LeMoyne-Owen LOC 1-5,1-2 SIAC

Fort Valley St. FVSU 5-5,2-3 SIAC

LeMoyne-Owen LOC

1-5,1-2 SIAC

Final

Sep. 22, 2023

Fort Valley St. FVSU

5-5,2-3 SIAC

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
LeMoyne-Owen LOC	25	14	22	25	9	(2)
Fort Valley St. FVSU	22	25	25	20	15	(3)

Lane Lane 4-12,3-1 SIAC

Fort Valley St. FVSU 5-6,2-4 SIAC

Lane Lane

4-12,3-1 SIAC

Final

Sep. 22, 2023

Fort Valley St. FVSU

5-6,2-4 SIAC

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Lane Lane	25	21	26	25	(3)
Fort Valley St. FVSU	11	25	24	20	(1)

MC MC 4-6, 2-2 SIAC

FVSU FVSU 5-7, 2-5 SIAC

MC MC

4-6, 2-2 SIAC

Final

Sep. 22, 2023

FVSU FVSU

5-7, 2-5 SIAC

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
MC MC	22	25	25	25	(3)
FVSU FVSU	25	16	14	12	(1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 9/22/2023 11:14:00 PM | Chris Myers

Wildcats Best Magicians, Fall Short in Second Pair of Matches

Next Match:

vs. Spring Hill College (Ala.)

9/23/2023 | 4 p.m.

Next Match

Full Schedule

Sep. 23 (Sat) / 4 p.m.

vs. Spring Hill College (Ala.)

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Recap
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ALBANY, Ga. – It was the most volleyball played in one day for the 2023 Wildcats. Fort Valley State bested LeMoyne-Owen in five sets but came up short by identical 3-1 finals against both Lane College and Miles College in the first day of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Crossover event.

In the morning opener, the Wildcats (5-7) held a 2-1 lead only to see the Magicians send the match into the match-deciding set where FVSU had the final trick, 15-9, to win the match. FVSU claimed the second set to even the match with Lane only to be outlasted in the next two (24-26 and 20-25) for the 3-1 loss. The Wildcats finished the first set strong with two runs for a 25-22 win, but the Golden Bears of Miles had their way in the next three sets for the 3-1 win.

Hallea Gibbs blistered the nets in the morning with 23 kills, .362 hit percentage, 25 digs and three aces. Freshman Brooke Matthews set her new standard in the second contest with 18 kills to go with two assists and an ace. In the late match, Jayda Mikell paced the Wildcats with eight kills, five blocks and a pair of aces.

FVSU 3, LeMoyne-Owen 2 (22-25, 25-14, 25-22, 20-25, 15-9)

After dropping the opening set despite having a 19-18 lead at one point, FVSU rebounded in the next two sets to take the lead. Following early leads of 4-0 and 11-5, the Wildcats ran a 12-1 edge to 18-11 with the next six tallies off Raven Edwards, Nia Mack and Gibbs kills. A Laiani McCullough ace made it a 23-13 advantage before the 25-14 final.

In the third set, FVSU trailed by four points until McCullough and Mack combined on a block and both had a kill for a 19-17 lead. Tied at 22, Mikell and Gibbs downed winners for the 25-22 win. After the Magicians took set four, the Wildcats went out to a 10-5 and 11-6 leads in the fifth set. Leading 12-9, FVSU finished the match with the final three points.

Match Leaders
Gibbs – 23 K, .362, 25 Digs, 3 aces
McCullough – 48 assists, 5 K, .313, 2 aces, 4 blocks and 9 digs
Edwards and Morgan Hebert – 10 kills & 4 digs
Kaila Copeland – 12 digs
Michelle Lynch – 10 digs
Mack – 8 kills & 6 digs
Nakaia Berekley – 19 digs

Lane 3, FVSU 1 (11-25, 25-21, 24-26, 20-25)

Trailing by a set, FVSU turned a one-point, 11-10, edge into a 15-10 lead and never trailed again as Laila Hilton killed a point and Matthews aced the final point (25-21). FVSU led the third set late, 23-21 only to see Lane record five of the final six for the 26-24 extra point win. The Wildcats fell behind by eight, 14-6, early on and couldn't get back closer than four points, 23-19, before falling 25-20.

Match Leaders
Matthews – 18 kills, 2 assists, an ace
McCullough – 25 assists, 8 digs, 3 kills, .375
Hebert – 4 Kills, 8 assists, 5 digs, 2 blocks
Berekley – 10 digs, 6 assists
Syraih Wint – 10 digs, 9 kills, ace, assist

Miles College 3, FVSU 1 (25-22, 16-25, 14-25, 12-25)

The Golden Bears led by as many as eight points, 16-8 and 17-9, before the Wildcats rallied in the first set. Still trailing 21-18, FVSU produced seven of the final eight points for a 25-22 comeback win. Miles, though, came back strong for the next three sets by 16-25, 14-25 and 12-25 finals.

Match Leaders
Hebert – 7 kills, .389, 20 assists, 2 aces, 9 digs
Mikell – 8 kills, 5 blocks, 2 aces
Berekley – 14 digs
Edwards – 7 kills
Wint – 4 kills, 2 assists, ace, 5 digs

FVSU completes the Crossover with a 10 a.m. bout against Tuskegee before it faces Spring Hill College at 4 p.m. on Saturday (Sept. 23).

-Wildcats-

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