TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Interim head coach
Reaucheandra Matthews Scott enters her first season at the helm of
Miles volleyball with high hopes for her young squad. While the Lady Bears dropped their season-opening match to Stillman Thursday evening at Birthright Auditorium in four sets (18-25, 25-21, 25-17, 25-14), the team showed flashes of being capable of producing a championship-level campaign.
Miles got a lot of help in the opening set, as Stillman made many errors down the stretch. But a kill by
Kendall Townsend and a combo block by Townsend and
Zion Williams helped the Lady Bears close out the opening game. Outside hitter
Kayla Trawick, now in a starting role, showed she can produce at a high level. She finished with 11 kills and hit .207 (11-5-29) - both match highs - and had four kills in the second set as the Lady Bears opened an 18-14 advantage.
But the Tigers stormed back, scoring seven straight points to take the lead, and ultimately closed out the second set, scoring the final three points, two on Miles' errors. The errors became a central theme as the match wore on, as the Lady Bears had 27 attack errors over the final three sets, which nearly matched the 28 kills Stillman had during the same period.
Williams (six kills, three blocks), Kayla Hill (12 assists, eight digs), and Eliyah McIlwain (team-high 16 digs) helped pace the Lady Bears, who are back in action on Tuesday when they travel to take on Shorter at 6 p.m. CT.
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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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