Lady Jaguars fall 0-3; But are not done yet

After showing such destitute on the court against non-conference opponent, Southeastern Louisiana University contending to the fifth set and only placing two wins on Tuesday September 15.
On September 17, Southern University’s women’s volleyball team took on the Lady Tigers of Tennessee State University.
Southern fell at the wayside against the next non-conference team plummeting into a lower position.
Southern (0-12) sought to come out strong this game but soon in the first set the intensity slowly but surely began to deteriorate in the non-conference struggle falling in three sets (17-25, 9-25, 11-25).
“Our girls feed off of energy and enthusiasm and I feel like tonight we did not have that,” emphasized Head Coach Vanessa Jacobs.
Arguably, the Lady Jaguars were unaware of the skill possesed by their out of state opponents.
Junior, outside hitter, Melodie Malone came out to play as usual, with six kills, four digs, and one block assist for the night.
 Defensive player of the week junior libero, Diamond Williams, had ten digs. Some other notable Jaguars of the night include senior middle blocker, Chinasa Ekweariri who had 5 kills and two digs  and junior setter, Jamie Selleneit with 8 assists.The Lady Jags serve-receive showed to be outstanding in the previous game but this game capitlalized on the mistake error in the latter sets. The first set chronicled the Lady Jags sending sufferable errors to their opposition.
Jacobs spoke on the trials of reaching the ever so touchy subject called perfection.
“There’s that pressure of being perfect. But I don’t need you to be perfect, I need you to perform,” said Jacobs.
There is added pressure placed on the upperclassmen to not only show up and play to the best of their ability but to also help the newcomers get acclimated with the existing team and Jaguar style of play.
TSU’s Chloe Watson, put up 13 kills and seven digs along with Samantha Beltran who helped her team win with 34 assists for the night.
Coming off of two this hard losses this week, the Lady Jaguars plan to continue to move forward, anticipating and preparing for SWAC debut.
“I think this game will motivate everyone to play up to their potential and to let the girls know that we need them,” said Coach Vanessa Jacobs.
So far it has been a long journey for the Lady Jaguars but they are not done yet.
“We have to come back at the next game, clean up the errors, and perform at the best of our ability,” said Jacobs.
The Lady Jags are eager and hungry as ever as they travel to Ruston to take on in-state rival, Grambling State University at 6:30pm for their first official conference game.