Box Score

ST. CHARLES, Mo. – Tennessee State volleyball recorded six team blocks and five service aces Thursday evening but fell to Lindenwood in three sets (13-25, 21-25, 12-25) in Ohio Valley Conference action at Robert F. Hyland Arena.

The Tigers (0-22) were most competitive in the second set, tying the score seven times and pulling within three points late in the frame. Tennessee State recorded seven kills and four service aces in the set while holding Lindenwood to a .205 hitting percentage.

Gabrielle Washington, Wiktoria Jakubik and Carsyn Stansberry led Tennessee State with four kills each. Jakubik hit .267 with no attacking errors on 15 attempts and added two block assists. Washington finished with a .222 hitting percentage, one solo block and one block assist.

Sydni Poston led the defensive effort with 12 digs, while Jordan Imperial added six. Triniti Jackson recorded 10 assists, two digs, one kill and one service ace. Italya Carter contributed six assists and four digs.

Tennessee State finished with 19 kills, 29 digs and a .105 hitting percentage. The Tigers recorded four of their six team blocks in the third set.

How It Happened

Set One: Lindenwood 25, Tennessee State 13

Tennessee State scored the opening point on a Lindenwood service error before Sydney Robinson recorded the Tigers' first kill to give TSU a 2-1 lead. Savanna Moore followed with a kill to put Tennessee State ahead 3-2.

Lindenwood responded with four consecutive points to take a 6-3 advantage. After the Lions extended their lead to 7-4, Washington recorded a kill to cut the deficit to two.

Washington and Jakubik followed with consecutive kills, bringing Tennessee State within one at 7-6 before Jakubik tied the set at 7-7.

Lindenwood answered with six consecutive points to build a 13-7 lead.

Tennessee State responded with a three-point run after a Lindenwood setting error. Imperial followed with a service ace, and Washington recorded a block to bring the Tigers within three at 13-10.

The Tigers remained within four at 15-11 following a Poston kill and later reached 12 points on a Lindenwood attacking error. Lindenwood extended its advantage to 18-13 before closing the set with seven consecutive points.

Tennessee State recorded six kills on 22 attempts with one attacking error, finishing the opening set with a .227 hitting percentage.

Set Two: Lindenwood 25, Tennessee State 21

Lindenwood opened the second set with consecutive points before Poston recorded a service ace to tie the score at 2-2.

After falling behind 4-3, Tennessee State used consecutive blocks to take a 5-4 lead. Stansberry and Gabriella Blevins combined for the first block, and Blevins followed with a solo block to put the Tigers ahead.

Stansberry added a kill to bring TSU within one at 7-6, and Blevins followed with a service ace to tie the set at 7-7.

Lindenwood responded with three consecutive points to take a 10-7 advantage, but Tennessee State answered with a three-point run. Melae Lacy and Washington recorded consecutive kills before Washington and Jakubik combined for a block to even the score at 10-10.

After the Lions regained a two-point advantage, Jakubik recorded a kill to cut the deficit to 12-11. A Lindenwood service error and attacking error kept Tennessee State within one at 14-13.

Stansberry followed with a kill to tie the score at 14-14.

Lindenwood then scored six consecutive points to build a 20-14 advantage, but Tennessee State responded with a four-point run. Stansberry started the stretch with a kill, Robinson followed with a service ace, and consecutive Lindenwood attacking errors brought the Tigers within three at 20-17.

The Tigers continued to cut into the deficit, using another Lindenwood attacking error to make it 21-18. After the Lions extended their lead to 22-18, Tennessee State scored consecutive points on an attacking error and a Jackson service ace to pull within two at 22-20.

Lindenwood responded with a kill before Lacy recorded her second kill of the set to bring the Tigers within two again at 23-21. The Lions scored the final two points to take the set.

Tennessee State recorded seven kills, four service aces and two team blocks in the second frame. The Tigers also limited Lindenwood to 14 kills on 39 attempts with six attacking errors.

Set Three: Lindenwood 25, Tennessee State 12

Lindenwood scored the first two points of the third set before Jakubik recorded a kill to put Tennessee State on the board.

Jackson followed with a kill to tie the score at 3-3. After Lindenwood regained a 4-3 advantage, Stansberry and Blevins combined for a block to tie the set at 4-4.

Blevins followed with a solo block to give Tennessee State a 5-4 lead.

The Lions responded with three consecutive points to take a 7-5 advantage. A Lindenwood attacking error brought Tennessee State within one at 7-6, but Lindenwood answered with an eight-point scoring run to extend its lead to 15-6.

Stansberry ended the run with a kill, and a Lindenwood service error gave Tennessee State its eighth point.

Washington recorded a kill to make the score 19-9 before Robinson followed with another kill. Jakubik added a kill to bring the Tigers to 11 points.

Robinson recorded a solo block late in the frame to give Tennessee State its 12th point before Lindenwood closed the match with four consecutive points.

The Tigers finished the third set with six kills and four team blocks.

Match Notes

• Washington, Jakubik and Stansberry tied for the team lead with four kills apiece.

• Jakubik finished with a team-best .267 hitting percentage among Tigers with at least 10 attempts.

• Poston recorded a match-high 12 digs for Tennessee State.

• Jackson led the Tigers with 10 assists, while Carter added six.

• Tennessee State recorded five service aces from Poston, Imperial, Blevins, Jackson and Robinson.

• The Tigers finished with six team blocks, including three solo blocks and six block assists.

• Tennessee State hit .227 in the opening set and held Lindenwood to a .205 hitting percentage in the second.

• The Tigers recorded 21 points in the second set, their highest-scoring frame of the match.

Up Next

Tennessee State returns to Robert F. Hyland Arena on Friday, Nov. 13, for the second match of its Ohio Valley Conference series against Lindenwood.