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VB Seniors 2019

Volleyball Upsets No. 25 Texas A&M on Senior Day

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BATON ROUGE – The LSU volleyball team upset No. 25 Texas A&M Sunday in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in four sets by scores of 25-19, 25-23, 17-25, 25-23. The Tigers move to 13-10 on the season and 7-6 in the SEC while Texas A&M moves to 17-6 on the season and 9-4 in the SEC

With this victory over Texas A&M it is first time that LSU has beaten a ranked opponent at home since 2010. Karli Rose recorded her eighth career double-double with 35 assists and 14 digs and Taylor Bannister added her fifth career double-double with 15 kills and 10 digs. Samarah Hill tallied a career-high 20 kills, hitting .357 on the match.

UP NEXT

The Tigers will be on the road taking on Florida Friday at 6 p.m. CT in Gainesville. The game will stream on SEC Network+ and will be available via live stats.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Starting off the first set, Samarah Hill tallied her first kill to put the Tigers with the early lead over Texas A&M 2-1. The Tigers gained momentum early in the set from Karli Rose and Whitney Foreman, who both recorded kills to increase the lead to 7-4. Sydney Mukes and Allee Morris added a big block for the Tigers to help keep the Aggies off the board, taking a 12-8 lead.
  • Foreman and Rose each added kills to tack on points for the Tigers 15-10 over the Aggies. LSU increased their lead to 17-15 over the Aggies and forced them to take their first time out of the set. Texas A&M worked to gain momentum back in the set but couldn’t capitalize as the Tigers took set one over the Aggies 25-19.
  • In the first set the Tigers hit .344 led by Hill, who recorded six kills.
  • In the second set Bannister started the Tigers off with a huge kill to put the Tigers up 2-0 over the Aggies. Texas A&M gained momentum and took their first lead over the Tigers of the day 5-4, but Bannister quickly added a kill to even the score 5-5.
  • The Tigers took the 11-8 lead over the Aggies and forced their first timeout of the set. LSU lost the momentum and Texas A&M came within one of their lead 16-15 and forced the Tigers to take their first timeout of the set.
  • Morris came through for the Tigers and recorded a block that increased the Tiger lead to 21-19 over the Aggies and forced their final time out of the set. Bannister recorded the final kill of the set; the Tigers took the set 25-23 over the Aggies.
  • In the third set, the Tigers came out with a kill from Bannister to put them in the lead 3-1 early on.  The Tigers and Aggies battled the lead off one another but a kill from Hill put the Tigers in the lead 8-7.
  • LSU fell behind in the set 17-13 to the Aggies and were forced to take their first time out of the set. Back from the time out the Tigers worked to gain momentum from the Aggies and added a big kill from Foreman to try and get the Tigers back in the set. LSU fell short in the set falling 25-17 to the Aggies.
  • In the fourth set, the Tigers and Aggies exchanged the lead multiple times but Foreman was hot in the set and recorded a kill to put the Tigers over the Aggies 8-6. Hill recorded the kill that helped the Tigers even the score 12-12 with the Aggies.
  • Foreman recorded a block that helped the Tigers even the score with the Aggies late in the set,19-19, and forced A&M to take their first timeout of the set. The Tigers had a 7-0 run that helped take the lead over the Aggies 22-19. Bannister closed out the set with a kill that helped the Tigers win 25-23 over the Aggies and take the match.

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FINAL THOUGHTS FROM FLORY

On the win over Texas A&M…

“This was a super big win for us.  We challenged our team to just have great composure, to be us, and to play with heart.  Statically, we went into the match knowing that in the most important phase of the game we were better than them.  We just had to take advantage of that and play with heart on defense and relentless pursuit.  I’m super proud of the effort and Samara Hill was a rockstar today.  She carried us and its pretty fun to see a freshman carry that load and make sure that we were victorious on senior night.” 

On the seniors…

“These seniors have given so much to this program.  Jariel (Tureaud) didn’t get the chance because of an injury that cut her time short but she’s forever a Tiger and will always be part of our program.  She will carry the legacy of LSU Volleyball with her forever.  Anna Zweibel is one of the most diligent students, not only academically but of the game too.  She was calling every single play that was happening, standing on the sideline today and came in and played a huge role in scoring points for us.  Sydney Mukes is probably the hardest worker I have ever coached, there hasn’t been one day where she hasn’t given us everything she possibly could, and we saw that tonight.  The cool thing is Milan (Stokes) came in and kind of saved the day.  She has always been a spark, the motor, and driving force behind everything we do. I’m glad we ended in a positive way for the seniors.  This is what college athletics is all about, celebrating achievements off of the court and their future.”  

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