Volleyball Defeats LA Tech in Five-Sets to Earn First Ever Conference USA Win

Friday, October 3

Ruston, LA

7:30 PM

University of Delaware

4-8,1-2CUSA

LA Tech

7-10,0-3CUSA

Delaware

Louisiana Tech

Photo by: Kane McGuire - LA Tech

Volleyball Defeats LA Tech in Five-Sets to Earn First Ever Conference USA Win

10/3/2025 10:31:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

RUSTON, LA. - University of Delaware volleyball defeated Louisiana Tech in five sets (20-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-13, 15-10) to earn its first-ever Conference USA win. Head coach Kimberly Lambert is now 4-0 in the first road conference match at Delaware.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Dylan Norris and Anna Logan Gillens each had a match-high tying 15 kills. Norris hit .314 with four blocks and Gillens added seven digs.
Asia Murray contributed 11 kills and five blocks.
Thalia Yancey had career-highs in blocks with four and digs with 14.
Sila Ozyurek tallied four blocks.
Kennedi Inman and Aubrey Lyssy combined for 41 assists, with Inman having 25 and Lyssy having 16. Inman also added 16 digs while Lyssy added 10 and three aces.
Cadence Nguyen finished with 16 digs and six assists.
Taylor Holly had three aces.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET

LA Tech took a 3-2 lead early in the set and never looked back.
After taking a 21-13 lead, Delaware scored six of the next eight points to bring the deficit to 23-19 before the Bulldogs finished off the set.
Dylan Norris had three kills in the set and Lyssy had four digs.

SECOND SET

LA Tech took a 14-10 lead in the second set. Five-straight points from Delaware gave UD its first lead of the set.
Back-to-back kills from Yancey and Murray put the Blue Hens up 20-18, then a kill by Gillens and a block from Murray and Jayda Redd extended the lead to 22-19. Lyssy finished off the set victory with an ace.
Murray had five kills in the set, while Inman had eight assists and seven digs. The seven digs tied a set-high by a Delaware player this season.

THIRD SET

LA Tech again got off to another quick start and led 5-1. Kills by Gillens and Ozyurek and an ace by Lyssy highlighted four-straight points and evened the score at six.
Six-straight points from the Blue Hens put Delaware ahead 12-8. LA Tech then scored six-straight points to take a 23-18 lead before claiming the set to go up 2-1.
Norris had four kills and Yancey had four digs in the set.

FOURTH SET

Delaware never trailed in the fourth set, immediately taking control and using another 6-0 run to take a 17-6 lead. Gillens had two kills in the stretch, and Norris and Murray each added one. Norris and Murray also had a block.
Delaware ended the set with a block from Yancey and Murray to even the match at two and force a decisive set five.
Delaware hit .423, with Gillens having six kills and Norris having four.

FIFTH SET

Back-to-back kills from Murray put Delaware up 3-2 before a service error gave UD a 4-3 lead. The Blue Hens then never trailed for the remainder of the set.
Gillens had an ace to put UD up 9-6, and another block from Murray and Norris and an ace by Inman put Delaware ahead 14-9. Murray sealed the win with a kill.
Murray had three kills in the final set and Delaware held LA Tech to a -.130 hitting percentage - the lowest hitting percentage they've held an opponent to in a set this season.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Delaware's win was its first conference victory as members of CUSA.
Norris' 15 kills were a career-high, last done against Saint Peter's on Sept. 20.
Gillens has had at least 15 kills in four of her last five matches.
Murray's 11 kills were a career-high.
Yancey's 14 digs were a career-high. She came into tonight's match with 11 career digs.
Inman's 16 digs were a career-high.
Holly's three aces tied a career-high, last done on Nov. 10, 2024 against Hampton.
Lyssy recorded her second double-double in her last four games.
Nguyen is averaging 3.82 digs per set in her last four matches.

UP NEXT
Delaware will play LA Tech tomorrow at 2:00 ET.

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