The Auburn Tigers traveled to Baton Rouge Sunday to take on the LSU Tigers.
As expected, it was a hard fought battle between the two SEC foes. For the third time in the last four meetings and the second time this season, these two teams had to go into five sets, and this time LSU came out on top.
The match featured 53 ties and 20 lead changes. Sets three and four both pushed past the 25-point mark. Set three ended in a score of 29-27 in favor of LSU, and in response Auburn came out and won set four, 33-31.
Sophomore Courtney Crable proved her impact once again, matching her career high with 20 kills while also recording her season best nine digs. Crable was big down the stretch of the fourth set, recording two big kills.
Fellow sophomore Alexa Filley almost tied her career high in assists, only falling two short. She ended the day with 61 assists and 24 digs. Her 61 assists etched her name in the record book, as she is now tied for 13th all-time in Auburn history.
Jesse Earl and Brenna McIlroy each contributed more than 20 digs, as Earl tallied 24 and McIlroy added 21 to contribute to her eighth double-double of the season. In total, the Auburn Tigers recorded 109 digs, only three behind the Auburn record.
Offensively the Tigers hit a whopping .208 in the match, making this the second time this season they have lost while hitting .200 or better.
After fighting back in the fourth set, which was the longest for Auburn since last season, to tie the game at 2-2, the fifth set was all LSU. It ran away with the fifth set early, at one point leading 10-5. Auburn could only get within three the entire set, which LSU won 15-11.
Auburn continues its road trip against Arkansas on Friday night. The team's next home action will be against the University of South Carolina on Nov. 6th.
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