HOUSTON– Mississippi Valley suffered two loses on day one of the Southwestern Athletic Conference round-up. They faced the Lady Golden Lions of the University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff, dropping the contest 3-0 and the Lady Panthers of Prairie View A & M University, dropping that game 3-1.

GAME ONE

The Devilettes opened conference play with UAPB, with the Lady Golden Lions securing the win in straight sets: 25-18, 25-20 and 25-23.

Neither set was a runaway victory for Pine Bluff as Mississippi Valley pushed the Lady Golden Lions to the brink each set.

Kalin Barnes nailed seven kills to pace the Devilettes, while Taylor Selfridge and Haley Buard tallied six and four respectively.

In volleyball, serving an unreturnable ball is considered excellent, as it is tagged with the moniker ace. MVSU tallied five. Jessica Bell and Nadia Crawford each scored two and Barnes added one.

Buard led Mississippi Valley with two blocks, while Selfridge and Tylia Dixon added one each. Polk paced Mississippi Valley with 21 assists. Crawford tallied two.

Bell raced across the court to get to the ball, allowing her to record 10 digs, Crawford added nine and Barnes wrapped up the category with seven.

GAME TWO

A 14-kill effort by Taylor Goudeau powered Prairie View A&M past Mississippi Valley State in a four-set affair during day one of the SWAC West Volleyball Roundup.

The Lady Panthers (1-5, 1-1) also got 11 kills from Victoria Pearson, and a combined 43 assists from Erica Jimenez (23) and Mykaeli Franklin (20). Jimenez had a double-double with 14 digs, and Larissa Martinez and Christen Augustine posted 12 digs each.

Jaime Polk put up a double-double for the Devilettes (2-14, 0-2) with 32 assists and 11 digs. Taylor Selfridge led with nine kills, and Kalin Barnes and Haley Buard chipped in eight kills apiece.

Sans the third set – during which the Devilettes hit at .302 en route to claiming the frame – MVSU struggled to consistently put pressure on at the point of attack, hitting no better than .053 in the other three periods. For the second-straight game, Prairie View dominated the stats with 54 kills to MVSU's 37, as well as a 52-34 and 81-69 edge in assists and digs, respectively.