Chenault also led the team with four blocks, while sophomore middle blocker Oneillia Fuller added 11 kills and three blocks and freshman setter Ashley Jordan recorded 10 kills, 18 assists and nine digs.
Junior libero Liz Domary Ortiz Munoz led the team with 26 digs, while freshman outside hitter Norian Ceballos Plaza recorded nine kills and five digs and freshman outside hitter Katelyn Atchison recorded seven kills and five digs.
Delaware State 3, Savannah State 0
Chenault and Jordan led the Lady Tigers with four kills each, while Jordan added four assists. Fuller recorded three kills, while sophomore setter Salma Mia Gonzalez Sosa led the team with 10 assists and Ortiz Munoz recorded eight digs.
Both teams started the first set scoring two points, but Delaware outscored SSU 23-7 during the rest of the set to win the set and to take a 1-0 match lead.
The Blue Hens scored seven of the first eight points to start the second frame, but the Lady Tigers scored the next three points to cut the lead to three points, 7-4. Delaware scored nine of the next 11 points to increase the lead to 10 points, 16-6, forcing a Savannah State timeout.
After the timeout, the Lady Tigers scored the next three points to cut the lead to seven points, 16-9, but Delaware scored nine of the final 10 points to win the set and to take a 2-0 match lead.
Delaware scored 21 of the first 31 points to take an 11-point lead, 21-10, but the Lady Tigers scored the next five points to cut the lead to six points, 21-15. Both teams scored three points each as the Blue Hens won the set and the match.
The Blue Hens were led by Cailey Bracken with eight kills, Courtnie Roberts with 28 assists and Andie Hanus with 19 digs.
Chicago State 3, Savannah State 1
Chenault led the team with nine kills and recorded a .261 hitting percentage with three blocks, while Ceballos Plaza and Fuller each recorded eight kills. Fuller recorded two solo blocks. Gonzalez Sosa led the team with 17 assists and added six digs, while Jordan recorded 14 assists, six kills, seven digs and two blocks and Ortiz Munoz led the team with 18 digs.
The Lady Tigers scored the first two points of the first set to take a 2-0 lead, but Chicago State scored nine of the next 11 points to take a five-point lead, 9-4. CSU scored eight of the next 15 points to increase the lead to six points, 17-11, but Savannah State scored the next three points to cut the lead to three points, 17-14. CSU scored eight of the final 12 points to win the set and to take a 1-0 match lead.
Savannah State scored the first four points of the second stanza, but Chicago State scored four of the next five points to cut the lead to a point, 5-4. The Lady Tigers scored seven of the next nine points to increase the lead to six points, 12-6, but CSU scored four of the next seven points to cut the lead to five points, 15-10.
With Ortiz Munoz serving, the Lady Tigers scored the next four points to increase the lead to nine points, 19-10, in the third frame, but CSU scored four of the next five points to cut the lead to six points, 20-14. Savannah State scored five of the final seven points to win the set and to tie the match at one.
The Lady Tigers scored four of the first nine points to take a point lead, 5-4, but Chicago State scored 21 of the final 29 points to win the set and to take a 2-1 match lead.
Chicago State scored three of the first four points in the final set to take a two-point lead, 3-1, but the Lady Tigers scored the next three points to take a point lead, 4-3. CSU scored 21 of the final 26 points to win the set and to win the match.
The Cougars were led by Beatriz Palmieri and Lauryn Dela Cruz with 12 kills each, Ludmila Bomfim with 20 assists and Megan Klavitter with 16 digs.
The Lady Tigers continue the roadstand with a trip to Miami, Fla., for three matches this weekend. SSU starts with host Florida International University Thursday at 7 p.m., followed by a doubleheader Friday with the University of Delaware at 9:30 a.m. and Chicago State University at 3:30 p.m.
Savannah State then returns home to host The Citadel Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 6 p.m.
Short Box Score (Match)
2017 Savannah State Volleyball
DELAWARE vs SSU (Aug 31, 2018 at Miami, Fla.)
DELAWARE def. SSU 25-9,25-10,25-18
DELAWARE (3-1) (Kills-aces-blocks) – Bracken, Cailey 8-6-0; Pearlman,
Bailey 7-0-0; Hayes, Julia 7-0-0; Bellinger, Maria 5-1-1;
Vukosavljevic, Sonja 2-1-3; Robertson, Brooke 2-0-0; Roberts, Courtnie
1-1-4; Underwood, Grace 1-2-2; Hanus, Andie 1-2-0; Totals 34-13-5.0.
(Assists) – Roberts, Courtnie 28. (Dig leaders) – Hanus, Andie 19;
Bellinger, Maria 3
SSU (0-3) (Kills-aces-blocks) – CHENAULT,Tyran 4-0-1; JORDAN,Ashley
4-0-0; FULLER,Oneillia 3-0-1; ATCHISON,Katelyn 2-0-0; CEBALLOS
PLAZA,Noria 1-0-0; GONZALEZ,Salma 1-1-0; BROWN,Jeilyn 1-0-0;
SCOTT,Jamese 1-0-1; Totals 17-1-2.0. (Assists) – GONZALEZ,Salma 10.
(Dig leaders) – ORTIZ MUNOZ,Liz 8; CEBALLOS PLAZA,Noria 4
Site: Miami, Fla. (Ocean Bank)
Date: Aug 31, 2018 Attend: 53 Time: 1:08
Referees:
Short Box Score (Match)
2017 Savannah State Volleyball
SSU vs CSU (Aug 31, 2018 at Miami, Fla.)
CSU def. SSU 25-18,16-25,25-13,25-8
SSU (0-4) (Kills-aces-blocks) – CHENAULT,Tyran 9-0-3; FULLER,Oneillia
8-0-2; CEBALLOS PLAZA,Noria 8-0-0; JORDAN,Ashley 6-0-2;
ATCHISON,Katelyn 5-0-0; GONZALEZ,Salma 3-2-0; MELENDEZ,Leiri 0-1-0;
ORTIZ MUNOZ,Liz 0-1-0; Totals 39-4-5.0. (Assists) – GONZALEZ,Salma 17;
JORDAN,Ashley 14. (Dig leaders) – ORTIZ MUNOZ,Liz 18; JORDAN,Ashley 7
CSU (2-4) (Kills-aces-blocks) – Dela Cruz, Lauryn 12-1-0; Palmieri,
Beatriz 12-2-0; Williams-Shephard,K. 5-0-2; Farris, Summer 5-0-3;
DeSantis, Autumn 4-0-1; Asprilla, Karen 4-0-0; Malec, Kayla 3-0-1;
Pearl, Gabby 2-0-3; Klavitter, Megan 2-3-0; Cliff, Alexandria 1-0-2;
Adams, Lacee 0-3-0; Bomfim, Ludmila 0-1-0; Totals 50-10-6.0. (Assists)
– Bomfim, Ludmila 20; Adams, Lacee 18. (Dig leaders) – Klavitter,
Megan 16; Dela Cruz, Lauryn 8; Bomfim, Ludmila 8; Palmieri, Beatriz 8
Site: Miami, Fla. (Ocean Bank)
Date: Aug 31, 2018 Attend: 37 Time: 1:19
Referees:
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