Spiked: Jaguar Volleyball loses during preseason play

Luck has not been in favor of the Southern University women’s volleyball team in the beginning of the season.
Over the past week and a half, the Southern University women’s volleyball team has competed in eight games total which included two tournaments and the first home game of the season.
The Lady Jaguars have won only one of their eight games so far. Southern faced Southeastern twice on Saturday, August 27. Each team took home a victory. The following Tuesday and Wednesday resulted in a 0-3 loss against Southern Mississippi and Nicholls State University.
The second tournament that Southern University competed in took place in Troy, Alabama where they faced non Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) teams. SU took three losses against Nicholls State, Troy, Austin Peay, and New Mexico State.
The first home game for Southern (1-7) occurred on Tuesday, September 6, in Clifford Seymour Gym against Nicholls State University.
Having previously faced this University earlier in the week, the Lady Jaguars had a slight advantage going into their first home game of the season. Southern Fell short in just three sets to the Colonels. 119 fans came out to support both teams. Southern stayed in close range to Nicholls State for the first set, only coming up 6 points short of the win. The second set ended with the exact same score. Nicholls State senior Setter Kali Schwartz, led her team in kills, ending the game with a total of 8. Freshman middle-blocker Arabella Hall led SU with 8 kills, 1 ace, and 4 blocks in her SUBR debut. 5’7 Sophomore setter Vaterra Calais rallied for the Jaguars, finishing the game with 19 assists.
The Colonels and the Lady Jaguars fought long and hard for the final set. The match points came to a tie more than 10 times.
The score was tied at 25-25 until Southern committed three consecutive attack errors that ultimately sent the Colonels to a 28-26 victory over the Lady Jaguars.
“We made too many mistakes,” explained senior Libero Diamond
Williams.
The Lady Jaguars fell short three sets to none to the Nicholls State Colonels. Southern will have a 10-day break to recouperate and resume play on Friday, September 16 to face Alabama A&M at home.