The last time LSU lost to Arkansas, New Orleans was still drying off from Hurricane Katrina.
The last time the Razorbacks swept LSU was 2003.
LSU coach Fran Flory made it more than half a decade without dropping a match to the Razorbacks. Arkansas defeated LSU [25-20, 25-19, 25-22] on Wednesday in a crucial game, grabbing control of the Southeastern Conference Western Division.
“Winning the West is still out there but we can’t afford many losses like that,” Flory said. “Every coach knows you learn more from a loss than a be.”
Typically reliable senior middle back Michele Williams struggled, posting seven of LSU’s 25 errors and a hitting percentage of .000. Flory tried to move Williams around the court multiple times but she was never able to find her rhythm.
As a team, LSU gave up a .212 hitting percentage, .047 higher than its season average.
However, LSU’s .077 hitting percentage might have been its downfall — a full .171 below their SEC West-leading percentage. The Tigers bottomed out midway through the third set when the team reached a .060 hitting percentage.
Sophomore middle back Desiree Elliot seemed to be the only Tiger to get anything going at Arkansas, leading the team with 14 kills and a .265 hitting percentage.
“[Elliot] was really good in the first two sets,” Flory said. “They were trying to make someone else beat them… I’m not sure we put her in the right spots so in the third we moved her