Alcorn State Lady Braves Releases 2018 Schedule

LORMAN, Mississippi -- The Alcorn State volleyball program announced its 2018 schedule Thursday morning, which includes 10 home matches with a pair of tri-matches at the Davey L. Whitney Complex.

The schedule also features tournaments at Southern Miss and Incarnate Word, and two regular season SWAC Round-Ups.

"The schedule this year will be very competitive," said head coach Chelsey Lucas, who enters her third season. "I'm excited because this year we get to compete with great talent and I'm looking forward to the girls competing together as a team. The team has come a long way, even though they are fairly young. My expectations will remain very high because they can only get better and I'm ecstatic to go through this growing process with them."

After an intrasquad Purple vs. White scrimmage on Aug. 20, the Lady Braves begin their season at the Southern Miss Classic Aug. 24-25, then play their home opener versus Wiley College on Aug. 28.

September sees Alcorn hosting William Carey and Mississippi College for a tri-match (Sept. 6) before a road contest at Tougaloo (Sept. 10) and a trip to San Antonio, Texas to compete in the Incarnate Word Cardinals Classic (Sept. 13-15).

SWAC play starts Sept. 21-23 as Southern hosts the first Round-Up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Purple and Gold then welcome Alabama A&M and Alabama State to the Reservation for matches on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, respectively.

The team follows road trips to Jackson State (Oct. 4) and Miss. Valley State (Oct. 8) with a home match against Talladega College (Oct.12) and a tri-match with SUNO and Lane College (Oct. 16).

AAMU will host the second SWAC Round-Up of the season on Oct. 19-21. Alcorn then returns to Huntsville, Ala. for an Oct. 28 meeting with the Lady Bulldogs followed by an Oct. 29 visit with the Lady Hornets.

The Lady Braves wrap up the regular season and league play at home against JSU (Nov. 1) and MVSU (Nov. 5).

The 2018 SWAC Championship Tournament is scheduled for Nov. 16-18 at JSU's Lee E. Williams Athletic and Assembly Center. The top eight teams in the final standings will qualify for the tournament.

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