Trojans Fall to Sugar Bears Friday Morning

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Little Rock's offense struggled to get going in an early match Friday morning at the Bluff City Showdown in Memphis as the Trojans dropped a straight-set decision to Central Arkansas at the Larry O. Finch Center.
 
As a team, Little Rock (2-8) hit -.049 and gave up nine service aces to the Sugar Bears (6-4). The top two leaders in kills for the Trojans, Daria Burrows and Makaila Harris, both committed just as many errors and finished the match hitting .000. Set scores were 25-16, 25-18 and 25-17.
 
Central Arkansas only hit .172 in the match and actually negated their nine service aces with nine service errors but the Sugar Bears, who hit .172 as a team, only had one player hit in negative numbers while the Trojans had four.
 
The injury-plagued Trojans, who only have 11 available players on the weekend, tallied seven total blocks in the match. Freshman Daedrianna Cail leading the way with five total blocks, one shy of matching her career high.
 
Harris and Livia Kimura, who led all players with 13 digs, each tallied an ace for Little Rock. Kimura's 13 digs were one more than UCA's Leigh Maher, a former Trojan and Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year in 2020, who transferred to the school in Conway for a specific graduate degree program in speech pathology.
 
Lily Taylor led UCA in kills (7) and hitting percentage (.500).
 
Little Rock is back in action at 4 p.m. against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
 
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