NEW ORLEANS, La. — Tulane volleyball dropped the first set and then took over, beating East Carolina 3-1 on Sunday in New Orleans, La., to claim sole possession of first place in the American Conference.
The two teams came in tied atop the league standings. After the four-set win at Fogelman Arena inside Devlin Fieldhouse, the Green Wave stand at 17-3 overall and 9-1 in conference play, one game ahead of the 15-7 Pirates. Tulane also improved to 25-8 all-time against East Carolina and 13-2 against the Pirates in Uptown.
East Carolina looked sharp early, hitting .455 and committing just one attack error while taking the opening set by 11 points. The Wave answered in the second set, jumping out 7-3 and stretching the gap to 11-5 on the way to evening the match. Tulane’s defense took over from there. The Wave piled up a season-high 14 blocks and held ECU to a .195 hitting percentage for the match. Maddy McLin had six blocks, and Lauryn Mack, Riley Tucker and Charlee Solomon each finished with five.
Mack led the offense with 13 kills and 11 digs for her fourth straight double-double. Avery Burks added 11 kills, McLin had nine and Tucker seven, and six different Tulane players finished with more than one kill. Solomon ran the offense with 43 assists and added 10 digs for her sixth straight double-double, and Makena Lim had a team-high 14 digs.
The win was Tulane’s third in a row and pushed the team to 8-1 at home, including 5-0 in league matches. It is the program’s best start through 20 matches since the 2013 team opened 18-2.
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