0
Clark Atlanta CAU
3
Winner Central State CSU
Clark Atlanta CAU
0
Final
3
Central State CSU
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Clark Atlanta CAU 21 25 13 (0)
Central State CSU 25 27 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

CSU beats Clark Atlanta; earns two wins on opening day of SIAC Crossover

Lady Marauders top Clark Atlanta and three sets; earn two wins in opening day of SIAC Crossover

 
ALBANY, Georgia – The Central State volleyball team beat Clark Atlanta, 3-0, on Thursday's opening day of the SIAC Crossover in Albany, Georgia.

 
Coming off a dominant win over Benedict earlier on Thursday, CSU jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opening set with Deja Clark recording three straight kills. Clark accounted for seven of CSU's first nine points as her team took a 9-4 lead. The Lady Marauders led by as many as eight points and remained in control on their way to taking the first set, 25-21.

 
Freshman Cormaria Cooksey served to early aces to help CSU jump out to a 6-2 lead in the second set. CAU battled back, managing to tie the game up, 18-18. Kills by Taylor Prude and Imani Elis along with two CSU setting errors gave CAU a 23-21 lead.  The Panthers were unable to close the second set as the team committed four attacking errors down the stretch while CSU tied it back up, 25-25. Kills by Diamond Lester and Akaila Howard sealed the second set for CSU, 27-25.

 
Holding on to a 16-13 lead midway through the third set, CSU closed the match with a 9-0 run as a Tyra Barber kill sealed the Lady Marauder victory, 25-13.

 
Clark led CSU with 13 kills, two service aces and six blocks. Cooksey finished with nine kills and five digs.

 
With the victory, CSU improves to 4-9 overall with a 4-4 record in SIAC play.

 
CSU will continue conference play on Friday with matches against Paine, Savannah State and Fort Valley State.
 

Live scoring updates from this week's SIAC Crossover are available on - https://stat.center/scorerstable-live.html
 
 
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