BATON ROUGE, La. – Texas Southern picked up a 3-0 (25-9, 25-16, 25-23) victory over Alcorn State at the Horace H. Moody Intramural Center in the opening round of the 2015 SWAC Women's Volleyball Tournament.
The Lady Tigers started fast with a quick opening set victory. The second set was back and forth early on, until Texas Southern (14-17) broke through when it scored eight of the next 10 points to snap an 8-8 tie.
Alcorn State put together a short burst of offense to lessen the gap to within three points, but Texas Southern was able to stave off a potential comeback during the course of the frame, thanks to another 8-2 offensive run to close out the set after the Braves (12-21) cut TSU's to 17-14.
In the third set, Texas Southern and Alcorn State traded points for much of the initial going. The East No. 4 seed Braves took control when they jumped out to a 14-9 lead, but the advantage didn't last long as the West's top seed responded with a 7-2 burst to knot the frame up at 16. After more point-for-point play left the teams deadlocked at 21, Texas Southern put the match away with a 4-2 close to the contest.
Texas Southern's Kali Fluke picked up 10 kills and four blocks, hitting at a .625 attack percentage. Chelsea Thompson put in 14 assists, and Asia Howard dished out 11 assists and added seven digs.
The Lady Tigers advanced to the winner's bracket, while the Braves dropped down to the loser's bracket.
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