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0
Alabama St. ALST 0-10,0-0 SWAC
3
Winner Troy TROY 5-4,0-0 Sun Belt
Alabama St. ALST
0-10,0-0 SWAC
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Final
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Troy TROY
5-4,0-0 Sun Belt
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Alabama St. ALST 15 17 22 (0)
Troy TROY 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Alabama State falls to Troy in first midweek contest

TROY, Ala. | Alabama State dropped 3-0 a midweek matchup against Troy in the Trojan Arena on Tuesday night.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The opening set began with the two teams trading points before Troy went on a run to gain an early 8-3 lead.
  • After an Alabama State timeout, junior Mahogany Vinson (Richton Park, Ill.) quieted the crowd with her first kill of the match, followed later by a kill from A'Nylah Cobb (Tallahassee, Fla.) to put the score at 9-5.
  • Troy responded with another run, this time to take control of the set, going up 17-9 and later 21-13 to cause a second called timeout from the Hornets.
  • Alabama State fought out of the break with kills from Cobb and fellow Tallahassee native Jada Rhodes, but could not gain ground on the comeback effort, falling 25-15 in the first.
  • In the second set, both the Hornets and Trojans struggled early with errors, as the teams were knotted at 5-5 before Alabama State took their second lead of the set at 8-5.
  • Troy responded with a comeback effort, taking a 15-13 lead into the media timeout, and extended their lead after the break, taking a 25-17 win in set two.
  • The third set was a hard-fought battle, with the teams finding themselves tied 12 times along with four lead changes in the frame.
  • Trailing 5-4, setter McKenzie Boland (Stockbridge, Ga.) recorded two straight aces, sparking a run along with Trojan errors to give the Hornets an 11-7 lead.
  • Troy battled back in the set, tying the score at 12-12 and the teams traded scores for the remainder, with neither side earning more than a two-point lead until the Trojans took a 23-20 lead late and took the match with a final in set three of 25-22.
MATCH NOTES
  • Alabama State started their tenth different starting lineup of the season (Bates, Beasley, Belles, Cobb, Hughes, Rhodes, Vinson)
  • Alexis Ratliff (Atlanta, Ga.) and Lauren Hughes (Lancaster, Texas) led the Hornets offensively on the night, both with six kills and a .545 kill percentage.
  • Emersen Belles (Gilbert, Ariz.) recorded double-digit digs against the Trojans, her second such game in four contests this season.
  • Both Madison Beasley (Gilbert, Ariz.) and McKenzie Boland logged 13 assists, with Beasley adding two digs and Boland adding two aces and a dig.
UP NEXT
Alabama State (0-10) will conclude their 13-game season opening road stretch this weekend as they travel to Statesboro, Georgia to play in a tournament hosted by Georgia Southern. The Hornets will face the Eagles on Friday morning, while facing USC-Upstate that afternoon and concluding with Mercer on Saturday morning.

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