HAMMOND, La. | Abryanna Cannon and Maradith O'Gorman each recorded double-digit kill tallies, but it wasn't enough as South Alabama fell 3-1 (25-27, 25-16, 26-24, 25-12) at Southeastern Louisiana Tuesday afternoon at the University Center.
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The loss was the third-straight for the Jags (1-4), while the Lions improved to 3-4 on the year. 

Cannon had 15 kills and 10 digs for her first double-double of the season, while O'Gorman added 10. Briana Wilson (24) and Addison Hurst (12) also set new career best in digs with their respective totals. Evie Taylor had four of South's nine service aces, while Erika Spankus had two

Southeastern Louisiana (3-4) was led offensively by Cicily Hidalgo's match-high 17 kills who also added nine digs and a pair of block assists to go along with her .421 hitting percentage. Hannah Brewer finished with 11 kills and 14 digs

Defensively, Southeastern finished with two solo blocks and 26 block assists to limit the Jaguars to a .121 hitting percentage. India Bennett (seven block assists) and Alexis Logarbo (one block solo and six block assists) each recorded seven total blocks, while Keira Beverly had six block assists.

Quotable – head coach Jesse Ortiz
- On his thoughts on the match and the defense of Southeastern Louisiana: "I thought (Southeastern Louisiana) was really impactful with their pins and they did a great job. We knew (Alexis Logarbo) was going to be good. They definitely were making us work on the pins and they were low error. I think those things combined, where if you're able to be offensive on the pins and keep that net long, you're not going to mess up a lot. You're going to put yourself in position to win.

- On the positive take aways from the match: "I thought there were some good moments, so things that we did really well. I think we are continually progressing, but we have a ways to go. We just have to keep on working to be a little more efficient. There are things I think we are doing really well and it's tough to keep the group motivated in regards to some of the things that seem harder in volleyball. The serve and pass is usually something that people are struggling with, but we've been able to do a pretty good job of that. We just need to get it to the next step where it turns into offense. We're going to keep on growing our young group.

"I thought we had a few players that had some tremendous games. I thought Abryanna (Cannon) was great. We need a whole team effort though. We're growing, but we're definitely taking some lumps right now in the short term."

How It Happened 

Set 1 – South Alabama 27, Southeastern Louisiana 25
•    Cannon gave South a 13-10 advantage in the opening set after back-to-back kills
•    Coming out of a time out, the Lions regained momentum pushing across four of the next five points to tie the set back up (14-14) after a kill by Beverly
•    Southeastern Louisiana later grabbed a 20-16 lead after service ace by Hannah Brewer
•    Sarah Gooch, O'Gorman and Lillie Simons then answered with three kills to cut the deficit to one (20-19) and force a time out by SELA
•    Anna Loberg then tied up the set one point later with an ace
•    South later fought off a pair of set points and tied the frame back up at 24-24 after kills by Simons and Cannon
•    The Jaguars then held set-point after another kill by Cannon, and the graduate senior then sealed the with another put away – her fifth and sixth kills of the frame  
•    South Alabama recorded 18 kills and hit .310 in the opening set

Set 2 – Southeastern Louisiana 25, South Alabama 16
•    South Alabama wasted little time jumping out in front in the second set, reeling off five of the first six points
•    The Jags led by four (7-3) after a kill from Cannon, but the Lions clawed their way back and pushed across six of the next seven points to take their first lead of the frame (9-8) after a kill from Logarbo
•    Two points later, Southeastern Louisiana rattled off six unanswered points to go out in front (15-9) after a South Alabama attack error
•    Brewer had a pair of kills and a block during the scoring run for the Lions, and later gave the home team its biggest lead of the set (18-10) after a service ace
•    Spankus narrowed the deficit to four (19-15) after back-to-back aces, but Southeastern quickly regained momentum and closed out the set on a 5-1 run
•    The Lions had 12 kills and committed just two errors for a .385 hitting percentage in the second set

Set 3 – Southeastern Louisiana 26, South Alabama 24
•    Tied at 4-4 early on in the third set, SELA was the first to gain momentum as it pushed across three-straight points and took a 7-4 lead after a Jaguar attack error
•    A kill by Hidalgo later put the Lions up by five (13-8), but South Alabama answered right back with four-straight points
•    Taylor dropped in her second ace of the run to pull the Jags within one and force a time out
•    Coming out of the time out though, the Lions pushed across three points and extended their lead back out to 16-12 after a kill by India Bennett
•    South kept battling and later tied the set up (22-22) after a solo block by Cannon
•    O'Gorman had ignited the Jaguar run with a kill and Cannon followed, and O'Gorman teamed up with Taylor to pull South within one (22-21) with a block 
•    Cannon later tied the frame up (24-24) with a kill, Hidalgo recorded a kill and then dropped in an ace to give the Lions the 26-24, third-set victory

Set 4 – Southeastern Louisiana 25, South Alabama 12
•    South Alabama lead early on in the fourth set (4-2) after back-to-back aces by Taylor, but Southeastern answered right back with six unanswered points
•    Beverly and Bennet began the run with kills, and Hidalgo followed with two more 
•    Ashley Richardson later dropped in a pair of aces – the Lions' seventh and eighth of the match – to give Southeastern a five-point advantage at 11-6
•    Logarbo later helped SELA take a double-digit lead (18-8) after a kill and a pair of block assists from the ?? with Beverly sandwiched around a service ace
•    The Lions clinched the match with the 25-12 fourth-set win after a pair of blocks by Bennett
•    Hidalgo recorded five of her kills in the frame and the Lions had 12 block assists

Post-Match Notes
•    The meeting marked the 43rd in the all-time series and the 14th in Hammond 
•    It was also the first in the series since the 2018 season and the first on the Lions' home floor since 2010
•    The win by the Lions snapped an eight-match win streak in the series by the Jags
•    With her six digs, Loberg (201) surpassed the 200-dig mark for her career
•    The double-digit kill match marked the third of the season for Cannon, her 15th as a Jag and the 31st of her career
•    The double-double was the sixth of Cannon's career and her first at South
•    The 24 digs by Wilson doubled her previous career mark in the category
•    With her 10 kills, O'Gorman posted her first double-digit kill match as a Jag and the 12th of her collegiate career
•    The four aces by Taylor were a career best and the nine aces by the Jags were a season high, eclipsing the previous mark of seven recorded against McNeese State

Up Next
•    South Alabama will continue its eighth-match road trip with a pair of contests at the Georgia Tech Classic. The Jags will face the host Yellow Jackets on Thursday at 6 p.m. (CT) at O'Keefe Gymnasium and then face Alabama State on Friday at 11:30 a.m. (CT).

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