ATLANTA —
Sawyer Arbuckle had a match-high 13 kills and 11 digs as
Clark Atlanta swept
Savannah State 25-19, 25-16, 25-20 on Thursday at Epps Gymnasium. The Panthers improved to 10-2 overall and 5-1 in SIAC play.
Arbuckle hit .440 on 25 attacks, the highest percentage among Clark Atlanta players with at least 10 attempts.
Kai Harris added 12 kills.
Sydney Ray led the Panthers with 37 assists and three service aces, while
London Jackson had a team-high four aces.
Nakayla James led the defense with 16 digs.
Carmella Jones and
Antonique Coleman each had five total blocks; Coleman led the team with two solo blocks.
Clark Atlanta opened the first set with a Coleman kill and back-to-back Ray aces for a 3-0 lead. Savannah State drew within 18-15 before Coleman's kill stopped the run. A Jones kill gave the Panthers set point, and a Tigers attack error ended the set.
In the second, Clark Atlanta turned a 9-7 lead into a 16-7 advantage during James' service turn. Jones and Arbuckle had kills in that stretch, and Coleman contributed a solo block. Jones later put the Panthers ahead 24-16 with a kill before another Savannah State attack error closed the set.
Jackson served two aces as Clark Atlanta built an 8-3 lead in the third. Savannah State rallied from 19-11 to 19-17, but a Coleman solo block ended the run. The Tigers got within 22-20 before a
Brianna Little kill, a Jones-Little block and an attack error secured the sweep.
Clark Atlanta finished with 43 kills and a .303 hitting percentage. Savannah State fell to 2-11 overall and 1-5 in SIAC play.
UP NEXT
The Lady Panthers will play their third game in three days tomorrow (Friday, Sept. 25) as they host Edward Waters at 6 p.m. inside L.S. Epps Gymnasium.
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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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