With the first seed in the East Division of the SWAC volleyball tournament already locked up, the Alabama State women's volleyball team will now eye a second straight undefeated season in conference.
 
In order to do so, the Lady Hornets (12-17 overall, 6-0 SWAC) will have to defeat two opponents that it defeated in straight sets earlier this season. 

First, Alabama State will take on Alcorn State (8-16 overall, 2-4 SWAC) on Friday at 7 p.m.   Then, it will follow with a quick turnaround for Senior Day and a game against Mississippi Valley State (4-24 overall, 0-6 SWAC) on Saturday at 1 p.m. 

Both games will be played at Lockhart Gym.  Seniors Brooke Beasley, Erika Thompson, Dragana Cvoric, Ellyn Jones and team manager Shan Jones will be all be honored in a special pre-game tribute prior to the start of Saturday's game. 

In the prior meeting with the Lady Braves on Oct. 10 , four ASU players had at least seven kills, the team collectively racked up a .308 hitting percentage with nine aces and the Lady Hornets swept 3-0 (25-18, 25-13, 25-11) in just under an hour. 

The Lady Hornets had a similar dominant effort against the Devilettes in their meeting on Oct. 11 with a 3-0 victory (25-18, 25-20, 25-19).  Junior Myla Marshall put forth one of her most impressive performances of the season with season-highs of 18 kills and a .654 hitting percentage.  She only committed a single error and added four digs and three blocks for good measure. 

The possibility of the perfect conference record is something that keeps ASU players highly motivated. 

"It shows how determined the girls are to have a shot at this," said ASU women's volleyball coach Penny Lucas-White.  "It's about making a strong statement about where our program is headed.  They set some goals and they've lived up to them.  We are not going to look beyond anybody.  We need to finish knowing that no opportunities are wasted. That's our mantra for the remainder of the season.  I hear them talking about it all the time.  It helps our psyche."

Live stats of the match can be found by clicking on this link: http://www.sidearmstats.com/alasu/wvball/.

For those who would like to follow the game along on social media, twitter updates throughout the match will be made on https://twitter.com/asubuzz and on facebook at  Alabama State Athletics on Facebook.

Alcorn State team leaders: Heather Jackson (148 kills), Sydney Mellom (481 assists, 28 aces), Vanessa Ortega (301 digs), Erica Caddell (36 blocks); ASU team leaders: Myla Marshall (218 kills, 83 blocks), Ellyn Jones (532 assists, 45 aces), Rachel Smith (191 digs); Mississippi Valley State: Haley Clark (142 kills), Kayondra Hood (16 aces), Alexandria Garland (412 assists), Steffi Rodriguez (238 digs), Cynthia Richardson (51 blocks).

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