RICHARDSON, TX (10.06.17) - In its second of four straight home matches, the No. 22 UT Dallas volleyball team stormed past first-year program Louisiana College in three sets Friday night in American Southwest Conference.

The Comets dismantled LC, 25-6, in the opening set and finished the sweep with 25-12 and 25-19 victories for their seventh win in eight outings. Sydney Riordan led the Comets with 11 kills as UTD finished the short match with a .216 team attack percentage, compared to -.028 by the Lady Cats.

UTD used seven straight points on the service of Alex Nolan in the opening set to secure an early 8-2 lead and never looked back as the Lady Cats hit -.148 in the 19-point defeat. The Comets used a later run of seven points on Emma Wallbrown's service, including three Wallbrown aces, to snag a 15-3 lead, before icing the set with 10 of the final 13 points.

The Comets then hit .333 as a team in the second set for a 25-12 victory, using a seven-point run on the service of Caroline Shecterle to pull away to secure the 2-0 lead. Shecterle took over at 13-6 and the Comets took advantage of five straight hitting errors by LC to grab a 19-6 lead after an Alex Nolan kill.

The third set was more contested as the Lady Cats would hit .050 as a team and push UTD to the 25-19 score. LC would keep within two points as late as 17-15 before the Comets would lock up the win with three late kills by Lauren Schilling.

KEY PLAYERS
Riordan was the only Comet top double figures in kills but Schilling added eight kills while Alyssa Porter and Wallbrown each had five kills in the quick match. 

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The Comets (13-4, 7-2 ASC) continue their home stand Saturday afternoon as they host Belhaven at 2 p.m. for Senior Day.