UL-Lafayette (18-11) rolled into Monroe for a midweek matchup with the Warhawks (6-25) and rolled out with a 3-0 win.

ULM hung tight with the Cajuns trading points throughout the majority of the first set before dropping it 25-20.

“I feel that towards the end of the sets we came together. We started playing better,” said Marcela Araya. “But it was too late. We didn’t start playing hard until the end.”

The Warhawks dropped the middle set by the largest margin of the night 25-17. An early 8-1 difference in the set evaporated quickly as UL-Lafayette found their footing and didn’t slip.

“We have to fix a couple of things in practice and I think we need to improve our focus during the game. We need to be better focused,” Araya said.

Any time the Warhawks and the Cajuns meet, the intense rivalry is apparent.

“I think that’s maybe why we were not focused, because we wanted to beat them so bad,” Araya said.

Maria Garcia led the way for ULM with six kills and six blocks.

“A week ago I said we’ve got people up and down the lineup that can go off at any time and have good games and Maria now has had back-to-back good games,” said head coach Patrick Hiltz.

Fant-Ewing hosted another home match for the Warhawks Friday night against Texas State University. The match was also a 3-0 decision in favor of the away team.

ULM returns home Friday Nov. 15 to face Arkansas State. First serve will be at 7:00 p.m. The next day they will face off with UT-Arlington at 2 p.m.