The Tuskegee University volleyball team is set to put its four-game winning streak on the line Friday evening inside Chappie James Arena when they host Spring Hill College at 6 p.m. This marks only the second home match of the season following TU's complete sweep during last week's SIAC West Cluster at Central State.
For the first time in school history, the Golden Tigers completed play at the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) West Cluster without suffering a loss. Janay Yancy's team defeated Kentucky State and Central State Friday and swept through Saturday's action by upending LeMoyne Owen College and Lane College, both contests featured straight set wins.
TU is led in Kills by Tailyana Bryant (111) and
Crystal Hall (96). This week's SIAC Player of the Week in
Santana Lewis leads the team in assists with 348.
The Badgers (10-3, 5-0 SIAC) will enter the contest having won six consecutive themselves with their most recent win coming over the University of Mobile. SHC controlled play in the first two sets by dominating at the net against a much taller Ram front row. The Badgers outhit Mobile .226 to -.053 in the first set and followed up with a .317 to .077 advantage in set number two. Mobile would regroup at the second intermission and played SHC to a tight third set that was back and forth with neither team gaining more than a three point advantage. It look like Mobile might force a fourth set when they rallied for three straight points to take a 24-22 lead. However, the Badgers would not be outdone as they staved off two set points and closed out the come from behind win 27-25.
The Badger offensive attack was led by
Allison Weimer who knocked down 13 kills.
Sarah Senft and
Kassandra Fairly each had 10 kills and hit for scorching .350 and .381 attack percentages. As a team, the Badgers produced a workman like .270 attack percentage to outpace Mobile which could manage only a .098 overall. The Badger offense was keyed by another solid setting performance
Emmarose Neibert who dished out 38 assists.
Live video coverage on the
Tuskegee Digital Network starts at 6 p.m. Friday. Admission is free.