MONTGOMERY, ALA. | Alabama State withstood a furious push from Alcorn State in the second and third sets and won their seventh-consecutive match with a three-set (25-16, 25-23, 25-23) victory against the Lady Braves.
 
With the victory, the Lady Hornets (17-17, 14-2) reached .500 overall for the first time since August, 31 and are assured no worse than the No. 2 seed in the SWAC Volleyball Tournament.
 
Alabama State had a couple of players hit career milestones on the night as Kayla Torres picked up dig No. 700 courtesy of a six-dig effort and junior Krysta Medearis spiked 12-of-27 attacks to place the Memphis, Tenn. native with 807 career-kills.
 
Kori Kutsch – who came into the match ranked 35^th nationally in total service aces -- assisted on 28 kills and tallied 11 digs, picking up her 10th double-double of 2018.

The Lady Hornets cruised in the opening stanza but saw a four-point advantage dissipate in the second frame and used a service ace from Kayla Torres to spark a 4-1 run to close out the set. The storyline continued in the final set as the Lady Braves (8-19, 4-12) recovered from an early 10-4 onslaught to eventually tie the game at 18-18. Medearis provided three pivotal kills to carry Alabama State down the stretch and the Lady Hornets clinched the win on an Alcorn State ball-handling error.

Alabama State will face first place Alabama A&M Thursday night in Huntsville, Ala. First serve is at 7 pm.

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