Overall Record: 8-7
SEC Record: 3-3
RPI: 50th
Strength of Schedule: 16th
Last Week
Oct. 8 – vs. Mississippi State [W, 3-0: 25-13, 25-12, 25-15]
Oct. 12 – at Tennessee [W, 3-0: 25-19, 25-19, 25-16]
Next Week
Oct. 17 – at Missouri [6 p.m. CT; SEC Network – http://es.pn/10V8vB6; Live Stats: lsusports.net/livestats]
Oct. 19 – at No. 12 Kentucky [12:30 p.m. CT; SEC Network+ – http://es.pn/1sg2sBu; Live Stats: lsusports.net/livestats]
Nomination for SEC Offensive Player of the Week
Mimi Eugene, OH, 6-0, Fr., Houston, Texas
Outside hitter Mimi Eugene averaged 4.33 kills per set and 5.42 points per set as she helped lead LSU to a clean sweep of SEC competition in Mississippi State and Tennessee over the week, as the Tigers are currently on a three-match winning streak. Eugene led all players with 15 kills against Mississippi State on a season best .462 average, while earning 11 against the Lady Vols for her fifth double figure kill match of the season. Eugene averaged 2.17 digs per set, while averaging an ace per set, getting five in the win over Tennessee to become the second Tiger to have five in a single match.
Weekly Totals
|
SP
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Kills
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Err
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Att
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Pct.
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Asst.
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Aces
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Digs
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BS
|
BA
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TB
|
|
6
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26
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7
|
52
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.365
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0
|
6
|
13
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0
|
1
|
1
|
Notes on the Tigers
LSU is 8-7 on the season and 3-3 in SEC play after sweeping both Mississippi State and Tennessee over last week. The Tigers are currently on a three-match winning streak, tying the longest for the team this season. LSU is 6-4 in its last ten matches overall. The Tigers are over .500 for just the second time this season. Sunday’s win at Tennessee was just the second for the team on the road this season. The win over the Lady Vols on Sunday was the second consecutive victory for the team in Knoxville. The Tigers averaged .333 on the week and averaged 15.00 kills per set against the Bulldogs and Lady Vols. LSU held both teams to a combined .070 hitting percentage. LSU had 13 aces to its opponents’ three, to finish with a 2.17 aces per set average. LSU out-blocked both teams 2.17-1.83. The Tigers have won the first set in each of its last three and is 6-1 on the year when taking the opening set. LSU is 2-1 this year in matches lasting only three sets. Sunday was the second time that the Tigers have been up two sets and closed the win in the third. LSU hit .300 against Tennessee, the second straight match the Tigers have done so, and just the second time all year the squad has been able to do so against an opponent. LSU has accumulated 20 or fewer errors in a match six times this year and is 4-2 when doing so. LSU is 4-1 when holding an opponent to a .200 hitting percentage or less in a match. The Tigers have hit above .300 in seven of the last 11 sets, with a set hitting above .400 and one above .500. LSU has seven matches this season with six or more service aces in a match. The Tigers didn’t register a solo block as a group for the first time in the last 11 matches. LSU was out-blocked for just the second time in the last five. Mimi Eugene led LSU last week with 26 kills, averaging 4.33 per set, while also averaging 1.00 aces per set in the two matches. Eugene had five service aces against Tennessee and six for the week, becoming the second player since last Wednesday to have five in a single match. Briana Holman finished with 20 kills, averaging 3.33 kills per set, while finishing with a .559 hitting percentage. Holman’s .667 hitting percentage in the win over Tennessee is the highest this season, as she owns nine of the top 10 in a match this season. Malorie Pardo averaged 10.67 assists per set in the two wins, finishing with 64 in two matches. Pardo had six kills with no errors on six attempts for a perfect attack percentage against the Lady Vols. Haley Smith averaged 3.67 digs per set in two matches, as she was one of five LSU players to average two digs per set along with Eugene, Cati Leak, Katie Lindelow and Pardo.