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BATON ROUGE, La. - Behind a season-high hitting percentage, the Razorback volleyball team opened conference play Sunday afternoon with a sweep at LSU. Seniors Danielle Harbin and Savannah Voelzke led the team with 14 kills each and freshman setter Rachel Rippee dished out 38 assists in directing Arkansas to a .374 attack efficiency. The Razorbacks have now won four-straight SEC openers.Arkansas next home match is Sept. 30 when it welcomes Missouri to Barnhill Arena for a conference matchup at 6 p.m. on the SEC Network. For more information about tickets, fans can call 800-982-HOGS (4647) or buy tickets online.FINAL Arkansas 3, LSU 0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-14) Attendance: 651 | Time: 1:27 Maravich Center (Baton Rouge, La.)#RazorStats ? Leaders vs. LSU o Kills: Danielle Harbin & Savannah Voelzke - 14 (ties career high for Voelzke) o Digs: Okiana Valle - 19 o Blocks: Ana Sofia Jusino - 4.0 (0-4)After back-to-back tandem blocks from Rippee and Ana Sofia Jusino to clinch the first set, Arkansas (3-10, 1-0 SEC) jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the second after a kill from Voelzke. Later in the set, Rippee posted consecutive service aces for a 17-10 lead. The Razorbacks advantage reached as high as 10 points at 24-14 after a contact error on LSU (5-8, 0-2 SEC). An LSU service error secured a 2-0 match lead.With the score tied at 7-all in the third set, Arkansas won seven of the next nine points and led 14-9 after Harbin and Breana Jones teamed up for a block. Kills from Voelzke and Jusino pushed the lead to 19-12 which forced the home team to call its second timeout of the set. Voelzke brought the Razorbacks to match point with another kill, and two plays later, Jusino put down her sixth kill to secure the road sweep. Jameer Nelson Jersey . The Clippers were angry about blowing a big lead; the Kings didnt like being in that kind of hole and nearly digging themselves out only to lose. Henry Ellenson Pistons Jersey . -- Charlie Graham stopped 67 shots as the Belleville Bulls edged the visiting Guelph Storm 6-5 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. https://www.pistonsrookiesshop.com/Tim-Frazier-City-Edition-Jersey/ . Nigeria beat surprise package Ethiopia 2-0 in the second leg of their playoff for a comfortable 4-1 aggregate victory. Victor Moses converted a 20th-minute penalty after an Ethiopian handball, and Victor Obinna made certain of Nigerias place in Brazil with his powerful free kick in the 82nd at UJ Esuene Stadium. Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk Pistons Jersey . McPhee said that Ovechkins father Mikhail is in stable condition after having the surgery this week and is no longer in intensive care. "Weve told him to stay as long as necessary with your dad," he said. Ovechkin and his Russian national team were eliminated from the mens hockey tournament in Sochi on Wednesday with a 3-1 quarter-final loss to Finland. Caron Butler Jersey . According to a report from the Vancouver Province, the Lions are expected to replace former DC Rich Stubler with defensive backs coach Mark Washington. The Mid-American Conference has adopted four proposals developed by student-athletes to regulate time demands on those participating in college sports, including a mandatory two weeks off after the season.The MAC announced Thursday that its council of presidents voted unanimously to adopt the proposals approved by athletic directors. The proposals originated from a report drafted by the conferences student-advisory committee.In July, the Power Five conferences put forth several concepts to reduce the demands on athletes. The concepts will form a proposal for NCAA legislation that the autonomy conferences plan to vote on in January.The MAC decided not to wait. MAC schools can implement the proposals immediately, but they are mandatory for the 2017-18 school year.This will be a topic of conversation in January, MAC Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said. If we knew what we wanted to do, why not go ahead and do it? It was the right thing to do.Along with the two-week break after the championshiip part of the season ends, athletes will be required to have a week off with no athletics obligations at the beginning of each semester.ddddddddddddthletics obligations will be prohibited for at least eight hours after returning to campus from away-from-home travel.Also, practice schedules will be required to be shared with student-athletes weekly. If changes are required, they must be known by student-athletes 24 hours prior to the scheduled practice time.The jobs not done, Steinbrecher said. I think the next step for all of us is really looking at some sport-specific regulation because what we do in football is what we ought to do in golf which is different from what we ought to do in track, etc. etc.Because of the culture and the training needs of the kids involved, there are differences and we need to craft rules that take those differences into account. ' ' '