Louisiana Tech hosted the Battle of the Boot tournament at the Thomas Assembly Center. The local tournament hosted Southeastern Louisiana Lions, Northwestern State Demons, and Southern Jaguars. Southeastern (6-4) took both matches against Louisiana Tech and Southern. Louisiana Tech (5-5) won two out of three with wins over Southern (1-10) and Northwestern St. The Demons (5-4) took a win over Southern.
Grambling (3-8) had an early week win over Northwestern State before heading to New Orleans to compete in the Tulane Invitational. ULM Warhawks (2-7) also competed at Tulane. ULM grabbed a win over Grambling. Both teams fell to Tulane (5-4) and Mississippi State (3-3).
Centenary (0-7) is still looking for its win after taking losses at the Millsaps Invitational in Jackson, MS against Huntingdon, Millsaps, and Letourneau.
LCU Wildcats (8-6, 2-0) started Red River Conference play 2-0 after taking wins over Southwest
Some top players of the week were Rhegan Thompson from Louisiana Tech (47 kills, 25 digs, 5 block assists), Deja Benjamin from Northwestern State (24 kills, 2 solo blocks, 8 block assists, 5 aces), Jailen Hutley from Louisiana Tech (23 kills, 5 aces, 7 block assists), Ariana Brown from Louisiana-Monroe (31 kills, 5 aces, 2 solo blocks), Leticia Correa from Grambling (56 assist, 4 aces), Meghan Scharpenberg from Louisiana Tech (59 assists, 5 aces), Riley Steubings from Louisiana Tech (54 digs), Gabby Seeds from Northwestern State (115 assists), Charlize Williams from Lousiana Tech (9 block assists),
Scores
Tuesday, September 10
Grambling 3, Northwestern St. 0 (28-26, 25-13, 26-24)
Friday, September 13
Huntington 3, Centenary 0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-12)
ULM 3, Grambling 0 (25-19, 25-23, 25-13)
Northwestern St. 3, Southern 0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-20)
Southeastern LA 3, Louisiana Tech 1 (23-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-11)
Louisiana Christian 3, Southwest 0 (25-17, 25-12, 25-18)
Saturday, September 14
Letourneau 3, Centenary 1 (24-26, 25-13, 25-17, 25-17)
Millsaps 3, Centenary 0 (25-15, 25-5, 25-9)
Tulane 3, Grambling 0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-21)
Louisiana Tech 3, Northwestern St 1 (25-13, 25-18, 13-25, 25-21)
Louisiana Tech 3, Southern 1 (25-12, 25-18, 23-25, 25-18)
Louisiana Christian 3, Southwest 0 (25-17, 25-20, 27-25)
Mississippi St. 3, ULM 0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-11)
Sunday, September 15
Mississippi St. 3, Grambling 0 (25-12, 25-17, 25-16)
Tulane 3, ULM 0 (25-11, 25-18, 25-15)
Kills
Player | School | Amount |
Reaghan Thompson | Northwestern St. | 47 |
Essence Allen | Grambling | 38 |
Teresa Garza | Northwestern St. | 32 |
Ariana Brown | Louisiana-Monroe | 31 |
Izabely Benjamin | Louisiana Tech | 29 |
Charlize Williams | Louisiana Tech | 24 |
Deja Benjamin | Northwestern St. | 24 |
Giulia Bonifacio | Louisiana Tech | 24 |
Taly Cloud | Louisiana-Monroe | 24 |
Jailen Hurley | Louisiana Tech | 23 |
Assists
Player | School | Amount |
Gabby Seeds | Northwestern St. | 115 |
Morgan Howard | Louisiana-Monroe | 76 |
Meghan Scharpenberg | Louisiana Tech | 59 |
Leticia Correa | Grambling | 56 |
Emma Cother | Louisiana Christian | 53 |
Kristi Hinze | Centenary | 42 |
Ana Zink | Grambling | 40 |
Lauren Albrecht | Louisiana Tech | 30 |
Grace Krohn | Louisiana Tech | 22 |
Cameron Rogers | Louisiana-Monroe | 8 |
Aces
Player | School | Amount |
Ariana Brown | Louisiana-Monroe | 5 |
Deja Benjamin | Northwestern St. | 5 |
Jailen Hurley | Louisiana Tech | 5 |
Meghan Scharpenberg | Louisiana Tech | 5 |
Leticia Correa | Grambling | 4 |
Emma Cother | Louisiana Christian | 3 |
Giulia Bonifacio | Louisiana Tech | 3 |
Katie Spell | Louisiana Christian | 3 |
Kierra Jones | Louisiana Christian | 3 |
Kristi Hinze | Centenary | 3 |
Digs
Player | School | Amount |
Riley Steubings | Louisiana Tech | 54 |
Cameron Rogers | Louisiana-Monroe | 45 |
Ashlyn Svoboda | Northwestern St. | 44 |
Giulia Bonifacio | Louisiana Tech | 42 |
Izabely Benjamin | Louisiana Tech | 41 |
Lauryn Bourne | Grambling | 38 |
Reaghan Thompson | Northwestern State | 35 |
Kali Walker | Louisiana-Monroe | 33 |
Leah Stamps | Louisiana Christian | 29 |
Hunter MacFarland | Northwestern St. | 26 |
Teresa Garza | Northwestern St. | 26 |
Solo Blocks
Player | School | Amount |
Hannah Redrow | Louisiana-Monroe | 3 |
Kai Williams | Grambling | 3 |
Kiera Jones | Louisiana Christian | 3 |
Samaya Wessom | Northwestern St | 3 |
Ariana Brown | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 |
Deja Benjamin | Northwestern St. | 2 |
Essence Allen | Grambling | 2 |
Kali Walker | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 |
Assisted Blocks
Player | School | Amount |
Charlize Williams | Louisiana Tech | 9 |
Deja Benjamin | Northwestern St. | 8 |
Jailen Hurley | Louisiana Tech | 7 |
Reaghan Thompson | Northwestern St. | 5 |
Giulia Bonifacio | Louisiana Tech | 4 |
Kierra Jones | Louisiana Christian | 4 |
Ra’Niya Brown | Grambling | 4 |
Reign McArthur | Centenary | 4 |
Rori Gray | Louisiana Tech | 4 |
Samaya Wessom | Northwestern St. | 4 |
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