LAMAR OPENS HOME WITH SWEEP OF PV
Published 11:12 pm Tuesday, September 19, 2017
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BEAUMONT – The Lamar women’s volleyball team gave proof to the old adage “There’s no place like home,” as they rolled to a straight-set victory over the Prairie View A&M Panthers in LU’s home opener on Tuesday night.
The Cardinals (2-8), who were forced to cancel the Cardinal Classic earlier this month because of Hurricane Harvey, dominated the Panthers from the beginning as they snapped a seven-match losing streak. The Cardinals scored the first five points of the match and rolled to a 25-7, 25-21, 25-10 win much to the delight of the raucous crowd of 454 shoehorned into McDonald Gym.
The Cardinals posted an impressive .282 attack percentage against the Panthers (0-4). LU had 31 kills and just nine errors on 78 attempts. The Cardinals were also more accurate with their serves, with eight aces against just three service errors.
Tomar Thomas had 10 kills against only two errors on 16 attempts for LU, while Dannisha House had seven kills and no errors on 12 attack attempts. Thomas also had four aces for the Cardinals.
Kaitlyn Nutt had 13 digs in the win, while Amy Hollowell added 10 digs. Setter Molly Shade had 25 of LU’s 28 assists.
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I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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