BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas ( RAGIN’ CAJUNS ATHLETICS ) — The Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Volleyball team fell in straight sets for the third time at the Texas A&M Invitational following the host-Aggies’ 3-0 (25-14, 25-18, 25-16) win on Sunday.
The Ragin’ Cajuns (2-6) held leads in the second and third sets, but ultimately it was an astounding 82% success rate at siding out that carried the Aggies (7-0) over the top.
Texas A&M took advantage of four players with six or more kills on .300-plus hitting. The Aggies finished the contest out-hitting Louisiana .340 (45 K, 12 E, 97 TA) to .144 (31 K, 18 E, 90 TA).
Louisiana was unable to find its footing in the opening set and the Aggies took full advantage. Texas A&M held UL to .000 hitting and doubled the Cajuns up in kills (14-7) to lay claim to the match lead.
The Ragin’ Cajuns bounced back in Set 2 firing off 13 kills on .333 hitting and the result was a 15-all deadlock after a kill from Jaylynn McNeill out of the media timeout. The Aggies found separation with a trio of winners and later got a pair of touch calls to stretch the advantage out to 23-18.