Women's Volleyball | 8/22/2017 3:25:00 PM

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah State University volleyball hosts the Orange and Blue Scrimmage Wednesday in Tiger Arena at 6 p.m.
 
On the Orange Team is junior right side hitter Jennifer Rosado, freshman defensive specialist Chara Robbins, sophomore middle blocker Tyran Chenault, senior outside hitter Jademone Jones, freshman setter Salma Gonzalez, freshman outside hitter Brooke Sanford and freshman middle blocker De'Antoinette Rodriguez-Hairston. 
 
On the Blue Team is senior setter Alee Quint, freshman outside hitter Amanda Rullan Vilanova, freshman libero Leiri Melendez, junior middle blocker Charlinda Colbert, junior outside hitter Ayree Gallon, freshman right side hitter Karissa Tatum and freshman middle blocker Oneillia Fuller. 
 
The Lady Tigers return four letterwinners from last season with two seniors Quint and Jones and two juniors of Colbert and Gallon and add 11 newcomers, three transfers and eight freshmen.
 
The three transfers are Rosado, who transferred from Nova South Eastern University, Chenault, from Jacksonville University, and Cortney Williams, from North Greenville University. 
 
Seven of the eight freshman hail from Georgia or Puerto Rico.  Rullan Vilanova, from Bayamon, Melendez, from Ponce, and Gonzalez, from Isabela are the three freshman from Puerto Rico, while Robbins, from Conyers, Tatum, from LaFayette, Fuller, from Villa Rica, and Rodriguez-Hairston, from Atlanta, hail from the state of Georgia.  Sanford comes from Hazel Green, Ala.
 
The Lady Tigers are looking to replace nine letterwinners, which included five starters and a libero, that counted for 60 percent of the kills, 78.9 of the digs and 70.5 of the blocks.
 
Edric Poitier returns for his second season at SSU after posting a 2-25 overall record last season, including a 2-8 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.  Overall, the Nassau, Bahamas native has a 194-160 record in 12 seasons.  
 
Savannah State starts the regular season this weekend in Montgomery, Ala., with the MEAC/SWAC Challenge.  The Lady Tigers start with a single match Friday against host Alabama State University at 7 p.m., followed by a doubleheader Saturday with Alabama A&M University at 11:30 a.m. and Grambling State University at 5:30 p.m.
 
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