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Team Captains: Syraih Wint, Raven Edwards, Hallea Gibbs & Morgan Hebert

Wildcats Host SIAC East Favorite Golden Rams in Volleyball Opener Thursday Night

8/31/2022 1:43:00 PM

By: Chris Myers
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FORT VALLEY, Ga. – The young Wildcats are ready to make their next move. Fort Valley State hosts Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference East Division preseason women's volleyball favorite Albany State to open the 2022 season Thursday night.
 
The Wildcats and Golden Rams will have the first serve be at 7 p.m. in the HPE Arena.
 
FVSU aims to snap a five-game losing skid to ASU. The Wildcats claimed a 3-2 win with a 16-14 deciding fifth set over the Golden Rams on Sept. 11 of 2018 as the last win in the series.
 
The Wildcats head into the 2022 campaign on a multi-tiered mission. FVSU won its most matches of eight last fall with a freshman-dominated squad and it aims to build upon the foundation year.
 
Reaching double-figure victories is only the beginning of up-and-coming Wildcats. With being picked sixth in the SIAC Preseason poll, FVSU has its sights set on making a upwards leap this campaign.
 
The FVSU core returns with a year of experience and a year playing together under its belt. Along with all the returners, head coach Larry Wrather and his staff has added new talent to the lineup as well.
 
Running the offensive attack, sophomore setter Morgan Hebert (Fresno, Calif.) returns as part of the big second-year group. Hebert averaged 7.30 assists per set (540) to go with 151 digs (2.04 digs/set), 90 kills, 31 aces and 17 blocks over 74 sets.
 
Leading the defense, libero Elizabeth Moore (Colman, SD) will guide the backrow. Moore dug 248 attacks (2.95 digs/set) go to with 44 aces and 40 assists.
 
FVSU has the top four frontline hitters in sophomores Raven Edwards (Merrillville, Ind.), Bianca Haslett (Atlanta, Ga.), Laiani McCullough (Beaufort, S.C.) and Syraih Wint (Fresno, Calif.). Edwards downed 176 kills and dug 113 balls, while Haslett lined 155 kills with 25 aces and 13 blocks.
 
McCullough chipped in 135 kills to go with 66 assists, 37 aces, 154 digs and 19 blocks. Wint added 83 kills, 24 aces and a team-best 38 total blocks.
 
Naadira Jones (So., Florence, S.C.) and Destinee Jackson (Sr., Lawrenceville, Ga.) both bring another pair of experienced hitters to the frontline after combining for 114 kills and 33 blocks last fall.
 
Also returning to the lineup, another pair of sophomores are Setene Green (Orangeburg, S.C.), Chioma Onuoha (Lawrenceville, Ga.) and junior Samariah Smith (Statesboro, Ga.)
 
The 2022 FVSU newcomers to the roster include:
Jayda Mikell (Fr., Jacksonville, Fla.)
Imani Birden (Fr., Conyers, Ga.)
Morgan Gooden (Fr., Douglasville, Ga.)
Kaila Copeland (Fr., Stockbridge, Ga.)
Michelle Lynch (Fr., Conyers, Ga.)
Hallea Gibbs (Sr. transfer from Life Univ., Loganville, Ga.)
Sarah Rosario (So. Transfer from Clarendon College, Bayamon, P.R.)
 
 
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