Alabama A&M Volleyball getting ready for Wildcat Classic

title image via Alabama A&M Volleyball Aliyah McDaniel | Assistant Athletics Communications Director The Alabama A&M University volleyball team is set to travel to Abilene, Texas for the Wildcat Classic on Thursday at Moody Coliseum. The Bulldogs will face the Golden Eagles of Oral Roberts University at Noon and the Wildcats of Abilene Christian University at 7 pm.    Alabama A&M is coming off a short break after falling 3-2 in a two-and-a-half hour five-set battle against the University of West Georgia Wolves. Saldy Amparo-Smithand Fatima Ramirez led both teams in kills, with…

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Alabama A&M’s Saldy Amparo-Smith garners SWAC Volleyball Preseason Honors

title image via aamusports Courtesy of Aliyah McDaniel | Assistant Athletics Communications Director, Alabama A&M Alabama A&M University volleyball senior outside hitter Saldy Amparo-Smith earned 2024 Preseason Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) honors, the conference announced Tuesday.   The Santo Domingo, DR native earned the 2023 SWAC Newcomer of the Year honor and received All-SWAC Second team recognition. She played 30 matches, in which she started in 27 of them. Amparo-Smith led the team with 244 kills, including a season-high 34 kills against Florida A&M.     Defensively, she tallied 160 digs and 33 total blocks.…

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