ULM volleyball is back in season, but it hasn’t been the smoothest start for new head coach Matt Kearns.
During the EIU Panther Classic, ULM suffered two tough 3-0 shutouts, only scoring 20 or more points in a single set against both Eastern Illinois and Valparaiso. After a nail-biting fifth set versus Akron that ended with the Warhawks winning 17-15, Kearns earned his first career win.
Unfortunately for the Warhawks, the festivities were short-lived as the team traveled to Grambling and lost 3-2 after a back-and-forth fifth set.
The Warhawks suffered another brutal weekend invitational at the start of September, the Lindenwood Invitational, in which the team only brought a single match to a set five, their 3-2 loss against Austin Peay.