GRAMBLING, LA – Grambling State University was too much for the Southern University volleyball team Monday night inside Fredrick Hobdy Arena in Grambling, Louisiana, taking the match 3-0.
SU 0, GSU 3
(14-25, 22-25, 13-25)
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET 1
- Grambling would jump out to a 5-1 lead to start the match, but the Lady Jaguars would get the next three points to cut the lead to one.
- GSU would go on a three-point run to grow their lead back to 9-5 before Southern would go on a four-point run themselves to tie it at 9 apiece.
- Another run by Grambling, this time a 7-1 run, would give them a six-point lead at 16-10.
- Southern would get the next four points to pull within two, but Grambling would finish the set on a 9-0 run to take it 25-14.
SET 2
- Set two would start out in the Lady Jaguars favor, taking a quick 7-1 lead. Grambling would respond with a 6-1 run of their own to cut the lead to one at 8-7.
- Southern would grow their lead to four on two separate occasions at 14-10 and 15-11.
- Grambling would get the next two points to cut the lead in half before Southern would get their largest lead at six, 19-13.
- Southern would use both timeouts to try to stop a run by Grambling, but that would not be enough as GSU would finish the set on a 12-3 run to take the set 25-22.
SET 3
- Grambling would jump out to a quick lead, securing seven of the first 10 points to lead 7-3.
- The Lady Jaguars would try to fight their way back in, but a six-point run would grow the lead to double digits.
- Neither team would get more than two points in a row the remainder of the set, giving Grambling a 25-13 win to take the match.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Grambling held a 48-15 advantage in kills
- SU would finish with nine blocks to eight by GSU
- Southern finished with 13 assists, while Grambling had 45.
- The Lady Jaguars had 37 digs, compared to 52 by Grambling.
- Xaria Taylor had seven blocks to lead the Lady Jaguars, followed by Jordan Felix with six.
- Felix and Trenity Lundy had eight digs apiece.
UP NEXT
The Lady Jaguars will travel to Pine Bluff, Arkansas on Tuesday, October 25 for a 6 p.m. match against the University of Arkansas – Pine Bluff.
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