MICHAEL KIRAL / L’Observateur / September 14, 1998

DESTREHAN – East Jefferson went to its trademark – defense – and took advantage of an off-day by the Destrehan hitters to take a 15-2, 15-4, victory Thursday afternoon in the Lady Cats gym.

East Jefferson improved to 3-1 on the season while Destrehan fell to 1-3.

The Lady Warriors started fast in the first set, taking a 3-0 lead on two lifts and a kill by Rebecca Glatt. Another error and an ace by DanielleTuckson increased that lead to five before the Lady Cats used a timeout.

East Jefferson kept it up after the break, using two Destrehan errors and a kill by Theresa Samuels made it 9-0.

A kill by Allison Bourgeois broke the East Jefferson serve and Erica Bierman got the Lady Cats on the board with another kill. But the LadyWarriors got the serve back with a cross-court kill by Kimberly Bergeron.

After the Lady Warriors surged to a 12-1 lead, the Lady Cats got another point when a lift was called with Angele Chauvin serving. But EastJefferson then put the game away when two lifts were called against the Lady Cats.

Destrehan jumped ahead in the second game when a lift was called against East Jefferson with Bierman serving. A tip by Samuels gave East Jeffersonthe serve and the Lady Warriors took advantage with a block by Samuels and Glatt and two errors by the Lady Cats to take a 4-1 lead.

A dunk by Chauvin cut the deficit to 4-2 but three Destrehan errors allowed the Lady Warriors to increase it back to 7-2. Destrehan againrallied, closing to within 7-4 on an error on East Jefferson and a kill by Bourgeois.

East Jefferson then pulled away with Kristy Bergeron serving. JessicaHunton came up with a block and a tip and then combined with Tuckson on another block to make it 11-4. A lift would be called on Destrehan after along volley, increasing the lead to nine.

Ashley Nelson broke the serve with a spike inside the back line, but after blocks by Nelson and Kelly Huber, East Jefferson would recover serve with a kill by Tuckson. Two errors by Destrehan ended the match.Tuckson led the Lady Warriors with two aces while Samuels had a game- high five kills. Bourgeois led the way for the Lady Cats with two killswhile also providing top defense.

“East Jefferson played a good game,” Destrehan coach Calvin Ike said.

“That was the worst we have hit all season long. We had a number oferrors and a lot of things we caused ourselves. We had our passes andreturns but the hitting wasn’t there. That was the biggest factor of thegame. We are going to better as the season goes on.”East Jefferson coach John Trepagnier said that because of the height disadvantage his team has, he has to stress defense.

“We are hustle and bumblebees out there,” Trepagnier said. “Because ofour height, that is what I emphasize. We have to pick everything off thefloor.”

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