The volleyball team fell to the UALR Trojans on Friday, Oct.  4th. This was the first game played in Fant-Ewing Coliseum in five years.

Middle blocker Kaitlyn Shearer helped to lead the offense with eight kills, followed by Hope Pawlik who had the best hitting percentage for the night and making four kills. Marcela Araya made 13 digs for the night, putting her into fourth place in career digs.

UALR offensive player Edina Begic led the team with 14 kills, followed closely by Sonja Milanovic who had 11 kills for the night and 12 digs to lead the team on defense.

Head coach Patrick Hiltz believes the team played a good defensive for the most part.

“Edina is one of the best hitters in the conference and we knew she was going to put some points on us, so the focus was to slow everyone else down, and I think we did a good job of that,” said Hiltz. “Our block was a little slow at times, but overall we were in a position to make the play, we just couldn’t do it multiple times in one point.”

The Trojans had an early 9-4 lead in the first set, when Hiltz used his first time-out and ULM responded with a five point run from the service line by Alannah Cullum, bringing it to a 9-9 tie. UALR then rallied back taking the set 25-16.

In the second set ULM moved out to an 11-7 lead early, but then lost momentum after a call that did not go their way. The Trojans went on to win the set 25-18. They continued to dominate during the third set, taking it 25-16 and winning the match 3-0.

Sophomore pre rad-tech major Beaux Bennett, attended the match.

“I didn’t really see anything bad about the game, the other team just happened to play better,” said Bennett.

The Warhawks are on the road the next four straight matches, playing against Western Kentucky Friday.