Owls Sweep Away Louisiana Tech

Friday, October 20

Ruston, La.

8:00 PM

Florida Atlantic

-127, 34 CUSA

Louisiana Tech

-616, 17 CUSA

FAU

Louisiana Tech

10/20/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Oct. 20, 2017

Final Stats

RUSTON, La. -The Florida Atlantic University volleyball team went on the road and swept Louisiana Tech (25-15, 26-24, 25-22) on Friday night. The Owls improved to 12-7 on the year and 3-4 in Conference USA play.

Key Plays

LA Tech (6-16, 1-7 C-USA) held a modest 7-5 lead early in the first set when the Owls went on an 8-2 run to take a 13-9 advantage. The Lady Techsters took the next four points to even the score before FAU closed on a 12-2 spurt to take the set. Kori Varney served the Owls out to a 4-0 lead in set number two, but LA Tech leveled the score at 5-5. The Lady Techsters built an 18-12 margin and seemed poised to tie the match at a set each, however, the Owls battled all the way back to knot the score at 23. The Lady Techsters regained the lead with a kill, but FAU won the next three points to secure the victory and a 2-0 lead. The Owls stormed out to a 7-2 cushion in the third set, but couldn't put LA Tech away, as the Lady Techsters whittled the lead down to two, 23-21. Abbi Reid and Sigourney Kame had the final two kills of the match and clinched the sweep for the Owls.

Notables

Sigourney Kame led the Owls with 11 kills and hit .381 on the night.
Alex Cardona had a match high 17 digs.
Sydney Nemtuda just missed her third double-double of the season with nine kills and eight digs.

Upcoming

The Owls travel to Southern Miss on Sunday, Oct. 22. The match will start at 1 p.m. ET. Live stats will be available at fausports.com.