Tag: Tennessee State Volleyball

Tennessee State volleyball back in action

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Courtesy of cott Wallace, Communications Coordinator for Volleyball & Softball. Tennessee State Athletics For the second time this season, the Tennessee State University Tigers volleyball team will travel to Macomb, Illinois. In their first road trip of the season, they faced Murray State and Cleveland State in the Western Illinois Tournament. This time, they will face the Western Illinois University Leathernecks (7-18, 6-8 OVC).This will be the first matchup between the two programs, as this is the first season for WIU in the Ohio Valley Conference. Even though this is…

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Lindenwood Volleyball sweeps TSU

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Title image via Tennessee State Athletics Courtesy of Scott Wallace, Communications Coordinator for Volleyball & Softball, Tennessee State Athletics 3 Lindenwood 12-12,8-5 OVC 0 Tennessee St. 2-21,2-11 OVC Team 1 2 3 F Lindenwood 26 25 25 (3) Tennessee St. 24 15 21 (0) The Tennessee State volleyball team dropped a close first set then could not overcome a proficient attack from Lindenwood as they fell in three sets (24-26, 15-25, 21-25) in OVC action from Kean Hall. The loss dropped TSU’s record to 2-21 overall and 2-11 in OVC play. A double-double led…

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Tennessee State Volleyball swept 3-0 by UT Martin

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Courtesy of Scott Wallace, Communications Coordinator for Volleyball & Softball , Tennessee State Athletics 3 UTM 0 TSU Team 1 2 3 F UTM 25 25 25 (3) TSU 15 23 19 (0) The Tennessee State volleyball team lost to the UT Martin Skyhawks in straight sets (15-25, 23-25, 19-25) Tuesday at home at Kean Hall.The loss dropped TSU’s record to 2-16 overall and 2-6 in OVC action.  A double-double led the Tigers from Jayla Holcombe, who registered 13 kills and 12 digs on the day. Celestial Miller also added six kills to help…

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Tennessee State Volleyball unable to overcome slow start in 3-1 loss to UT Martin

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Courtesy of Scott Wallace, Communications Coordinator for Volleyball & Softball, Tennesee State University 1 TSU 3 Winner UTM Team 1 2 3 4 F TSU 24 25 21 23 (1) UTM 26 23 25 25 (3) The Tennessee State Tiger volleyball team had slow starts to each of the four sets and was able to win one but fell to the UT Martin Skyhawks 3-1 (24-26, 25-23, 21-25, 23-25) Tuesday on the road at Skyhawk Fieldhouse. The loss Ohio Valley Conference loss dropped TSU’s record to 2-13 overall and 2-3 in OVC…

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Tennessee State’s Sutton to host volleyball camps

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Courtesy of Scott Wallace, Tennessee State Athletics NASHVILLE- Your chance to be trained by an Ohio Valley Conference-winning head coach is here TSU head volleyball coach Donika Sutton is hosting nine summer sessions for girls aged six to 18. The camps start on July 7 and 8 with the blocking and defense sessions and finish on July 24-26 with the Elite Camp. “We are excited to get a chance to train some up-and-coming volleyball players,” said Sutton. This is a way for the players and me to teach skills properly. Volleyball is…

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Tennessee State coaches Sutton and McRath invuted to WeCOACH Women Coaches Academy

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Courtesy of Scott Wallace, Tennessee State Athletics Tennessee State University softball head coach Genee McRath and volleyball head coach Donika Sutton enjoyed record-setting campaigns in the 2022-23 athletic year. They have been invited to participate in Denver, Colorado’s WeCOACH Women Coaches Academy Programs. This will be the 20th anniversary of the academy,WeCOACH will host its premier programs, the 52nd class of the NCAA Women Coaches Academy (WCA) and the 6th class of the NCAA Academy 2.0, in Denver, Colorado, from May 21-24, 2023. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Women Coaches Academy, where…

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Tennessee State Volley-ball adds trio

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics NASHVILLE- Head Coach Donika Sutton and her staff are unsatisfied with an NCAA tournament berth. The 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Volleyball Champions have been busy on the recruiting trail. The team lost some key seniors, but Sutton, in her words, is not replacing them. Her strategy is to get the best recruits and use their strengths to improve the team. The team announced three this past Wednesday, but more to come. “Losing the players that we lose, people may say that we will have to rebuild,” said Sutton.…

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Tennessee State Volleyball to face Ohio State in NCAA opening round Friday

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Courtesy of Tennessee State Athletics NASHVILLE — Tennessee State earned its second overall trip to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament and first since the 2007 season and will travel to Columbus, Ohio, to play at 3rd-seeded Ohio State on Friday, Dec. 2 in a first-round match at 7:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM CT. Friday’s contest will be played at the Covelli Center on the campus of Ohio State. In the other pod matchup, 6th-seeded Southern California meets High Point with the winners of both first-round matchups playing on Saturday for the right…

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Tennessee State Volleyball wins OVC Tournament

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Courtesy of Scott Wallace, Tennessee State Athletics 3  TSU 2 SEMO Team 1 2 3 4 5 F TSU 25 16 22 25 15 (3) SEMO 21 25 25 22 10 (2) MARTIN, TN —  Their slogan for the Ohio Valley Conference tournament was #AllIn. The slogan became a reality as the Tennessee State Tiger volleyball team collected up 20 blocks en route to a 3-2 win (25-21, 16-25, 22-25, 25-22, 15-10) over the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Saturday at Skyhawk Fieldhouse in the OVC Conference Championship Game. The title is the…

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Tennessee State Volleyball advances to OVC semis

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Courtesy of Scott Wallace, Tennessee State Athletics MARTIN, TN. — For the first time since 2015, the Tennessee State University Tiger Volleyball Team has won a game in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. After winning the first two sets vs. #3 seed Morehead State, the # 6 seeded Tigers held on to take a five-set victory (26-24, 25-23, 23-25, 24-26, 15-9). TSU will now take on OVC newcomer #7 Lindenwood University who upset #2 seed Tennessee Tech in straight sets (25-23, 25-19, 25-11). “Today we figured out how to make the…

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