BATON ROUGE, LA – Southern University dominated Mississippi Valley on Monday afternoon inside Seymour Gymnasium. The Lady Jaguars won in straight, only allowing the Devilettes to reach the 11-point mark twice.
SU 3, UAPB 0
(25-8, 25-11, 25-11)
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET 1
- Southern got out to a quick start, getting the first five points to force MSVU to use their first timeout.
- The Devilettes got the first point out of the timeout, but Southern would get the next six to go up 11-1.
- Southern would continue to dominate the first set, increasing their lead to 15 at 20-5. MSVU would use their final timeout of the set.
- The Lady Jaguars would go on to win set one 25-8.
SET 2
- Southern would start the second set out slow. MSVU would take the lead at 4-3, but Southern would regain the lead at 5-4.
- Southern would gradually grow their lead until MSVU would call their first timeout down 14-9.
- Out of that timeout, the Lady Jaguars would get 10 points in a row to get set point at 24-9.
- Mississippi Valley would get the next two points, but Southern would close out the set 25-11.
SET 3
- Southern would jump out to another six-point lead before MSVU would be able to score their first point.
- MSVU would get two straight points but another six-point run by Southern would see the lead grow to double digits at 12-2.
- Southern would continue to see their lead grow to finish out the set in dominating fashion, 25-11.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Southern held a 35-7 advantage in kills.
- SU would finish with six blocks to three by MSVU.
- Southern finished with 32 assists, while Mississippi Valley had six.
- The Lady Jaguars had 49 digs, compared to 29 by MSVU.
- Southern finished with 12 aces.
- Kailee Deffebaugh had eight kills to lead the Lady Jaguars, while Xaria Taylor had seven.
- Jordan Felix had a massive 21 assist for the Lady Jaguars.
- Trenity Lundy (12) and Felix (10) had double digit digs to pace Southern.
- Felix (4), Janelle Pye-Blacknard (3) and Taylor (2) had multiple aces for Southern.
UP NEXT
The Lady Jaguars will travel to Lorman, Mississippi on Thursday night to take on Alcorn State. The match is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.
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