Alcorn Celebrates Senior Night Against Southern (La.)

Women's Volleyball | 11/2/2022 7:35:00 PM

LORMAN, Miss. – Alcorn Volleyball returns home to the friendly confines of the Davey L. Whitney Complex for the final time in 2022 on Thursday, Nov. 3, as the Braves celebrate "Senior Appreciation Night" when playing host to Southern (La.) at 6:30 p.m.
 
THE GAME: Alcorn Braves (4-22, 3-10 SWAC) vs. Southern Jaguars (3-22, 3-10 SWAC)
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 3, at 6:30 p.m. CT
WHERE: Davey L. Whitney Complex (Lorman, Miss.)
 
IN THE RANKINGS
Alcorn is not ranked in this week's AVCA Division I Coaches Poll Top 25. Southern is not ranked in this week's AVCA Division I Coaches Poll Top 25.
 
SOCIAL MEDIA
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NEWS & NOTES
▪ The Braves enter Thursday night's game sitting 10th in the SWAC with a league record of 3-10…
▪ Seniors Jéda Curry and Jodorrian Taylor will be honored prior to the match…
▪ Makayla Wardlaw leads the Braves with 167 kills (1.99 kills/set)…
▪ Freshman Ramona Pulu is one of the top assists-leaders in the league with 430 to her credit (5.06 assists/set)…
▪ Freshman Alissa Williams has come on late this season, with the Plano, Texas native recording 10 or more assists in three of her last six outings, respectfully…
▪ Defensively, it's been SWAC Preseason Second Team member Mikenzie Young-Mullins leading the charge for the Purple and Gold with 215 digs (2.56 digs/set) across the campaign…
▪ Young-Mullins has also added 107 kills for the Braves at her outside hitter position on the court in the offensive attack…
 
PREVIOUSLY AGAINST SOUTHERN
Jeda Curry registered her first double-double of the season on Thursday evening, as visiting Alcorn fell to Southern (La.) by a score of 3-1 in Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) volleyball action taking place inside Seymour Gymnasium. The Braves dropped the match on scores of 25-16, 25-18, 20-25, 25-22. After falling behind following the first two sets of the match, Alcorn (2-14, 1-2 SWAC) bounced back in the third set to claim the victory, 25-20. A trio of attack errors charged to Southern (1-14, 1-2 SWAC) – added a kill from Jeda Curry – allowed the Braves to jump out to a 10-5 lead early-on in the third frame. Following another Curry kill, as well as a Mikenzie Young-Mullins service ace and blocks from Demya Tate and Faith Archibong, the Braves would step out to a sizeable 14-6 advantage. Alcorn hit 29 percent as a team in the third frame, while limiting the Jaguars to just six kills and six errors on 30 swings as a unit. However, double-digit kills as a team from the homestanding Jags in each of the second (14 kills / 4 errors) and fourth sets (17 kills / 4 errors), respectively, allowed them to grab their first win of the 2022 campaign. Southern posted a match-high 41 percent attack average in the fourth set en route to the 25-22 win to close out the match. Alcorn was led on the night by Curry's 12-kill, 11-dig performance, as the Hampton, Georgia senior produced her first double-double of the 2022 season for the Purple and Gold. Makayla Wardlaw provided six kills for the Braves, while Young-Mullins gathered in 10 digs to go along with five kills and three service aces. Southern was led by Jordan Felix, as she tallied a 10-kills, 10-digs double-double for her side. Xaria Taylor led the Jaguars with 13 kills in the offensive category, as teammate Marian Attaway led the team in defense with 13 digs and adding four kills of her own.
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE BRAVES
Alcorn Volleyball completed its second Southwestern Athletic Conference cluster event of the 2022 campaign Monday morning with the Braves falling to league-leading Florida A&M, 3-0 in conference play at Seymour Gymnasium on the campus of Southern University. FAMU took the match on set scores of 25-16, 25-15, 25-19. Alcorn amassed seven kills in the opening frame, using two kills apiece from middle blocker Demya Tate and outside hitter Mikenzie Young-Mullins. FAMU countered in the opener with a .382 hitting percentage, riding three kills each from Brooke Lynn Watts, Irem Ucar and Emerald Jacobs, respectively. The Braves led 9-6 in the third set behind a pair of FAMU attack errors, as well as a service error charged to the Rattlers. However, FAMU would storm back on the strength of a 9-4 run, thanks in part to three of Alcorn's eight attack errors in the set. Alcorn was charged in the match by Young-Mullins with a team-high six kills, followed by Makayla Wardlaw with five. Tate ended the match with four kills of her own. Freshman setter Ramona Pulu registered 14 assists while Young-Mullins led the team with nine digs. The Braves conclude the SWAC Cluster #2 event with a 2-1 record overall in the event.
 
UP NEXT
Alcorn wraps up the regular season portion of the 2022 schedule on consecutive Texas days/nights when the Braves travel to Texas Southern (Nov. 13 | 1 p.m.) and Prairie View A&M (Nov. 14 | 6 p.m.). This year's SWAC Championships takes place November 18-20, in Houston, Texas on the campus of Texas Southern University.
 
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