Alcorn State volleyball is scheduled to visit Grambling State on Friday and Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Sunday for a pair of Southwestern Athletic Conference matches. The Friday match at Memorial Gymnasium in Grambling, Louisiana, was listed for 6 p.m. The Sunday match at H.O. Clemmons Arena in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was listed for noon.
The Braves are 4-18 overall and 4-8 in the SWAC, according to the team’s season summary. Interim coach Gabrielle Harris is in her second year leading the team. Alcorn’s leading listed attackers are Rylan Jones, with 223 kills and 2.93 kills per set; Courtney Carter, with 169 kills and 2.28 per set; and Jaylynn McNeill, with 102 kills and 1.92 per set.
In the teams’ previous meeting, Grambling defeated Alcorn in straight sets, 25-15, 27-25, 25-23. Alcorn held a 22-17 lead in the second set and later reached set point at 24-22, but Grambling rallied. The Braves also led 20-18 late in the third before the Tigers closed out the set. Alexis Burton led Alcorn with 10 kills, a season high at the time.
Alcorn swept Arkansas-Pine Bluff in the previous meeting, winning 25-19, 25-13, 25-13. Carter and McNeill had nine kills apiece, and the Braves recorded a .395 hitting percentage. Alcorn rallied from an 11-7 deficit in the first set, then pulled away in the second and third.
Grambling’s listed leaders are Lyric Jordan, with 271 kills and 3.04 per set; Kenya Lucas, with 204 kills and 2.46 per set; and Amaris Marks, with 116 kills and 1.68 per set. For Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Ashanti Butler has 163 kills and 2.04 per set, while Zuzanna Zietek has 123 kills and Ngozi Nwosu has 122.
Alcorn’s schedule lists two more road matches to close the season: against Alabama State on Nov. 13 in Montgomery, followed by Alabama A&M on Nov. 15 in Huntsville.
