Final Stats

LAFAYETTE, La. - It took five sets, but the Coastal Carolina volleyball team stretched its winning streak to six matches Saturday night with a 3-2 victory (25-22, 17-25, 25-16, 22-25, 15-12) at Louisiana.

This latest win in the streak improves Coastal to 12-7 overall with nine wins in ten conference matches. The Ragin' Cajuns drop to 15-9 overall, and suffer just their second loss in league play with an 8-2 mark.

Outside hitter Leah Hardeman continued her torrid pace as of late, notching her fourth 20-plus kill performance in her last five outings by landing 22 swings to lead the match. The senior hit at a .250 percentage and tallied 10 digs for her 14th double-double of the season.

Kyla Manning and Sara Boothe also had double-doubles of their own, the former totaling 14 kills and 13 digs while the latter compiled 31 assists and 14 digs.

The Chants totaled 81 digs and 10 blocks as a team to limit Louisiana to hitting .210, while swinging at a .247 pace themselves.

Coastal began the match hitting .302 in the opening set while receiving a combined 10 kills from Hardeman and Manning. An 8-3 CCU run gave the Chants a 23-17 advantage in the frame, though Louisiana won five of the next six points to make the set appear closer than it was.

Coastal's hitting dropped below .100 for the only time all match in the second period, allowing the Rajun' Cajuns to cruise a 25-17 set win. Louisiana finished the set on a 7-2 run.

The third set featured six ties and five lead changes, though all occurred early in the game as a run of four straight points broke a 6-6 deadlock and put Coastal in front for good. Hardeman turned in her second six-kill set of the match to lead the Chants.

The Chants appeared ready to finish the match in the fourth set after leading 21-17, but Louisiana stormed back with seven straight points and finished the period on an impressive 8-1 run.

Louisiana held a 7-5 lead in the deciding set before Coastal rattled off five straight points to swing momentum and go ahead by three. The Rajun' Cajuns continued to keep the set close, however, at one point trimming the margin to a single point, 13-12. Kinga Windisch forced match point with a well-timed kill, and a Louisiana error ended the match in favor of the Chants.

Coastal returns to the HTC Center next weekend for its final two home matches of the season. The Chants take on Troy on Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m., and host South Alabama on Oct. 29 at 12:30 p.m. for senior day.