New Orleans, LA - Offense and defense were clicking on all cylinders as Paula Ogbevoen led Dillard with 10 kills and Jessica Goods-Morris added a season-high six blocks to bounce Belhaven 3-0 in Gulf Coast Athletic Conference action, Saturday afternoon at Dent Gym.  Match scores were 25-22, 25-17 and 25-15.  

The sweep put the Lady Bleu Devils on the plus side of the win column overall and in GCAC play, for the first time this season, with marks of 8-7 and 4-3, respectively, and also snapped the Lady Blazers five-game win streak.

"Today's win was huge as we enter the second half of conference play," said head coach Yolanda Brown.

The Lady Bleu Devils fought off all attempts at a comeback, starting with the first game.  They allowed Belhaven to get within one point (22-23) on a kill error by Goods-Morris, who spiked attacks on the next two plays for the win.  In game two, the Lady Blazers made error after error and fell behind quickly, giving Dillard a go ahead point on a service error, at the 6-5 mark.  DU never looked back and captured the win on a Belhaven ball handling error.  As a team, Dillard posted 29 kills on offense and denied Belhaven, defensively, blocking them a season-high 12 times at the net. 

"This is the team I saw in week one," said Brown.  "Paula and Jessica played aggressively [at the net] while Yladrea (Marshall) and Danta (Cobb) played no fear defense.  This was a team win."

Other superlatives include Goods-Morris' six kills, Keisha Smoke also had six and 14 digs; Cobb had 25 assists and 11 digs; Marshall and Zorana Piljevic also scooped 14 digs apiece, with Banikah Jackson adding 15.

Dillard, in third place in the GCAC, will hit the road October 27 to play top-ranked Mobile (15-9, 7-0) at 7:30 p.m., in Pharr Gymnasium (Mobile, AL).