Battle of the Big Cats:Southern awaits their chance at conference glory

Southern University’s volleyball team (3-3), the team that has faced their trials and tribulations within games with achieving certain victory at home now lie in the reeds and wait for their chance to claim their spot in the upcoming tournament held at home in Clifford Seymour Gym.
They travel on the road to Texas to face two teams after their week of rest and conditioning.
Before they try and conquer the Southwestern Athletic Conference, they have to once again face Prairie View A&M (3-4) and Texas Southern (7-0) to advance to the second seed or stay in third. For the young members, which mainly consist of sophomores, freshman, and one senior, it is not just another win, but it is a chance to stay alive in conference play.
For redshirt freshman middle blocker, Bayley Neubauer, she is inspired to host the SWAC Championships not one for one year but for a consecutive year when she said, “It is a true privilege to host SWAC and as long as we work together and focus on the things that we have done in practice, we will come out victorious.”
She continued in essence of her senior teammate with, “It would be nice for a crowd to turn out especially for Mari and her family.”
Let’s backtrack one moment to the last time the Lady Jags overrun the Lady Panthers in conference play.
The Lady Panthers climbed atop the steps of dubbed, Seymour Gym, to battle in an arduous matchup that the Lady Jags pulled a break taking 3-2 win.
The young yet dominant team in SWAC play thought that they could sweep the competition only to “unknown superstition” that it would drag out to the incomparable fifth set.
The Lady jags sniffed early victory as they captured the first set (25-22) with subliminal and easy odds after the (18-18) breakup from the kill by sophomore setter ,Phalen Clark. This gave confidence and overall awareness of a sure sweep.
The second set then became to encroach along and SU carried the set to 27 points only not to pick up the 2-0 carryover for relaxation but instead they lost (25-27).
The third came accordingly is when the Lady Panthers picked up the set (17-25) which PV snuck another win to edge them closer to the win, 1-2. This left the Lady Jags in the dust with nowhere to turn but up.
The encumbering fourth set enabled the Lady Jags to come together under one single arc that a loss was not necessary. This set announced the glowing eyes of the Lady Jags setting out for a kill meaning that their pride was not worn out yet. It was truly an offset of two cats fighting in the arboreal jungle when the Lady Jags pulled the set (26-24).
This was the set to end all sets as Southern relied on the lucky number five at home (with the exclusion of Grambling). This didn’t just offer a breeze but it offered a chance at life as the ladies once again came together and took the set to stand atop winning by large odds, (15-7).
Unfortunately, recurring differences happened when the Lady Jags incomparably faced Texas Southern and their loss 2-3 was decided in the fifth set when they displayed a variety of hard work and perseverance laced in practice.
Once again the team is readying to face Prairie View A&M and the undefeated Texas Southern to travel to their territory and once again bring a battle and for the upset for the second seed.
Neubauer excitingly ended with, “Coach Jacobs instills intense competition and to finish ahead of our opponents. Each day we strive to get better and better to taking the SWAC title and becoming your 2014 SWAC Champions.”
The gold is within their reach all they have to do is capture it.