COLUMBIA, S.C. —
Fort Valley State returned to action on the court for the first time in two weeks Friday evening. After splitting the opening two sets, the Wildcats took the third and fourth sets for the 3-1 women's volleyball road win over
Allen University.
Trailing by seven late (21-14), FVSU cut the margin to three before it scored the final six tallies for a 25-23 opening set win. Allen tied the match in the second, 25-22. The Wildcats built a six-point lead early in the third set (11-5) and only let it dip until that difference once before they posted a 25-16 victory. The Yellow Jackets pushed last in the fourth game and tied it at both 24-24 and 25-25 before a
Dakotah Holmes kill and a bad home set ended the match at 27-25.
With the win, FVSU (4-2/3-2 SIAC) snapped a 3-match losing streak on Allen's court, with the last victory coming on Nov. 1 of 2021 in a 3-0 final. Allen moves to 3-6 on the year and 2-4 in the league.
Both
Benaye Kyle and
Caytlyn Sanford pounded 11 kills apiece. Kyle had a double-double with 11 kills. Holmes downed nine winners and dug a team-best 20 attacks.
Antonique Coleman continued her strong hitting with seven kills with a .462 hitting percentage, six blocks and a pair of aces.
Laila Hilton added six kills and
Nia Mack added four.
Laiani McCullough was the second of three double-double Wildcats with 24 assists and 17 digs.
Jahyra Thomas had an all-around game with 17 assists and 10 digs while she hit four kills and served two aces.
Chaiza Jones recorded 16 digs and
Sarah Rosario had three.
FVSU has a short rest time as it has to turn around and take the court again on Saturday morning (Oct. 5) in a 10:30 a.m. first serve at Benedict College.
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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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