First Win Requires Comeback

BATON ROUGE, La. – The University of Houston beat LSU on Friday night after falling behind by a set thanks to 19 kills from senior Abbie Jackson and eight team blocks, winning 3-1 (19-25, 25-23, 25-12, 25-22).

The Cougars (1-1) have now beaten LSU (1-1) in Baton Rouge in both opportunities (last 2004) and are 2-2 all-time in the series.

Junior Annie Cooke put together the first double-double of the season, tallying 41 assists with 10 digs. Junior Kate Georgiades tacked on a match-best 20 digs and the Cougars hit .258 for the match.

Graduate Isabel Theut supported Jackson with 13 kills of her own, Cooke added four without an error and sophomore Kellen Morin chipped in seven more kills.

SET 1
The Cougars clawed back a handful of times to keep the Tigers' lead to as little as one point, but a 6-1 run to close out the set by LSU helped the hosts take the first 25-19.

Graduate Isabel Theut led Houston with three kills in the set but as a team, the Cougars hit .150 in the set.

SET 2
Jackson terminated seven of Houston's 13 kills in the second set and got some scoring help from the service line and blockers at the net as the Cougars rattled off a 5-0 run to move ahead 21-18 late.

Houston put together three blocks in the set and the offense hit .268 to take the first set of the season.

SET 3
LSU started the set on a 4-0 run, but Houston allowed just seven more points the rest of the frame. The Cougars put together a 15-1 run, with a 10-0 run included in the run, through the middle chunk of the set. Houston rattled off a 7-2 run to end the set.

Cooke spread the offense as Houston hit .393 in the set, the best single-set offensive production in the young season.

SET 4
The Cougars strung together a 6-0 run to win the match in the fourth thanks to four kills from Jackson, an ace from freshman Alana Torres-Rivera and a solo block by Jackson.

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