No good at home

The Red Wolves have never had problems at home. No matter what sport it is (besides soccer) home has always fair better at home. Until now.

The Arkansas State Red Wolves volleyball team is struggling at home as of late. They have now lost three games in a row at home. It started at Denver, North Texas and now UALR.

Freshman middle blocker Cayla Fielder led ASU with eight kills in the match, sophomore outside hitter Kristen Catalane added seven kills while senior outside hitter Mafo Joelle and sophomore middle hitter Christin Baker each added six kills. Junior defensive specialist Heather Bowman had 10 digs and sophomore setter Laura Bennett led both teams with 29 assists.

With the win, UALR improved to 23-6 on the season and 12-4 in SBC West play and avenged last week’s 3-2 Red Wolves victory in Little Rock. Arkansas State fell to 20-10 on the year and 9-7 in league play with the loss.

“UALR played very driven tonight and came up here to do a job, and they did,” ASU head coach Craig Cummings told Sports Information. “My hat is off to Coach (Van) Compton for getting her team ready to play. We’ve got a few days off before we go to North Texas next week, and we can get back our competitiveness and the attitude that is required to be successful.”

Arkansas State is off until next week, when the Red Wolves hit the road for the final two matches of the regular season. ASU travels to North Texas Nov. 14 before closing out the regular season at Denver Nov. 16. With their nine conference wins, the Red Wolves have secured a berth in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, scheduled for Nov. 20-22 in Miami, Fla.

On the road, however, the volleyball team is a totally different team on the road. They defeated New Orleans, Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe on the road in back-to-back games. At the time New Orleans had not lost at home. So why is this team is so much better on the road? Home is just not so sweet for this team.