CLINTON, Miss – The Alcorn State University Women's volleyball team defeated Mississippi College, 3-1 (25-20, 25-23, 24-26, 25-17), on Thursday for their first victory of the season.

Junior TAYLOR SCRIVEN led the attack for the Lady Braves, recording 15 kills, three aces, and two offensive assist, and 14 digs defensively.

Sophomore BRITTNEY DUMAS and Junior SYDNEY MELLOM dished out 21 and 17 assists respectively.

Alcorn (1-3) had a three set sweep in their hands, but Mississippi College (0-1) was able to escape out of the third set on back to back errors committed by the Lady Braves.

MC marked the first match of five being played in three days. Alcorn State will travel to participate in the Jacksonville State Tournament to face Southwestern Athletic Conference foe, Alabama A&M, Ohio Valley Conference's Jacksonville State, Southern Conference's Wofford College, and Sunbelt Conference's Louisiana-Monroe in Centre, Alabama.

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