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Winner Savannah St. SSU 7-8,7-4 SIAC
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Benedict CSB 7-7,5-6 SIAC
Winner
Savannah St. SSU
7-8,7-4 SIAC
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Final
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Benedict CSB
7-7,5-6 SIAC
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Savannah St. SSU 25 25 25 (3)
Benedict CSB 22 16 21 (0)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Lady Tigers Pick Up Key Road Win

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Savannah State volleyball picked up a key conference win on Tuesday, beating Benedict in straight sets, 3-0, on the road.
 
Ever since rejoining the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) and NCAA Division II in 2019, Lady Tiger volleyball program has struggled against Benedict—one of their biggest SIAC East Division foes.
 
Heading into Tuesday's match—the team's eighth match since 2019—Benedict had won the last three matchups. But the script was flipped on Tuesday.
 
Savannah State opened a 4-1 run over the first five serves of the match. A back-and-forth followed after Benedict bounced back.
 
The set was tied up 10 times throughout. After Benedict knotted it up at 17 all, Savannah State broke the stalemate with a 5-0 run bookended by service aces from Kloe Ludy.
 
Leading 22-18, the Lady Tigers sealed up the first set win, 25-22, behind two kills and a service ace from Jasmine Nettles. 
 
With all the momentum, Savannah State demolished Benedict in the second set, 25-16. Jessee Grubesic served a 4-0 run to open the set with kills from Destinee Langston, Nettles and Allena Norton. Nettles and Norton capped the set off with kills on sets from Caylen Samuel.
 
In the third set, the Lady Tigers got off to a rough start, recording two errors. They quickly bounced back and soon pushed out to a 10-6 lead behind two service access from Langston and a Benedict error, forcing the home team into a timeout.
 
Benedict responded, tying the game up at 14-all several serves later. Nettles tacked on two more service aces to push the Lady Tigers out to a 17-14 lead and force the home team into another timeout, shifting the momentum.
 
Samuel served up three consecutive points to push Savannah State out to a 22-17 lead down the final stretch. Destiny Gaines recorded a kill for a 24-19 lead. With the match point on the line, Benedict recorded back-to-back kills and then a costly error. Savannah State took set three 25-21 and the match 3-0.
 
Norton led the offensive effort with 12 kills. She also recorded three block solos and one block assist on defense. Nettles had 10 kills and 11 digs and three service aces on the night. Langston tacked on nine kills and three service aces in the win.
 
Savannah State totaled 11 service aces on the night, tying a season-high record with their Sept. 17 game against Miles.
 
Midway through the regular season, Savannah State is in third place in the SIAC East Division standings, trailing Edward Waters (7-1 SIAC) and Albany State (10-2 SIAC).
 
Savannah State returns home this week for a Friday night, SIAC match against new conference member Allen University. First serve, in Willcox-Wiley Gym is set for 6 p.m.
 
 
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