Lauren LaBeck earned her eighth double-double in the Bulls’ loss to the Huskies.
STORRS, Conn., Nov. 14, 2019 – Lauren LaBeck (Chicago, Ill.) registered her eighth double-double with 19 assists and 10 digs in USF volleyball’s 3-0 loss at UConn on Thursday night.
Sophomore Lindsey Pliapol (Daytona Beach, Fla.) led the USF offense with 12 kills, while CC Clausen (The Woodlands, Texas) led the defense with a game-high 24 digs.
USF hung tough with UConn throughout the first set, totaling 12 ties and five lead changes. The Bulls offense produced a match-high 14 kills in the set and got a team-high five from Pliapol. A late 5-0 run by UConn made a difference in the set.
The Bulls offense totaled a match-high .256 hitting percentage in the third set. An attacking error by Genna Florig gave USF the momentum to start a 4-0 run, however, the Huskies were able to hold off the Bulls to close out the match.
Nicole Legg (Union, Ky.) led the Bulls offense in hitting percentage at .353 and added eight kills.
Quotable
Head coach Courtney Draper’s thoughts on the match:
“I really liked the way that we played in the first half of every set. Unfortunately, we had a hard time closing tonight. UConn is a solid team that is playing very well right now. I thought our middles made some great adjustments tonight and CC had a good night defensively.”
Up Next
The Bulls will close out their 2019 season against Temple on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Philadelphia.
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Head coach Courtney Draper led her team to 20 wins in 2018, the most in her time at USF and the most for the program since 2002. The Bulls appeared in the NIVC, the program’s first postseason trip since 2002. Senior outside hitter Jac’cara Walker led USF with 394 kills and recorded her 1000thcareer kill during the 2018 year, on her way to earning first team All-American Athletic Conference honors. USF returns four starters, including its libero, while welcoming 9 newcomers to the fray in 2019 in the form of two transfers and seven freshmen.
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