COLUMBIA, S.C. – The
Benedict College Lady Tigers had a negative hitting percentage, as Livingstone College swept Benedict in three sets in the women's volleyball home opener on Tuesday night in the Benjamin E. Mays HRC Arena.
Livingstone won the match 25-18, 25-14, 25-16 to improve to 5-1 on the season. Benedict falls to 3-2.
The Lady Tigers hit -.080 in the match, committing more errors (30) than kills (23) on 87 total attempts. Livingstone hit .189, committing just 15 errors while recording 32 total kills on 90 attempts.
Livingstone also served up seven aces, compared to just one for Benedict.
Desire' Young led the Lady Tigers with seven kills.
Willow Alls had 13 assists. Alls and
Mia Burgess led the defense with eight digs each.
Benedict will travel to Albany, Ga., this weekend to participate in the SIAC Crossover Tournament, where they will face Spring Hill and Miles on Friday, and Lane and LeMoyne-Owen on Saturday in the SIAC opening action. The Lady Tigers will return home to take on Fort Valley State on Thursday, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m.
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is an NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) headquartered 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 eight women's sports and is a proud member of NCAA Division II. For more information, visit
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