Overall Record: 12-7
SEC Record: 7-3
RPI: 25th
Strength of Schedule: 9th
Last Week
Oct. 22 – at Ole Miss [W, 3-0 – 28-26, 25-18, 25-20]
Oct. 26 – vs. Georgia [W, 3-1 – 25-17, 17-25, 28-26, 25-20]
Next Week
Oct. 26 – vs. South Carolina [7 p.m. CT; Live Stats: lsusports.net/livestats]
Nov. 1 – at Arkansas [1:30 p.m. CT; SEC Network+ – http://es.pn/1D36YF7; Live Stats: lsusports.net/livestats]
Nomination for SEC Offensive Player of the Week
Malorie Pardo, S, 5-10, Sr., League City, Texas
Senior Malorie Pardo served up 13.43 assists per set for a team that hit .300 on the week to extend LSU’s winning streak to seven matches in wins over Ole Miss and Georgia. LSU hitters connected on all but four of Pardo’s 47 assists against the Rebels, while becoming the 14th player in program history to amass 1,000 digs in a career. Was strong throughout the match against the Bulldogs by earning 47 more assists, while drilling six kills on a .667 hitting percentage with eight digs and a block.
Weekly Totals
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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
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BA
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TB
|
|
7
|
7
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0
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12
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.583
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94
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2
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13
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0
|
2
|
2
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Notes on the Tigers
LSU is 12-7 on the season and 7-3 in the SEC after defeating Ole Miss and Georgia last week. LSU extended its winning streak to seven matches, the second longest currently in the SEC. The winning streak ties the longest for LSU since the beginning of the 2013 season, and is one of the longest since 2009. The Tigers are one win away from tying their entire SEC win total from 2013. The Tigers snapped Ole Miss’ nine-match home winning streak last Wednesday, and was the third consecutive streak LSU has ended since the streak began. Georgia was only the third team to take a set off of LSU during the tear, as the Rebels were the fourth sweep of an opponent. The win over the Bulldogs was just the third for LSU this season, as it was just the fifth home match for the team this year. The Tigers improved to 5-5 in four-set matches this season on Sunday. LSU has won the first set in six of the seven matches during the winning streak, as the team is 9-1 when taking the opening set. Sunday was the seventh win for LSU this year when the match is tied at 1-1, and when the team is leading 2-1 is 5-0 on the year. The Tigers are 7-1 in the month of October. LSU is 11-5 in matches during the day and 4-1 on Sunday’s. LSU has not hit below .260 in any of its last six matches, hitting .333 against Ole Miss and .273 against Georgia, and is a combined 9-0 when hitting .250 or above in matches this season. LSU his hitting .290 as a team since the beginning of October, holding opponents to a .191 average. LSU is averaging over three more kills and three more assists per set than every other team it’s faced since the month began. LSU had seven service aces against UGA, the eighth time the team has earned six or more aces in a match this year. Georgia was only the second team in the last five to out-block LSU in a match, earning nine to LSU’s seven. Briana Holman hit .411 over the week with 31 kills for a 4.43 kills per set average, while averaging 1.57 blocks per set. Gina Tillis and Mimi Eugene each finished with 18 kills last week, with Tillis hitting .375 averaging three per set, while Eugene averaged 2.57 with a team-leading four service aces. Cati Leak earned her fifth double-double of the season against UGA, hitting .300 for the week with 16 kills and averaging 3.14 digs per set. Katie Lindelow earned her fourth double-double of the year also against Georgia, finishing with 11 kills and 15 digs. Malorie Pardo averaged 13.43 assists per set for LSU, earning 94 assists, while hitting .583 with two service aces, 13 digs and two blocks. Haley Smith led the team with 25 digs, averaging 3.57, as four different LSU players averaged at least two digs per set in both matches.