In a highly competitive game, the Albany State Golden Rams lost (3-1) to the Valdosta State University Blazers on Tuesday evening in Valdosta, Georgia. With the loss, the Golden Rams fell to (9-9) overall while the Blazers improved to (11-4). The loss snapped the Golden Rams 6-game winning streak.
The Golden Rams lost a very competitive set 1 by the score of (25-22). But, the Golden Rams battled back to defeat the Blazers (25-22) in set 2. In set 3, the Golden Rams came out flat and lost (25-8). In a back and forth set 4, the Blazers outlasted the Golden Rams (29-27).
As a team, the Golden Rams finished with 51 points, 37 kills, 4 aces, 10 blocks, 33 assists and 58 digs.
Khamari Trotter led the Golden Rams with 10 kills.
Sydney Melton and
Jarianis Perez contributed with 8 kills each.
MiMi Harris,
Khamari Trotter and
Jarianis Perez finished with 1 ace for the Golden Rams.
Kaylin Teasley led the Golden Rams with 5 blocks.
MiMi Harris paced the Golden Rams with 15 assists while
Natalie Onozie contributed with 14.
Sydney Melton finished with 15 digs to lead the Golden Rams.
The Blazers finished with 72 points, 62 kills, 6 aces, 4 blocks, 51 assists and 79 digs.
Mackenzie Murray paced the Blazers with 17 kills. Mallory Roney led the Blazers 3 aces. Jojo Smith finished with 3 blocks and 18 digs to lead the Blazers. Audrey Bennett led the Blazers with 50 assists.
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