COLUMBIA, S.C. — The
Benedict College men's volleyball team put on a dominating performance to beat Warren Wilson College 3-0 in a non-conference match on Thursday in the Benjamin E. Mays HRC Arena.
The Tigers hit a season-high .376, while their 46 kills were a season-high for a three-set match, winning the match by scores of 25-22, 25-8, 25-15. Benedict improves to 6-6 overall, while Warren Wilson falls to 2-12.
The first set was close, with Warren Wilson using a 4-0 run to take a 13-11 lead midway through the set. Benedict recorded a pair of kills to tie the score, and later scored three points in a row to retake the lead for good, 18-16. Warren Wilson cut the lead to 20-19, but then Benedict recorded three straight kills, with a pair from
Denzel Pepper. Benedict closed out the set on an attack error by the Owls.
The Tigers dominated the second set, scoring seven points in a row for a 7-1 early lead. The Tigers later scored eight points in a row behind the strong serving of
Jared Brown for a 19-4 lead. Brown served a pair of aces during that run. Benedict increased the lead to 22-5 before the teams traded points to close out the set, with the Tigers clinching with a kill from
Roy Berry. Benedict hit .542 in the second set, registering 15 kills on 24 attempts and committing just two attack errors.
Benedict used an early 5-1 run to take a 7-4 lead in the third set. The Tigers increased the lead to 14-7 after kills from Pepper and Berry. Three more points in a row gave Benedict a 19-9 lead. The Owls cut the lead to 23-15, but kills by
William Currence Jr. and Pepper finished off the match.
Pepper recorded a season-high 11 kills for the Tigers, while
Mallik Foreman had eight kills.
Matthew Dimapan had a season-high 31 assists.
Cameron Long registered a team-high eight digs.
Benedict returns to action with a road trip to Frankfort, Ky., to take on Kentucky State in a pair of SIAC matches on March 27 and 28. They return home to wrap up the season with a pair of home matches against Central State on April 1 and 2.
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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 (HBCUs) 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 nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
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