University of Missouri
21-7 (13-5SEC)
LSU
15-13 (9-9SEC)
Mizzou Volleyball Closes Regular Season with Sweep over LSU
11/30/2019 8:54:00 PM | Volleyball
Mizzou now awaits its 2019 NCAA Tournament destination
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Mizzou Volleyball (21-7, 13-5 SEC) concluded its 2019 regular season schedule Saturday evening inside the Hearnes Center with a straight-set (25-20, 25-22, 25-18) victory over LSU.
Mizzou enjoyed a strong overall match, led by 51 kills on .357 hitting on offense. Defensively, the host Tigers limited LSU to 26 kills on .138 hitting, highlighted by negative hitting in the third and final set.
#ShowMe Top Performers vs. LSU
- Andrea Fuentes: 44 assists, 1 kill, 1 ace, 6 digs, 1 total block
- Kylie Deberg: 13 kills, 2 aces
- Dariana Hollingsworth-Santana: 12 kills on .526 hitting, 2 total blocks
- Claudia Dillon: 7 kills on .700 hitting, 3 solo blocks, 4 total blocks
- Leketor Member-Meneh: 10 kills, 8 digs
- Tyanna Omazic: 7 kills on .308 hitting, 1 ace, 2 total blocks
- Riley Sents: 12 digs
Hear From Head Coach Joshua Taylor
On closing the regular season strong…
"Tonight was our third consecutive win to end the regular season, so I'm definitely pleased with how our group finished strong down the stretch. Against LSU, we had so many attackers step up and it really kept their defense off-balance. We're excited to learn our destination and opponent for the NCAA Tournament in tomorrow night's selection show. We'll quickly get back to work in the gym and prepare for the next step in our season journey."
#MIZ Takeaways
- Mizzou now leads the all-time series over LSU, 11-4.
- Including its 3-1 victory in Baton Rouge earlier this season (Oct. 2), Mizzou swept the two-match season-series over LSU this year.
- Dating back to the 2015 campaign, Mizzou has recorded eight-straight wins in the all-time series with LSU.
- Tonight marked Mizzou's 13th match this season with a .300-plus hitting percentage. Four of those occurrences have taken place in the teams' past seven matches played.
- Dillon had the top match of her first-year campaign against LSU, recording season-highs in kills, hitting percentage, solo blocks and total blocks.
- Hollingsworth-Santana had a big final week of the regular season, posting 27 kills on .396 hitting in victories at Ole Miss (Nov. 27) and tonight versus LSU.
- Omazic also enjoyed back to back strong matches, tallying 22 total kills on .341 hitting.
- Despite the match only lasting three sets, Sents kept her streak of double-digit digs alive tonight. The Grundy Center, Iowa, native has now recorded 10-plus digs in eight-straight matches and 12 times in her past 13 matches played.
Up Next
Mizzou now awaits its 2019 NCAA Tournament destination. The Tigers will gather Sunday evening and tune-in to ESPNU at 7:30 p.m. CT for the official NCAA Tournament Selection Show.
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