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BATON ROUGE, La. – The University of Missouri volleyball team (9-5, 1-2 SEC) fell to LSU (6-6, 1-1 SEC) in four sets (25-20, 14-25, 22-25, 19-25) Friday evening at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
Mizzou grabbed the opening set, 25-20, recording a team-hitting percentage of .357 before LSU stormed back with the next three sets for the Bayou Bengals first SEC win in 2023.
FIRST SET (Mizzou 25-20, Mizzou leads 1-0)
The first set was a back-and-forth affair featuring 13 ties and four lead changes.
Kills from Morgan Isenberg and Dilara Gedikoglu provided Missouri a slight 10-9 lead.
Gedikoglu then added consecutive rally stoppers before an LSU Tigers miscue brought on the media stoppage with Mizzou up 15-12.
Janet deMarrais ripped a pair of kills to increase the Missouri edge to 18-15.
LSU would then knot the set at 18-18 before Missouri regrew its advantage to 21-19.
The Mizzou Tigers then claimed the first set, scoring the final four points (25-20) including kills from deMarrais and Gedikoglu to go with a solo block by Colleen Finney.
Gedikoglu paced Missouri in the first set with six kills on an .857 hitting clip. Finney (.750) and deMarrais each added a trio of winners during the frame.
SECOND SET (25-14 LSU, Match tied 1-1)
Missouri then jumped out to a 5-2 lead behind a 4-0 run to start the second stanza.
LSU responded with a 7-1 swing to pull ahead 9-6. The home Tigers then utilized a 5-0 run to increase their lead to 16-9.
Three-straight LSU points then put the margin at 19-10.
Finney would connect on a pair of kills down the stretch to make the deficit 10 (24-14) before LSU tied the match at 1-1.
LSU hit .286 in the second set to draw even in the contest.
THIRD SET (25-22 LSU, LSU leads 2-1)
In the third frame, LSU opened with a 7-3 lead.
Mizzou trimmed the early deficit to 10-8 after three-straight points.
Consecutive block assists by Morgan Isenberg after an LSU Tigers service error kept the gap at two (13-11).
With LSU leading 17-13, Mizzou responded with a 4-0 rally to even the set. Finney slammed a kill before consecutive Jordan Iliff aces.
deMarrais added a four-spot of rally stoppers to cut the score to 23-22 in favor of the home Tigers before LSU claimed the set with consecutive points.
deMarrais, a sophomore outside hitter from Colleyville, Texas, had five kills in set #3, connecting at a rate of .300.
FOURTH SET (25-19 LSU, LSU wins 3-1)
The fourth set was tied early at 6-6 before a 3-0 run by the Mizzou Tigers made the score 13-12. Iliff notched a pair of kills before a termination from Gedikoglu during the sequence.
LSU then responded with a 6-0 rally to pull ahead 18-13.
deMarrais tallied a kill before teaming up with Isenberg for a block to make the score 23-18.
Mizzou scored once more on an LSU error before the home team secured the match, 25-19.
MATCH NOTES
Two Tigers finished in double-figures attacking led by Dilara Gedikoglu and Janet deMarrais who each had 11 kills.
Dilara Gedikoglu added 12 digs for her fifth double-double in 2023.
For Janet deMarraisthe double-digit kill outing marked her fourth straight (fifth in 2023).
Janet deMarrais chipped in a career-best eight digs to go with three blocks.
Colleen Finney registered nine kills on a .364 hitting percentage with a pair of blocks.
Jordan Iliff finished Friday with seven kills, a career-best three aces, two blocks and nine digs.
Freshman setter Sierra Dudley compiled 36 assists, eight digs, one block, one ace and one kill. It marked her eighth 30-plus assist match in 2023.
Morgan Isenberg tallied four blocks and four kills Friday.
Maya Sands compiled 14 digs with four assists.
LOOKING AHEAD
Mizzou will next continue its road trip, taking on Texas A&M (10-3, 2-1 SEC) Sunday afternoon in College Station, Texas. First serve is set for 3 p.m., CT at Reed Arena.
Sunday’s matchup is set to air on SEC Network and will feature the broadcast tandem of Krista Blunk and Shelby Coppedge.
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