Ladies Fall To No. 5 Tigers At Home
The Centenary volleyball team fell 3-0 to the nationally-ranked East Texas Baptist University Tigers in a non-conference match on Tuesday evening inside the Gold Dome.
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25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
Shreveport – The Centenary volleyball team fell 3-0 to the nationally-ranked East Texas Baptist University Tigers in a non-conference match on Tuesday evening inside the Gold Dome.
The Ladies dropped to 1-5 on the season while the Tigers, ranked fifth in the latest AVCA/TARAFLEX Division III WVB Poll, remained undefeated at 12-0 and are off to their best start in program history.
The Tigers won the first set, 25-16, took the second set 25-2, and closed out the sweep with a 25-13 count in set three. Centenary finished with 22 digs, 17 kills, 16 assists, three aces, and two solo blocks while ETBU tallied 47 kills, 45 digs, 33 assists, seven aces, and three solo blocks.
The Tigers finished with a .421 hitting percentage (95 total attacks and seven errors) to the Ladies' .057 as the Maroon and White committed 12 errors on 87 total attacks. ETBU had 45 total attacks in set one with 19 kills and three errors, 20 TA's in set two with 11 kills and no errors, and in 30 TA's in the third and final set the visitors recorded 17 kills against four errors in 30 TA's.
The Ladies had nine kills and two errors in 34 TA's in set one, two kills and six errors in 26 TA's in the second set, and six kills and four errors in 27 TA's in set three.
Ladies' Statistical Leaders:
Aces: Sophomore S Jadyn Harris (Fort Worth, Texas) – 2
Assists: Freshman S Lillian Mycke (Athens, Texas) – 6
Blocks (Total): Junior OH/DS Destiny Labbe (Eunice, La.) and freshman MB Aley Dixon (White Oak, Texas) – 1 each
Digs: Dixon – 5
Kills: Freshman OH/DS Zoe Garcia (Magnolia, Texas) – 5
Centenary returns to action next Tuesday to face LeTourneau University in its Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference opener in Longview, Texas at 6 PM.
See the complete Ladies' 2025 season schedule here: https://gocentenary.com/sports/wvball/2025-26/schedule
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Team Stats
East Tex. Baptist
| Game Statistics | East Tex. Baptist | Centenary (La.) |
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| Hitting % | 0.421 | 0.057 |
| Blocks | 6 | 2 |
| Digs | 45 | 22 |
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
