{"id":403538,"date":"2026-09-18T12:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/403538\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T12:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T12:44:09","slug":"lsu-volleyball-falls-to-miami-at-canes-classic-plays-tulsa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/403538\/","title":{"rendered":"LSU Volleyball Falls To Miami At Canes Classic; Plays Tulsa Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/VolleyballMiami-678x381.webp\" alt=\"\" title=\"VolleyballMiami\"\/><br \/>\nThe LSU volleyball team dropped to 4-4 on the season on Thursday night in Miami. (LSU photo).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TIGER RAG NEWS SERVICES<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CORAL GABLES, Florida \u2013 LSU opened the Canes Classic with a 3-1 loss to winless Miami (20-25, 19-25, 25-12, 20-25) on Thursday night at the Knight Sports Complex.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LSU (4-4) held Miami (1-7) below a .200 hitting percentage with 11 blocks and won the edge in digs, 49-45. However, the Tigers hit just .156 due to the Hurricanes\u2019 12.5 blocks. And Miami logged eight aces in the match.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miami\u2019s outside hitter Ruth Martinez landed a career-high 26 kills on a .315 hitting percentage, had four aces, and added six blocks to lead the Hurricanes with 33 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside hitter <a href=\"https:\/\/lsusports.net\/sports\/vb\/roster\/player\/jurnee-robinson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jurnee Robinson<\/a> had 19 kills for LSU, three blocks, including two solos, and finished the match with eight digs. Middle blocker <a href=\"https:\/\/lsusports.net\/sports\/vb\/roster\/player\/jessica-jones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jessica Jones<\/a> followed with nine kills on a .350 hitting percentage and three blocks, and middle blocker <a href=\"https:\/\/lsusports.net\/sports\/vb\/roster\/player\/sanaa-donaie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sanaa Donaie<\/a> had a team-high six blocks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Setter <a href=\"https:\/\/lsusports.net\/sports\/vb\/roster\/player\/lauren-brooker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lauren Brooker<\/a> recorded her 15th career double-double and first this season with 36 assists and a team-best 11 digs. Libero <a href=\"https:\/\/lsusports.net\/sports\/vb\/roster\/player\/kiley-brooks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kiley Brooks<\/a> had two of the club\u2019s three aces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LSU continues in the Cane Classic on Friday against Tulsa at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the latest news and information on Tiger volleyball, visit www.lsusports.net\/volleyball. Fans can follow the team on its social media outlets at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lsuvolleyball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/lsuvolleyball<\/a> and @lsuvolleyball on <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/lsuvolleyball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lsuvolleyball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The LSU volleyball team dropped to 4-4 on the season on Thursday night in Miami. (LSU photo). 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