LITTLE ROCK — The Little Rock Volleyball team used a dominant defensive effort to beat Southern Indiana on Friday night, then flipped the script with a solid offensive performance Saturday afternoon to take another 3-1 win over USI and sweep the season series at the Jack Stephens Center.
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Little Rock (10-10 overall, 5-2 OVC) hit .257 overall with 54 kills to just 16 errors, dominating the first and third sets before rallying late in the fourth to score six of the final eight points and win the match with scores of 25-10, 20-25, 25-15, 25-23. The Trojans improve to 4-1 at home and have won three of their last four to take sole possession of third in the conference.
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Kaila Harris had a game-high 16 kills on .316 hitting,
Jeila Fullerton added 12 kills and
Bella Cherry had 10.
Dariana Valencia (21),
Kaylee Smith (18) and
Andrea Roman (9) set 48 of Little Rock's 49 assists. The Trojans hit .414 in the opening set and .341 in the third. Harris and Smith also added a pair of aces for each.
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Roman led the defensive side with 27 digs, Fullerton completed her 10
th double-double with 17 digs and Valencia registered her seventh with 10 digs. Harris also had 10 digs for her second double-double of the season.
Vivian Lucumi and
A'lanae Margaritha each had three blocks while Harris,
Crismeyli Rodriguez and
Jaycee Kennedy each had a pair.
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Little Rock hits the road next weekend for a two-game series at Tennessee State (5-14, 1-5) on Friday (6 pm) and Saturday (2 pm) in Nashville, Tenn.
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