BATON ROUGE, La. | The Grambling State University volleyball team kept it's winning streak going as the Lady Tigers won back-to-back matches and completed a season sweep of their rivals with a 3-1 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) victory over Southern on Monday night at Clifford Seymour Gymnasium.
Grambling State (10-15 overall, 7-7 SWAC) won the match, 25-13, 25-20, 21-25, 25-23.Â
The Lady Tigers earned a 3-1 win on Sunday at Alcorn State and currently sit in fifth place in the SWAC standings.
 HOW IT HAPPENED
-The Lady Tigers started the match making a statement with a service ace by
Kalee Cadwell
- Grambling State went on an 8-0 run before easily sealing the first set, 25-13
- GSU kicked off the second set scoring seven points in a row
-The Lady Tigers finally allowed Southern to catch its breath, but the comeback wasn't enough as Grambling State snuck away with set two, 25-20
- Southern staged a comeback and earned a 25-21 third-set victory over GSUÂ
- A one set win was not nearly enough as the Lady Tigers sealed the match 25-23Â
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- The Lady Tigers finished with 50 kills, 23 errors and 182 total attacks
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Gillian Jones led the offense with 15 kills and three blocks
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Tamaira Johnson followed with 11 kills, two aces and five blocks
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Kalee Cadwell registered 22 assists, 16 digs and three aces
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Jada Taylor completed the night with a double-double of 32 digs and 11 assists, while recording a pair of service aces
- Grambling State registered 100 digs, 47 assists and nine blocks
- Southern finished with 96 digs, nine blocks and one ace
- Kendall Dutton led the Lady Jaguars with 13 kills and two blocks
- Kyla Carrier recorded 21 assists and 14 digs
- Trenity Lundy registered 28 digs
- Southern finished with 46 kills, 28 errors and 184 total attacks
UP NEXT
Grambling State returns home for a Senior Night match-up against Prairie View A&M on Sunday. The senior night ceremony will begin at 5:30 p.m., with first serve is set for 6 p.m. at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center.
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