SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Savannah State volleyball team earned a decisive Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) victory and got a little payback on Friday night with a 3-0 sweep of Fort Valley State in Tiger Arena.

The Lady Tigers improve to 6-10 on the season and 5-7 in the SIAC, despite playing short-handed. SSU is currently fielding only eight players in their games. SSU is ranked second in the SIAC East Division behind Albany State. Fort Valley State falls to 3-9 overall and 2-9 in the conference.

Savannah State fell to Fort Valley in their first matchup this year, 0-3, on Sept. 20 in Fort Valley, Ga. But Friday's matchup was a completely different game as the Lady Tigers put on a commanding performance.

SSU dominated the first set, earning a 25-14 win behind some stellar serving from Imani Williamson and offensive charges from Jedaiah Daniels and Jeilynn Brown.

Fort Valley State, however, fought point-for-point with SSU in the second set. With the game tied up at 19, India King recorded a kill to lift the Wildcats to a 20-19 lead. Valeria Aldarondo fired back with a kill to tie it up at 20.

Out of a Fort Valley timeout, Ellana Nellis led the Lady Tigers on a 5-0 run to seal up the 25-20 win and 2-0 lead.

The third set was all SSU as the Lady Tigers opened with a decisive 5-1 run and never gave up the lead. Fort Valley looked for a late comeback behind some strong serving from Childs Zykenzia, but SSU senior Jamese Scott knocked down the final kill with an assist from Aldarondo to give SSU the 25-16 victory and 3-0 match win.

The Lady Tigers were led by Williamson who racked up 11 kills on 27 total attacks and 10 digs. Aldarondo had 32 assists on the night and 6 digs. Brown ended with 6 kills and 9 digs. Overall SSU had 9 total blocks on the night to Fort Valley's 3. Scott led SSU at the net with a season-high 7 blocks.