TROY, Ala. | The Alabama State University volleyball dropped a 3-0 (15-25,19-25, 21-25) non-conference match to Troy University at Trojan Arena Tuesday night.
 
Briana Dorsey led Alabama State (16-9) with seven kills, while a trio of players finished with six kills in the match – Krysta Medearis, Bayle' Bennett and Ni'yesha Brown. Dorsey finished the night hitting .400 on 15 total attacks, and moved into sixth on the all-time list at Alabama State with 744 career kills.
 
Kori Kutsch finished with 16 assists, while Justus Tuiolosega added 10, while defensively Kayla Torres led Alabama State with eight digs off the bench. Candace Martin led the Lady Hornets with five blocks, while Dorsey and Brown each added three.
 
Troy (8-15) was led by Jenni Young and Belle Waldrop with eight kills each, while a trio of players added seven in the loss – Cheyenne Hayes, Logan Page and Savannah Moore.
 
The Trojans jumped out to an early 4-1 lead in the set, before Alabama State used kills from Medearis, Bennett and Brown to go on a 6-3 run and tie the opening set at 7-all. From that point the Trojans took command of the set as they went on a 5-1 to open up a 12-8 advantage. After Alabama State pulled to within three on a Medearis kill (15-12), the Trojans went on a 9-2 run to open up the lead to 24-14. Brown was able to fight off a set point with a kill on a misplay by the Trojans to pull to within 24-15, before Troy was able to close out the set off the block.
 
Troy open the second set scoring 10 of the first 15 points, before the Lady Hornets stormed back with a pair of kills from Dorsey and another by Brown to go on a 5-0 run and tie the second set at 10-all. The Trojans responded with a 3-0 run to take a 13-10 lead before Medearis and Dorsey recorded a block at the net to trim the deficit to 13-11; however the Trojans were able to build the lead back to four at 16-12 which is where would stay most of the set until a Payten Clark kill cut the lead 21-18.
 
The two teams traded points early on in the third set with the Lady Hornets grabbing the early lead at 5-3. They would extend the lead to 6-4 on a kill from Clark, and against at 8-7 on an attack error by the Trojans. The two teams traded points at 9-9, before the Trojans went on a 6-1 run to open a 15-10 lead midway through the third set. A kill from Martin trimmed the deficit to 16-12, while Brown answered with another kill to trim the deficit to 18-14 before the two teams began trading points again late in the third set. However, back-to-back kills from Young have Troy a 20-14 lead. The Lady Hornets continued to fight back into the set, trimming the deficit to 21-17 and scored a pair of points off the serve of Amber Bolden before the Trojans were able to close out the match.

Alabama State returns to action this weekend as the host the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Roundup at, both, Lockhart Arena and the Dunn-Oliver Acadome beginning Friday morning. The Lady Hornets will face Southern (3 pm) and Grambling State (5:30 pm) pm on the opening day of the roundup.
 
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