Sept. 28, 2005

Final Stats

Salisbury, NC - The Winston-Salem State University Lady Rams' volleyball team lost their second consecutive match as they fell 3-1 (14-30, 23-30, 30-23, 21-30) to the Lady Blue Bears of Livingstone College on the road in Salisbury, NC in CIAA league volleyball action on Tuesday evening.

Opening the match, the Lady Rams immediately fell into an 0-2 hole as they dropped the first game 14-30 and dropped the second game 23-30 en route to what would prove to be an insurmountable deficit.

WSSU came back to win their third game of the match by the score of 30-23, yet dropped the fourth, and final, game of the match by the score of 21-30 as the Blue Bears secured only their fourth win of the season.

WSSU was led by Valentina Pushkina (Fr./Moscow, Russia) who tallied four kills in the loss.  Livingstone College was led by Vanria Smith who recorded a match-high 11 kills in the win.

With the loss, the Lady Rams fall to 7-15 overall (4-6 CIAA) while the Lady Blue Bears improve to 4-14 overall (3-7 CIAA).

WSSU returns to action on Thursday, September 29^th, 2005 at 6:00 pm as they host the Lady Falcons of Saint Augustine's College in CIAA league volleyball action.

For additional information on WSSU women's volleyball, contact the WSSU Office of Sports Information at (336) 750-2143 or log on to the Official Website of WSSU Athletics at www.WSSURAMS.com