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The typical day in the life of Clark Atlanta University student Keierica Howard is an adventure – that’s putting it mildly. That’s because the former Terrebonne High School standout and Houma native is juggling the life of student, the life of an athlete and also the dream of becoming a widely known musician. She said it’s a tough act to [...]

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL Lake Marion 3, Lee Central 0 The Lady Gators defeated Lee Central 25-9, 25-7, 25-9 in region play. MarQuayla Lee-Parson pushed Lake Marion to victory with 20 points, three kills and three aces. Sherie Asberry had 19 points, 10 aces and three kills. Carmen Robinson finished with 13 points, four aces and two kills. Nekochia Moody tallied 11 [...]

The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference has announced that the University of Maryland Eastern Shore volleyball player Saitaua Iosia is the conference’s Player of the Week for the period ending Aug. 26, the league announced Monday. This is Iosia’s (Long Beach, Calif.) fourth MEAC Player of the Week award in her time at UMES, totaling 11 weekly awards combined with seven Rookie [...]

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore volleyball team traveled to the Big Apple and conquered all comers, defeating St. Francis and Radford each in four sets on Saturday to win the SFC Terrier Invitational at the Genovesi Center. The Hawks move to 3-0, while the Terriers fell to 0-3 and the Highlanders fell to 2-1. Saitaua Iosia led the Hawks [...]

Ashley Boursiquot finished with a match-high eight kills and a hitting percentage of .800, while Aleksandra Wachowicz added six kills to lead the visiting Red Storm to a 3-0 (25-9, 25-7, 25-22) over host Morgan State in the Battle at the Bay tournament on Friday afternoon at Hill Field House. The match was the first-ever meeting between the two programs [...]

Birmingham, Ala. – With the 2011 Southwestern Athletic Conference volleyball tournament getting underway on Saturday morning, league coaches made their choices for this year’s top players. Fourteen players were chosen to represent the All-SWAC first and second teams along with four superlatives, Freshman of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Newcomer of the Year and Player of the Year. [...]

ATLANTA—The 2011 Daktronics All-South Region Volleyball Team was announced today and two players from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference were selected to the team in Stillman College senior Jamila McKinnis and Kentucky State University freshman Audrey Sherles. McKinnis, a native of Mobile, AL, made the All-South region first team as an outside hitter after totaling 545 kills and a .375 [...]

ATLANTA— The NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship selections were recently announced with one Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference team, Kentucky State University, represented in the field of 64. The Thorobrettes, who received an automatic bid after winning the SIAC Volleyball Championship, come in as the No. 8 seed and will play No. 1 seed Tampa in opening round of the South [...]

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Lady Hawks and Florida A&M University Lady Rattlers earned the top seeds in the northern and southern divisions of the 2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Volleyball Championship tournament.The Lady Hawks finished the season with an unblemished 12-0 mark in conference play en route to their fifth consecutive MEAC northern divisional title. UMES recorded over [...]

2011 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Volleyball Championship (Day 3 Recap) Albany, GA— The third day of the 25th Annual SIAC Volleyball Championship found four teams still in contention for the coveted SIAC Crown.  Defending champ Kentucky State University; Claflin University; Albany State University; and Benedict College all had their eyes fixed on the conference prize.  The only thing that stood [...]

Albany, GA— The second day of the 25th Annual SIAC Volleyball Championship was the start of the elimination round. Held in the Albany State University Health and Physical Education & Recreation (HPER) Gymnasium, the following are recaps from day two of tournament action: #5E Paine College defeats #5W Miles College (25-14, 25-16, 25-14) In the first match of the day, Paine College defeated [...]

ALBANY, Ga. (November 9, 2011) – After defeating Benedict College, Kentucky State moved on in the SIAC Tournament to play the home team, Albany State. The Thorobrettes took the court to play in front of a crowd almost entirely composed of Lady Rams’ fans. A win would secure the Thorobrettes a place in the championship game. The first half of the game [...]

ALBANY, GA (November 8, 2011) – After a victory on the first day of the SIAC conference tournament in Albany, GA, the Kentucky State University Thorobrettes followed their winning performance with a 3-1 win over Benedict College. Benedict served first and put the first point on the board in the match, but the Brettes got the sideout on BC’s next serve. On the Brettes’ [...]

  ALBANY, Ga. (November 7, 2011) – After securing the SIAC Western Division with a conference record of 15-1, Kentucky State embarked on a difficult journey as they defend their SIAC Championship at the conference tournament held at Albany State University. The Thorobrettes faced Fort Valley in their first match of the tournament. Following a Fort Valley service error, Jordan Foyer served [...]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (November 7, 2011) – The 2011 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Volleyball Championship is set to begin this week in Albany, GA. This year’s championship, which is hosted by Albany State University, will take place Monday, November 7th through Wednesday, November 9th at HPER Gymnasium. Coming in as the top seed in the east division is Claflin University, who [...]

  Courtesy of SIAC ATLANTA—The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference announces the 2011 SIAC Volleyball All-Conference team as voted by the SIAC Volleyball Coaches Association. The 2011 team is led by 2011 SIAC Player of the Year Jamila McKinnis of Stillman College, 2011 SIAC Offensive Player of the Year LaTayvia Mack of Benedict College, and 2011 SIAC Setter of the Year Kathrin Fischer of Claflin University. McKinnis, a senior [...]

If you’ve been in the audience during one of the Claflin University Lady Panthers volleyball team’s home games this month, there’s a good chance you’ve seen more pink than orange and maroon. The team, led by Coach Vernell Keitt-Capers, has volunteered to dress in pink for every home game in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The team distributed [...]

The Offensive Player of the Week is Silvia Fuentes (Moreno valley , Ca.) of Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The 5-5 senior had a goal and three assists against the University of the Ozarks and an assist against southern Mississippi, totaling six points for the week. She earned a spot on the Mississippi State Bulldog All-Tournament team. Kaitlin Morin is the Defender of the Week. The 5-11 sophomore from [...]