COLUMBIA, S.C. —
Desire' Young had 15 kills and hit .500, and
Kaiah Green added 11 kills as the
Benedict College Lady Tigers defeated
Allen University 3-1 in a SIAC women's volleyball match on Friday night in the Benjamin E. Mays HRC Arena.
Benedict won the match 25-23, 24-26, 25-18, 25-15 to improve to 6-3 overall and 3-2 in the SIAC. Allen falls to 4-5 overall and 2-3 in the SIAC.
The Lady Tigers used a 7-0 run in the first set to take a 14-10 lead, but the Lady Yellow Jackets later tied the score at 18. The set stayed close the rest of the way. Benedict edged out a 23-21 lead, but Allen scored the next two points to tie the score again. The Lady Tigers got a kill from
Kylie Jackson and won the set on an Allen error.
The second set was a close battle as well. The score was tied at 15 before Allen scored the next six points for a 21-15 lead. The Lady Tigers rallied back to tie the score at 24 as Young had a kill,
Willow Alls served up an ace and Green tied it with another kill. Allen closed out the set with the final two points on a Benedict error and a kill.
The Lady Tigers used a 7-1 run late in the third set to pull away from a close game and take an 18-14 lead. A kill by
Krislenn Lucas made it 21-15. The two teams swapped points, with Benedict taking a 23-18 lead. The Lady Tigers closed out the set on an Allen service error and a kill by Green.
Benedict kept the momentum going in the fourth set, using a 10-1 run to take a 19-9 lead. A kill by
Angelic Carter closed out the set.
The Lady Tigers travel to Morris on Monday for a 6 p.m. match.
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically black colleges and universities with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors seven men's and six women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
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