(This is a look back at one of the best performances of the 2022-23 season.)

Oct. 29-31 | Prairie View Texas
 

The Jackson State University women's volleyball team completed a three-game sweep against Arkansas Pine-Bluff, Grambling State and Prairie View at the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Western Division Cluster.

The Tigers defeated UAPB 3-0 to open the cluster Sunday and took down Grambling State 25-20, 25-17, 25-18. JSU returned to the court Monday ousting Prairie View 25-6, 25-18, 25-28 to close out the tournament walking away with nine straight-set victories.

GAME 2

HOW IT HAPPENED

-Jackson State took an 11-5 lead over Grambling State with a kill from Jylen Whitten to open the match

-Grambling State came back to tie the score at 13 with a kill from Haley Gomez

-JSU inched away slowly as Jylen Whitten put another kill down to extend the lead, 24-20

-Jackson State walked away with set one, 25-20, after a GSU error on set point

-JSU opened set two tying the score at seven, followed by a 7-0 run as Jackson State stayed ahead 14-7

-Grambling State never came back as JSU finished set two 25-17

-GSU took off with a 3-0 lead to start set three

-Jackson State answered by passing Grambling State to an 11-8 lead

-A 5-0 run put JSU ahead 20-14

-Alexis Williams registered the kill that sealed the 25-18 third set victory as Jackson State topped GSU 3-0 in game one of the cluster

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

-Alexis Williams led the way with 13 kills and one ace

-Jylen Whitten followed a double-double, 12 kills and 10 digs including one block

-Damassy Thompson registered 20 assists followed by Karys Dove with 16 assists and two aces

-Alana Washington led the defense with14 digs while Trinity Bryant added another 10 digs

GAME 3

HOW IT HAPPENED

-Jackson State jumped ahead to a 15-5 lead to open the first set

-Prairie View A&M scored one more time before the Tigers closed out the first set 25-6

-The Panthers tied the score at 10 in set two as Kylee Owens registered a kill for Prairie View

-The Tigers trailed 16-14 before going on an 11-0 run for a 24-16 lead

-PVAMU scored twice before the Tigers closed out set two, 25-18

-Jackson State skipped ahead to a 14-11 lead in the third set

-Kennedy Shaw recorded a kill for JSU boosting the Tigers 18-13

-Jylen Whitten put the Tigers up 21-16

-Alexis Williams sealed the match with a kill as the Tigers topped Prairie View A&M 25-18

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

-Jylen Whitten led the Tigers' offense with 13 kills plus five digs and one block

-Damassy Thompson and Karys Dove each registered 15 assists in the Tigers' victory

-Alana Washington finished with nine digs, two aces and two assists

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