OXFORD, Miss. (11/29/17) – The Arkansas State volleyball team won a hard-fought 3-1 (25-21, 28-30, 29-27, 27-25) decision over SIU-Edwardsville to open the 2017 National Invitational Volleyball Championship Wednesday afternoon at the Gillom Athletics Performance Center in Oxford, Miss.
The win for A-State improved the team to 21-11 and is the first postseason victory for the program since a 3-1 triumph over Wright State in the 1993 NIVC. The Red Wolves were out hit by the Cougars (23-7) .160 to .134, but A-State tallied six aces to SIUE’s one and had a season-high 15 blocks to the Cougar’s 14.