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Alcorn State volleyball heads to Alabama for final two regular-season matches

Alcorn State volleyball will finish its 2026 regular season with two road matches in Alabama. The Lady Braves play Alabama State Friday, Nov. 13, at 6 p.m. at Lockhart Gymnasium in Montgomery, then meet Alabama A&M Sunday, Nov. 15, at 11 a.m. at T.M. Elmore Gym in Huntsville.

Alcorn enters the matches with a 5-19 overall record and a 5-9 mark in Southwestern Athletic Conference play. Rylan Jones leads the team with 243 kills, 2.89 kills per set and 261 points. Gabrielle Harris is in her second year as the team’s interim head coach.

Source: Alcorn State Athletics.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."