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Volleyball Falls to SFA in Double-Header Saturday
Jan 30, 2021 | Women's Volleyball
NEW ORLEANS — The Tulane volleyball team (2-3) dropped a pair of matches to SFA (12-4) on Saturday to close the team's opening weekend at home.
"Today was very disappointing," head coach Jim Barnes said. "Every adjustment we made seemed to make things worse. We will watch film all day tomorrow, get back in the gym on Monday and work through this."
The Green Wave fell to the Ladyjacks in a 3-1 battle (25-23, 24-26, 19-25, 19-25) in the first match of the day before taking a 3-0 (16-25, 14-25, 21-25) loss in the second.
Senior outside hitter Lexie Douglas led the way for the Green Wave offensively in both matches in the Hertz Center, recording 15 kills while hitting .205 in match one and 12 kills while hitting .300 in match two.
The Plano, Texas, native also notched a double-double in the three-set match that closed out the weekend, earning 12 digs in addition to her 12 kills.
Also earning a double-double against SFA in the first match of the day was freshman outside hitter Mackenzie Martin, who totaled 10 kills and 11 digs.
Freshman right side hitter Anna Davis also notched double-digit kills in the match, earning 10. Davis also dominated at the net, recording a career-high six blocks.
Junior setter Taylor Henigsman led the Green Wave in assists with 21 in match one, while junior setter Amanda Giardina added 13 in the first match and 12 in the second.
Taking charge of the defense was junior outside hitter Makala Heidelberg, who totaled 18 digs in the four-set match. Heidelberg earned her 1,000th career dig in the 10 a.m. matchup against the Ladyjacks.
The Green Wave will head back on the road this weekend, traveling to Orlando, Florida to take on UCF on Friday and Saturday.
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