sam Bickley and Emma Reilly were named Sun Belt Players of the Week. Bickley was tabbed as Sun Belt Freshman of the Week after posting 92 assists (11.50 a/s), 18 digs (2.25 d/s) and 8 kills (1.00 k/s). Reilly earned her second Defensive Player of the Week honor after tallying a total of 45 digs (5.63 d/s).

Reilly leads the Sun Belt in total digs (291) and is the lone player in the league averaging 5.00 digs or more at 5.20. In addition, she leads the league with 32 service aces.

Emma Longley is one of two players in the Sun Belt to average 4.00 kills per set or more, sitting at 4.00 k/s, which ranks second. She also has a league leading 224 total kills this season.

Bickely sits second in the league in assist average (10.39) and is tops in the conference in total assists (561)
Kara Spicer has hit .300 or better in 11 matches this season and ranks third in the Sun Belt, hitting .348.

Louisiana split a pair of matches last weekend and stands at 5-10 overall and 1-1 in Sun Belt play. The Ragin' Cajuns fell at Texas State on Friday 3-1 and topped UT Arlington 3-1 on Sunday.

Watch on ESPN+... https://www.espn.com/watch?id=7ca46c82- ... 0302e3b6e1

Live Stats... http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=265222

BUTCH1991 · Unread post by **BUTCH1991** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 8:57 pm

Huge win for the ladies tonight! Down 2-0 and beaten easily in the 1st 2 sets, they win set three 30-28 and come all the way back for the 3-2 victory! Congrats

DaphneUrquhart · Unread post by **DaphneUrquhart** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 9:30 pm

Great job, ladies!

asu66 · Unread post by **asu66** » Sat Oct 05, 2019 2:16 am

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Huge win for the ladies tonight! Down 2-0 and beaten easily in the 1st 2 sets, they win set three 30-28 and come all the way back for the 3-2 victory! Congrats
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Indeed! I watched this match "cover to cover" and after two sets, I thought our ladies were in for an embarrassing disaster. Then, they rallied and scored 30 points in the third set--winning 30 to 28. They scored as many points in the third set (30) as their combined points total in sets one and two (17 + 13). That was a tremendous comeback and it set the tone for sets four and five. They refused to throw in the towel.

Two positive notes, among many, are that...(1) two true freshmen (Sam Bickley and Sarah Missroon) played in three or more sets in the match. Bickley played in all five sets and made the leaderboard with 55 assists; and (2) the Apps are off to a 3-0 start in Sun Belt play.

Up next for the Apps is a 1 PM ET match on Sunday at ULM.