BATON ROUGE, La. – A season-high 21 kill performance from Sasha Ratliff wasn’t enough as Ole Miss volleyball dropped a five-set heartbreaker to LSU Friday night inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
The Rebels (4-9, 0-3 SEC) were unable to overcome 30 attacking errors as LSU (9-5, 3-1 SEC) took advantage of the costly miscues.
Senior Anna Bair etched her name into the Ole Miss record books in the fifth set, becoming just the 15th Rebel to record 1,000 kills in their career. The St. Louis, Missouri, native finished the match with 14.
Ole Miss grabbed the opening set, feeding the hot hand in Katie Corelli. The Rebels found separation with a two-point lead at the media timeout and continued to extend it as they scored six of the final seven points to take the set 25-18.
In set two, the Rebels fell behind early and burned a timeout after LSU took a 12-7 lead. Out of the break, the Tigers continued to stretch the lead to seven and ultimately evened the match with a 25-18 victory of their own.
With both teams even and a clean slate, Ole Miss and LSU went back and forth. The Rebels found an early 10-8 lead after back-to-back aces from Bair capped off a 6-1, but LSU quickly took it back, holding a 15-13 advantage at the media timeout. Ole Miss once again tied things up at 19 thanks to a massive swing by Corelli and an ace from Cammy Niesen; however, LSU responded again to take the set 25-22 despite a late push from the Rebels.
Backs against the wall, Ole Miss turned to Ratliff and Bair. The upperclassman duo combined for 14 of the team’s 19 kills in the set. Ratliff, in particular, came alive, at one point…
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