Wakil Atig
Sports Editor
The Lady Tigers of Jackson State University hosted the Lady Techsters of Louisiana Tech University in their second home game of this season. The Lady Tigers are coming off a tough loss in their last home game to Northwestern State University and looked to redeem their honor on their home floor.
In set one, the Lady Tigers got off to a strong start. They controlled the tempo of the game and seemed in complete control as they quickly went up 3-0.
After the Lady Tigers short run in the beginning of set one, the Lady Techsetters went on a dominant 12-1 run by simply out hustling the Lady Tigers. They displayed more hunger and passion for the ball as they simply wouldn’t allow the Lady Tigers to regain any momentum.
The Lady Techsters went on to win the first set, 25-13.
The Lady Tigers began the second set with a strong start as they attempted to raise the bar for intensity against the Lady Techsters. Marina Bianchi, a junior from Sorocaba, Brazil, had an outstanding performance. Her energy helped lift the Lady Tigers to a 11-7 lead early as she scored two consecutive kills. She finished the game with a five kills on 15 total attacks.
That lead would be short lived as the Lady Techsetters showed no signs of giving up and rallied to take a 13-14 lead over the Lady Tigers. This set showed to be the most intense of the three total played.
The next three out of four points went to the Lady Tigers caused by errors from the Lady Techsters and another kill from Bianchi. The Lady Tigers now took control of the game with a 16-15 lead and didn’t show any signs of letting up.
Even though JSU had showed signs of taking over the game, La. Tech still manage to outplay the Lady Tigers in a tight uphill battle in set two. The Lady Techsetters would go on to win the set 25-19, taking a earned 2-0 lead in the match.
Even though JSU was down 0-2 at the start of the third set, they never played like it. At the start of set three, the Lady Tigers quickly scored four points. Three of those points came by way of La. Tech’s sloppiness of the ball and errors. La. Tech, at the start of the third set, was showing signs of fatigue and JSU capitalized off of it. JSU took a 4-2 lead early.
That fatigue wouldn’t last long as La. Tech went on a seven point run and simply outworked the Lady Tigers. The Lady Tigers had lost the stride they previously had by simply missing ball and not making it over the net. JSU’s lack of execution was their biggest challenge in this series and it really took away from them gaining full control at times.
Although the Lady Tigers put up a strong fight late in the set by cutting into La. Tech’s lead, it simply wasn’t enough to make a full comeback. The Lady Techsters went on to win the set 25-17 and win the overall match 3-0.
Keylin Holloway, a sophomore biology major from Little Rock, Ark., loved that the Lady Tigers never showed any signs of defeat during the game.
“They stayed focused and locked in throughout the entire game and played every second hard,” said Holloway.
Tiara Beverly, a sophomore biology major from Chicago, Ill., felt the game was really intense.
“It seemed like every time I thought we had control of the game, the other team would come right back with consecutive points. Even though we lost the game I hope this game will be a learning opportunity for the team to see what areas they can improve in,” said Beverly.
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