MONTICELLO, Ark. –
Katie Camp and
Temi Fayiga's double-doubles lead Tigers to a Great American Conference road victory of 3-1 against Arkansas-Monticello.
Fayiga, the starting setter for the Tigers, tallied 19 assists, 10 digs, two kills and a service ace for Ouachita in the win.
Camp led the scoring output for Ouachita with 12.5 points on 10 kills, two blocks and an ace. She was vital for the Tigers defensively racking in 17 digs leading to her fourth double-double on the season.
Outside hitter
Tabatha Huckabee and middle
Adrianna Nolly combined for 19.5 points, 15 kills and eight blocks.
Lexie Castillow set the Tigers' season high in service aces with four on the day and tied the team's season high in digs with 31.
Ouachita jumped out to an 8-4 lead in the first set as they shared the scoring with four Tigers putting in kills during the run. UAM tied the game at 19 all before the Tigers went on a 5-2 run to capture the first set capped off by a Nolly kill assisted by Fayiga. The second set was a hard fought battle between the two teams with Ouachita taking a 21-17 lead; however, the Boll Weevils closed out the set 26-24, tying the game.
After trailing 3-0 in the third set, the Tigers would control the lead the rest of the way. Ouachita would extend their lead to 17-11 on back to back kills by Camp. UAM attempted a comeback with the Tigers at set point the Boll Weevils closed the lead to 24-22. A well called timeout by Coach
Allison Frizzell-Kizer allowed a kill by
Emily Low to end the set, 25-22.
The final set was all Ouachita as the only time they trailed was at the 1-0 mark. The Tigers went on an 8-0 run to take a 15-7 lead as Huckabee and Camp both had multiple kills in the run. Ouachita completed the win with a kill by
Abby Cagle and forcing the Boll Weevils into errors taking the 25-16 set win.
The Tigers will be back in action on Thursday night at 6:00 p.m. in Sturgis Physical Education Center against Harding University.