FRANKFORT, Ky. – The Wildcats traveled north and were able to secure another Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win Friday. Fort Valley State finished off the tight-opening set and picked up its stride from there to corral Kentucky State, 3-0, in men's volleyball.

After a Thorobred run tied the contest at 22-22, the Wildcats netted the next two points before Saferino Dour and Isaiah Fedd teamed for the tandem block and 25-23 final. FVSU turned a 14-12 second set edge and took control with six-straight points and eventual 25-15 win on a Raheem Thomas kill. Fedd helped the visitors opened the third set with the first five points and never trailed. The FVSU lead quickly grew to double digits, 13-3, and ended up at 25-10 when Dour and Chey Cooper blocked match point.

With the win, FVSU improves to 12-8 overall and stays perfect at 7-0 in the SIAC.

Fedd paced the Wildcat frontline, which hit .500 for the final two sets with 24 kills with five errors in 38 attempts. The sophomore outside hitter downed 13 kills with only one error in 17 swing for a .706 percentage to go with a team-best seven block assists and five service aces.

Cooper hit .500 himself with eight kills with two errors in 12 attacks to go with four aces and two digs. Jaxon Hicks added seven kills, two aces, two digs, a block and one assist. Dour and Thomas were key along the net with a combined eight blocks and four kills.

Jose Gallardo set up 25 kills while he served three aces and dinked two kills. Diego Cardona led the backline with 12 digs and Devin Harris chipped in two digs and an ace.

FVSU rounds out its SIAC northward swing with a 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon. April 6, match at Central State.

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