Women's Volleyball | 8/25/2022 9:00:00 AM

JONESBORO, Ark. – The Mississippi Valley State University women's volleyball program will get to play on national television to start the season as it faces host Arkansas State on Friday at 12:30 p.m. (ESPN+), followed by Little Rock at 4 p.m. (Watch ESPN), and finishing with Saint Louis on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. (Watch ESPN).

What You Need to Know:

• Arkansas State Time and Date: Friday, August 26, 2022 (12:30 p.m.)
• Little Rock Time and Date: Friday, August 26, 2022 (4 p.m.)
• Saint Louis Time and Date: Saturday, August 27, 2022 (10 a.m.)
• Arkansas State Video: https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=f6bd20ab-6c87-43a3-90cf-4a8547cc772c (ESPN+)
• Little Rock & Saint Louis Video: https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=f6bd20ab-6c87-43a3-90cf-4a8547cc772c (Watch ESPN)
• Audio: N/A
• Live Stats: https://astateredwolves.com/sidearmstats/wvball/summary
• Tickets: https://am.ticketmaster.com/arkstate/ism/MjJWQjA4MjY=
• Fall 2021 Records: Mississippi Valley State (2-21, 0-16 SWAC) | Arkansas State (15-14, 6-10 Sun Belt) | Little Rock (14-15, 5-11 Sun Belt) | Saint Louis (18-12, 11-5 Atlantic 10)
• Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas – First National Bank Arena
• Arkansas State Series History: Arkansas State Leads 3-0
• Little Rock Series History: Little Rock Leads 4-0
• Saint Louis Series History: First Meeting
• Arkansas State Last Meeting: August 29, 2008 | Arkansas State 3, Mississippi Valley State 0 | Houston, Texas (H&PE Arena)
• Little Rock Last Meeting: October 23, 1996 | Little Rock Won Both Matches of Doubleheader, 3-0 | Itta Bena, Mississippi (Charles R. Lackey Gymnasium)
• Saint Louis Last Meeting: First Meeting
• Arkansas State Winning Streak: Arkansas State (W3) | Mississippi Valley State's Last Win: N/A 
• Little Rock Winning Streak: Little Rock (W4) | Mississippi Valley State's Last Win: N/A 
• Saint Louis Winning Streak: First Meeting
• All-Time History vs. Sun Belt Opponents (Arkansas State): Sun Belt Leads 16-1
• All-Time History vs. OVC Opponents (Little Rock): Ohio Valley Leads 8-0
• All-Time History vs. A-10 Opponents (Saint Louis): First Meeting

Returners:
 

• #1 Seerdyn James (Jr. | Defensive Specialist | Cypress, Texas | Southeastern Oklahoma State | Cypress Ranch HS)
  • Totaled 102 digs, 96 points, 77 kills, 13 aces, 13 assists, and 12 blocks

 

• #3 Destini Banks (Gr. | Middle Blocker | Crowley, Texas | Crowley HS)
  • Led the team in both blocks (33) and blocks per set (0.48)
  • Totaled 58 points, 37 kills, 22 digs, two aces, and one assist

 

• #5 Chardea Berthelot (Sr. | Outside Hitter | LaPlace, Louisiana | East St. John HS)
  • Finished eighth in the SWAC for service aces per set (0.36)
  • Led the team in points (159.5) and total aces (26)
  • Had her first career double-double against Alabama A&M on November 8 (16 kills & 14 digs)
  • Totaled 121 kills, 93 digs, 22 blocks, and nine assists

 

• #11 Tyler Caliste (Gr. | Setter / Right Side Hitter | New Orleans, Louisiana | De La Salle HS)
  • Played for the Devilettes in 2018 and 2019
  • Has seven career double-doubles
  • Topped the Devilettes in points (224), points per set (2.22), kills (199), and kills per set (1.97) in 2019
  • Led the team in points (295.5), kills (272), and kills per set (2.41) in 2018

Losses:
 

• Kiya Garza
  • Finished eighth in the SWAC for digs per set (3.34)
  • Led the team in digs (247)

 

• Jeila Fullerton
  • Led the team in points per set (2.58), kills (122), and kills per set (2.26)
  • Had a double-double versus Alabama A&M on November 8 (20 digs & 15 kills)

 

• Keymara Coleman
  • Totaled 118 assists, 62 digs, 25 points, 19 kills, five blocks, and three aces

 

• Seleste Harris
  • Totaled 27 digs, 22.5 points, 19 kills, three aces, one assist, and one block

 

• Sydney Ross
  • Led the team in hitting percentage (.154), assists (206), and assists per set (2.90)
  • Had a double-double at Southern on November 1 (13 digs & 11 assists)

 

• Victoria Mallard
  • Totaled 81.5 points, 47 kills, 29 blocks, 28 digs, 15 aces, and three assists

 

• Takiyah Flynn
  • Totaled 54 assists, 32 digs, one point, and one kill

Newcomers:
 

• #2 Mikayla Lee (Fr. | Setter | East St. Louis, Illinois | East St. Louis Senior HS)
  • Played basketball and volleyball in high school.

 

• #6 Shaela Mosby (Fr. | Outside Hitter / Middle Blocker | Humble, Texas | Humble HS)
  • Averaged 1.7 kills per set her senior season at Humble after spending most of her first three years at Nimitz High School in Houston.

 

• #7 Mallory Lamport (Fr. | Pin / Defensive Specialist | Katy, Texas | Morton Ranch HS)
  • Averaged 1.5 kills per set with a hitting percentage of .149 while logging 608 service aces, 450 kills, 124 blocks, and 100 assists over three seasons as a Maverick.

 

• #8 Chariah Mabry (Jr. | Middle Blocker | Walnut Ridge, Arkansas | Northwest Mississippi CC | Walnut Ridge HS)
  • Was on Northwest Mississippi Community College's first ever volleyball team in the Spring of 2021
  • Led the Rangers in both blocks (46) and blocks per set (0.55) last fall
  • Is the Walnut Ridge High School's all-time program leader in both career blocks and kills

 

• #9 Torre Giron (Fr. | Outside Hitter / Defensive Specialist | Channelview, Texas | Channelview HS)
  • Hit .160 with 140 service aces, 132 kills (1.6 per set), 13 assists, and nine blocks over 85 sets played for the Falcons

 

• #10 Dasia Wade (Sr. | Right Side Hitter | Baltimore, Maryland | Bowie State | Baltimore City College)
  • Appeared in five matches during the fall 2021 season with NCAA Division II and HBCU Bowie State

Scouting The Arkansas State Red Wolves:

A-State, picked to finish fifth in the Sun Belt's West Division, will have its offense run through Preseason All-Conference First Teamer Macey Putt who led the SBC in kills (485), kills per set (4.25), points (535.5), and points per set (4.70) while recording 13 double-doubles a year ago.

The only other significant contributor returning for the Red Wolves is the 5-foot-11 middle blocker, Brianna Hollingshed, who averaged nearly a block per set (0.97) for the eighth-highest mark in the league.

Scouting The Little Rock Trojans:

The Trojans are expected to be a middle-of-the-pack squad in its first season of Ohio Valley Conference play while landing one player on the Preseason All-OVC team (Nedima Kamberovic).

Kamberovic, an extremely rare sixth-year student-athlete, averaged 2.63 kills and 0.60 blocks per set with a hitting percentage of .212.

Coming back is Little Rock's top blocker from 2021, Zanobia Willis, who ended the year third in the Sun Belt with a 1.06 block per set average.

Scouting The Saint Louis Billikens:

MVSU's first ever matchup against the Atlantic 10 Conference comes versus the Billikens of Saint Louis.

The inaugural matchup will pit the Devilettes against an 18-win club from 2021 that is projected to be among the top-half of the conference as five starters make their way back to Missouri.

One of the three starters is Jillian Mattingly, who led the A-10 with a top-25 nationally ranked hitting percentage of .389, the league's second-most blocks (118) and its fourth highest service aces total (38).

Two of the other returners are defensive diamond Carlie Rodgers (fourth-best digs per set rate in A-10, 4.52) and a top-three Atlantic-10 ace per set specialist Emily Henken (0.37).

*All stats are from the Fall 2021 season.

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