
Outside hitter Jennifer Brandt from Wallis and middle blocker Jasmine Harris from Placentia put up a firm block against right side hitter Rachel Yezak from Houston at practice on Aug. 12 in Stopher Gym.
This past weekend in Lafayette, the Colonels volleyball team won both of their games in the Bon Temps Invitational Tournament.
In three dominating sets, the Colonels posted their second shutout of the season against Mississippi Valley State. The Colonels defeated the Delta Devils while posting a season-high .311 hitting percentage and eight blocks.
With their third ace of the day, served by Jennifer Brandt, junior outside hitter, the Colonels won their second contest of the season. Handling part of the offensive duties was Brandt who tallied nine kills.
Also helping the offense were Jasmine Harris, junior middle blocker, who tallied eight kills, and Jessica Addicks, junior middle blocker, who finished with seven kills of her own.
Junior setter Nicole Lund and senior setter Jordan Karst combined for a total of 21 assists as they split time at their position. Though her team came out victorious, head coach TeAna Tramel was not pleased with the amount of errors her team committed.
“I was not pleased with the amount of points we gave away on our side of the net,” Tramel said. “Most of their points had accumulated from our mistakes which hurt us a