BATON ROUGE, LA—Southern dropped a tough 3-2 decision to Prairie View A&M on Sunday afternoon in Texas.
Set one was a battle until PV was able to go on a run to take a 14-8 lead. SU never gained the lead and ended up dropping set one 25-16.
The Panthers jumped out to a 4-0 lead early in set two, but the Jaguars were able to rally and tie the score 13-13 on an attack error by PV. From that point the Jags went to work to go on a run of their own with kills from
Kendall Dutton and
Nya Campbell to take the lead and eventually the win in set two with the score being 25-20.
Set three saw both team score extra points. Like set two the Panthers took an early lead, but the Jags were determined. A kill by
Dutton late in the match tied the game up at 18, then it became a back-and-forth battle were there was five lead changes before
Campbell closed the game with a kill. Final score was 28-26.
Set four the Jags had the earl advantage with the score being 7-5, but the Panthers came back to take the lead and the set as the Jags were only able to score 16 points during the set. Final score was 25-16 as PV took the win.
Set five was full of emotions on both sides as both teams were determined to come out victorious. A service ace by
Kyla Carrier gave the Jags a 5-4 advantage before PV went on a run to open the score 8-5. The Jags were only able to score five more points in this set as the Panthers went on to take set five and the match by a score of 15-10.
Dutton had a total of 18 kills followed by
Xaria Taylor with 13 and
Elise Doomes with ten.
Carrier had a season high 42 assists which was also a game high.
Trenity Lundy closed the game with 16 digs followed by
Carrier and
Doomes with 12 and 11, respectively.
NEXT UP
The Jaguars continue the Texas swing with a match against Texas Southern.
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