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Tulane Volleyball Sweeps Southern Miss, 3-0
11/4/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Nov. 4, 2008
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern Miss volleyball team came up short in its final home match of the season, losing to Tulane, 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-15) in Conference USA action Tuesday night.
Southern Miss falls to 14-12 overall and 4-9 in league play, while Tulane improved to 20-5 and 11-1.
Senior Stevi Cherry paced the Golden Eagles with a team-high 12 kills. Kelsea Seymour recorded a double-double with 27 assists and 13 digs, while Maia Ivanova also added 13 digs.
Sara Radosevic led the Greenwave with 13 kills to go with 11 digs, while Visnja Djurjevic chipped in 11 kills. Jenn Miller tallied 14 digs.
Southern Miss ran out to an 8-2 lead in the first set, taking advantage of Tulane attack errors combined with timely kills. Following a Tulane timeout, the Greenwave began chipping away at the Southern Miss lead. With the Golden Eagles leading 16-12, Tulane then ran off six straight points, taking an 18-16 lead that the Greenwave would not relinquish. Tulane held on for a 25-22 win.
Tulane took a 4-4 tie and outscored Southern Miss, 10-3, building a 14-7 lead. Southern Miss cut the lead to four, 16-12, and that was as close as the Golden Eagles would get. Tulane took set two, 25-18
The Golden Eagles started set three scoring the first three points. Southern Miss pushed its lead to 7-4, before Tulane outscored Southern Miss 16-4 in taking a commanding, 20-11, lead. Tulane took the set, 25-15.
The Greenwave team finished the match with 12.5 team blocks with Jen Linder leading the way with six total blocks. Tulane also out-hit Southern Miss, .243 to .094.
Southern Miss returns to action when the team travels to Marshall and East Carolina for a pair of C-USA matches over the weekend.
