Volleyball Falls to UNO in Five

Murfreesboro, Tenn. - Middle Tennessee volleyball (7-14, 3-6 SBC) fell to visiting Western Division Sun Belt Conference foe New Orleans (6-13, 2-7 SBC) 30-26, 27-30, 22-30, 30-28, 7-15 Saturday afternoon in Murphy Center.

The Lady Raiders were led by Shakeithia Deckard who had 31 kills in the match and 21 digs, and junior Katie Thiesen followed with 16 kills on 37 attacks. Junior Erin Hillstrom registered her third double-double in as many games with 11 kills and 13 digs and setter Goldie Bilyeu broke her career records in assists for the second match in a row with 64 assists.

Middle Tennessee will move out of conference play to host the University of Tennessee on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in Murphy Center.

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