Oct. 9, 2007

Box Score

NEW ORLEANS-- McNeese State's volleyball team dropped a non-conference match at to a very good Tulane team here Tuesday night by a 3-0 score (21-30, 21-30, 17-30), dropping the Cowgirls to 8-11 on the season. Tulane improved to 17-4 overall.

The Cowgirls continue to struggle with hitting errors as they committed 23 in the match and posted a .071 hitting percent. Tulane capitalized on the Cowgirls' mistakes and hit .330 for the match.

After falling behind 16-9 in game one, McNeese made a comeback to cut the lead to 21-15 on a Tulane error. The Cowgirls wouldn't get any closer as they dropped the first game by a 30-21 score.

In the second game, McNeese took an early 5-2 lead on back to back kills by Chanel Tyler. Tulane would eventually tie the game eight all and take a 9-8 lead on a Bridget Wells kill. The Green Wave would increase that lead to 15-9 and eventually take the game 30-21.

In the third game, the Cowgirls once again took an early lead but Tulane was just too much. Leading 21-13 after a Cowgirl serving error, Tulane outscored McNeese 9-4 the rest of the way to take the final game by a 30-17 score.

Alyson Jones led the Cowgirls with nine kills and Lindsay Brooks added eight. Sarah Cartie dished out 23 assists and led the team with three service aces. Tyler was the only McNeese player to record double figure digs with 13. Brooks and Katie Breazeale both led McNeese with three block assists apiece.