ITTA BENA, Miss. (bamastatesports.com) – The Alabama State women’s volleyball team kept it rolling on Saturday with a straight sets sweep on the road at Mississippi Valley State with a 3-0 victory (25-15, 25-12, 25-11) to improve to 13-0 against Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) opponents. Ni’yesha Brown, a junior transfer from Fresno City College, stayed hot with her ninth game…
JACKSON, Miss. (bamastatesports.com) – Ni’yesha Brown produced a game-high 16 kills, Bayle Bennett added 13 kills and 12 digs and the Alabama State women’s volleyball team topped the defending SWAC Champions Jackson State 3-1 (25-10, 21-25, 25-20, 25-13) to win for the 14th time in their last 15 matches. The Hornets (15-8 overall, 12-0 SWAC) kept their record in conference…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Alabama State senior Jamie Coleman and junior Justus Tuiolosega have been recognized by the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) as the Volleyball Players of the Week for their outstanding performances during the week of competition from October 19-25. Coleman took home her fifth defensive player of the week accolade as she recorded 32 total digs in victories…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) — The Alabama State volleyball team’s 11 match winning streak came to a halt on Wednesday evening as the Lady Hornets fell to UAB, 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 26-24) at Lockhart Gym. With the loss ASU drops to 12-8 overall. After dropping the opening set, 25-22, ASU came back strong in the second stanza and built a 10-7…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – The Alabama State Lady Hornets volleyball team will return to the court as they host conference USA team the UAB Blazers for a midweek nonconference match at 7 p.m.on Wednesday night. They will continue play on Friday (Oct. 21) and Saturday (Oct. 22) against Arkansas Pine Bluff and Grambling in SWAC play. Over the weekend, Alabama…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Despite dropping the first set, the Alabama State women’s volleyball team regrouped in time behind a dazzling performance from junior Briana Dorsey as the Lady Hornets extended its’ winning streak to 11 straight with a 3-1 SWAC victory (22-25, 25-14, 25-15, 25-19) against Alabama A&M on Saturday morning at Lockhart Gymnasium. Dorsey played a practical flawless…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (bamastatesports.com) – Krysta Medearis put down a game-high 13 kills, and Briana Dorsey, Candace Martin and Bayle Bennett offered plenty of back up on the front line as the Alabama State women’s volleyball team rolled to their sixth consecutive victory with a 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-14) SWAC victory against Arkansas –Pine Bluff at Philander Smith College’s Mims…
GRAMBLING, La. (bamastatesports.com) – Briana Dorsey and Candace Martin combined to form an intimidating presence at the net, Justus Tuiolosega steadied the team with sound setting and serving and Jamie Coleman covered plenty of space as a two-way player as the Alabama State women’s volleyball team extended their winning streak to five straight with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-22, 25-20) victory…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (troytrojans.com) – The Troy volleyball team opened the ISTAP Collegiate Cup Invitational with a 3-1 win over host Alabama State on Friday night at Lockhart Gymnasium. The Trojans (4-4) began the match with a first set win, 25-19 and stormed to a huge 25-14 victory in the second set, in large part to Sara Landis who had nine…
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (bamastatesports.com) – Alabama State senior libero Jamie Coleman (Farmington Hills, Mich./Farmington Hills) has been named the preseason SWAC Defensive Player of the Year and First Team Defensive Specialist, while teammates sophomore Kori Kutsch (Torrance, Calif./South) was named to the preseason first team and junior middle blocker Briana Dorsey was named to the second team as the league announced its awards Friday. “I…
