Ole Miss Rebels Crush McNeese State University Cowgirls
Junior, Lexi Thompson, led the Rebels to a three set victory with 25 kills and 22 digs against McNeese State University today at one at The Pavilion.
The match ultimately came down to maximizing errors. The Cowgirls were unable to score more kills than the Rebels due to errors, putting the Rebels ahead with the win.
Ole Miss Volleyball Head Coach, Stephen McRoberts, said “I was really proud of our team. We didn’t really have a whole lot of weaknesses... We, overall, played really steady, and I think that was our strength overall.”
The first set started off with Senior setter, Aubrey Edie’s jump float serve, that was unable to earn the rebels the first point. McNeese stole the first
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However in the next point, Alexander makes up with it by slamming an overpass to get the kill and point for the Rebels (1-1). The game continues to be a close match up until Freshman Middle Blocker, Nayo Warnell, gets the kill (16-11), and Thompson proceeds to serve (19-11). The Rebels hold on to their lead, only allowing the Cowgirls to earn a couple points. Ole Miss finished the game with Sophomore Defensive Specialist, Taylor Gill, serving a jump float that caused McNeese to send over a free ball. Sophomore Right Side Hitter, Kathryn Cather, is able to find the hole in the court, scoring the winning point with a tip (25-17).
The Rebels battle out the first point in the third game, and Sophomore, Kate Gibson, ends it with a block for Ole Miss (1-0). With a couple ball handling errors made by the Cowgirl’s setter, Alexandra Aguilera, McNeese started to lose moment (13-7), causing the Cowgirls to call a timeout. After the timeout, Gibson slammed the ball down for a kill (14-7), which started a run for Ole Miss (17-7). Again, the Rebels refused to let the Cowgirls pull ahead. Thompson served the set point for the rebels, but Sophomore Middle Blocker, Audrey Fischer, smashed the ball for the match winning kill for Ole Miss