Bleu Devils Battle and Steal a win in Pineville

New Orleans, LA- Dillard (LA) defeated Louisiana Christian in a close match, winning 3 sets to 2. The final scores were 16-25, 15-25, 25-14, 25-23, 15-13.

In the first set, Dillard struggled with their attack, recording 8 kills and 5 errors on 30 attempts, resulting in a hitting percentage of .100. Louisiana Christian, on the other hand, had a strong attacking performance with 16 kills and 6 errors on 31 attempts, giving them a hitting percentage of .323. Despite Dillard's efforts, Louisiana Christian won the set 25-16.

The second set saw Dillard improve their attacking performance, recording 11 kills and 6 errors on 24 attempts, resulting in a hitting percentage of .208. Louisiana Christian continued their strong attacking performance with 14 kills and 4 errors on 27 attempts, giving them a hitting percentage of .370. Louisiana Christian won the set 25-15.

Dillard bounced back in the third set, improving their attacking performance even further with 12 kills and 4 errors on 39 attempts, resulting in a hitting percentage of .205. Louisiana Christian struggled in this set, recording 8 kills and 11 errors on 47 attempts, giving them a negative hitting percentage of -.064. Dillard won the set 25-14.

The fourth set was closely contested, with both teams performing well in their attacks. Dillard recorded 15 kills and 9 errors on 44 attempts. Louisiana Christian had 12 kills and 5 errors on 41 attempts. Dillard narrowly won the set 25-23.

In the decisive fifth set, Dillard had a strong attacking performance, recording 11 kills and 3 errors on 21 attempts, resulting in a hitting percentage of .381. Louisiana Christian struggled in this set, recording 6 kills and 2 errors on 15 attempts. Dillard won the set 15-13 and secured the victory.

Overall, Dillard had a total of 27 kills and 158 total attempts, resulting in a hitting percentage of .190. They also had 4 service aces and 8 service errors. Defensively, they recorded 68 digs and 6 blocks.


Notable performances for Dillard included Vanae Sapp with 14 kills and 16 digs, Sara Da Silva with 17 kills and 2 blocks, and Taylor Hurst with 32 assists. For Louisiana Christian, Kate Campbell had 15 kills and 2 digs, Katie Spell had 14 kills and 7 digs, and Emma Cother had 46 assists.

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