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Savannah State SSU 0-1
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Winner Alabama State ALST 1-0
Savannah State SSU
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Alabama State ALST
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Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Savannah State SSU 14 23 12 (0)
Alabama State ALST 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Ni’yesha Brown leads Alabama State to season-opening victory

Brown posts 18 digs in win over Savannah State

MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Ni'yesha Brown led Alabama State University to a 3-0 (25-14,25-23,25-12) season-opening victory over Savannah State University.
 
"I think it was a great opener," Alabama State head coach Penny Lucas-White said. "I am pleased with their energy and their celebrations after big points, and they are having fun out there."
 
Brown, a preseason All-SWAC selection, led Alabama State (1-0) with a career-high 18 kills; besting her mark of 17 set last season against Texas Southern. The total was also the 15th time she has recorded double-digit kills in her career.
 
Krysta Medearis, another All-SWAC selection, was one kill shy of double-digits, finishing with nine kills. That mark matched the seventh-best total of her career.
 
"Well I knew they were excited to play," White said. "It showed, the energy was great but we just missed too many serves. We just need to minimize our service errors, but Ni'yesha had an incredible night and so did Krysta. We have got to get more players involved in our offense, and that is what we were missing tonight."
 
Stat of the Night
  • Alabama State finished the night hitting .380, while they held Savannah State to just .014 attack percentage. That was due in part to nine total blocks on the night by the Lady Hornets.
  • Ni'yesha Brown posted her 15th career match in double figures in kills, setting a new career-high with 18 on the night.
  • The duo of Kori Kutsch and Justus Tuiolosega finished the night with 32 combined assists, with Kutsch dishing out 17 and Tuiolosega with 15.
  • Bayle' Bennett led all players with 10 digs.

How It Happened
  • Alabama State ran out to a 1-0 overall lead in the match, winning the first set 25-14 as they opened the set on an 11-4 run.
  • After a Savannah State timeout, the Lady Hornets ran out to a 22-12 lead in the set (their biggest of the set), before ending the set with four consecutive points.
  • The two teams traded points through the first 11 of the second set, with Alabama State leading 6-5; however, the Lady Hornets were able to go on a run to extend their lead to 17-12.
  • Savannah State took their first lead of the night at 18-17, before the Lady Hornets tied the match at 21-all. From there, the Lady Hornets won four of the next six points to win the set.
  • Alabama State ran away from Savannah State ran away with the match in the third set, holding a 13-point lead twice on the night.

Up Next
  • Alabama State will face North Carolina A&T at 3:30 pm tomorrow afternoon in the final day of the ISTAP Collegiate Cup.
  • Alabama State and North Carolina A&T have faced each other three times since 2012, including a five-set victory by Alabama State last season.

Quotable
"We just have to block well," White said. "They have a tremendous outside hitter, so we just have to block well. I believe we can do that, and we will just go from there and see how we come out. We just have to serve tough and block well."
 
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