Lamar knocked off by TCU and SMU on Saturday

Sept. 3, 2011

DALLAS - Lamar University finished its action at the SMU Doubletree Volleyball Invitational on Sunday, dropping a pair of matches by 3-0 scores to TCU (16-25, 19-25, 16-25) and the host Mustangs (22-25, 17-25, 16-25).

The Lady Cardinals have now dropped four straight matches and stand at 1-5 on the season. Lamar, which will host the MCM Elegante' Invitational next weekend, will be back in action at Louisiana-Lafayette on Tuesday night at 7.

Lamar had no answer for TCU's offense in the second match of the day as the Horned Frogs attacked at an impressive .316 as a team. TCU finished the match with 46 kills, while Lamar managed only 31 on a .150 attack percentage.

Sophomore outside hitter Sierra Whittaker led the Lady Cardinals with 11 kills, the only Lady Cardinal to reach double digits. Megan McStravick had a team-high 15 digs, establishing a new career-high.

TCU's Kristen Hester pounded down 15 kills, attacking at an incredible .789 percentage. Jordan Raines added 12 kills for the Horned Frogs (6-0), while Megan Munce and Sarah Joeckel each recorded 16 digs.

Whittaker also led the team in kills with nine against SMU, and finished with 31 for the three-match tournament. However, after attacking at an impressive .346 clip against the Crimson Tide, Whittaker hit just .174 against the Mustangs.

Lamar led the first set 19-17, but could not hang on as SMU closed with an 8-3 run to win the set 25-22. Lamar had 10 of its 31 kills in the first set, but the Mustangs were able to pick up 14 to win the set.

After dropping the second set 25-17, Lamar had its best offensive effort in set three. The Lady Cards finished with 14 kills and attacked at a .300 percentage. SMU took advantage of three LU service errors, and hit an outstanding .464 with 14 kills, to close the match 25-16.

Lamar hit just .128 for the match, but did have a slight six to five advantage over SMU in total blocks. The Lady Cardinals also were plagued with nine service errors in the match.

Freshman Madi Martin posted six kills, 23 assists and eight digs for Lamar. Redshirt freshman Megan Schwartz led Lamar with 11 digs.

Jessica Oliver led SMU with 10 kills, while Dan Powell led all players with 15 digs.

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