“color: #222222; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;”>The Lady Aggies

volleyball team played at Fleming Gymnasium in

the 

“background-position: 50% 100%;”>UNCG Volleyball

Invitational on Aug. 26 and 27

The Lady

Aggies volleyball team played at Fleming Gymnasium in

the 

“background-repeat: no-repeat ! important;”>UNCG Volleyball

Invitational on Aug. 26 and 27.

North

Carolina A&T finished the weekend 0-4 losing to Evansville

(25-7, 12, 16) and Coastal Carolina (25-16, 17, 10) on Aug. 26, and

continued their losing streak

the

following day after being defeated by East Tennessee State (25-8,

11, 14) and 

“background-repeat: no-repeat ! important;”>UNCGreensboro (25-16,

18, 17).

For

A&T, the tournament was their first six-on-six experience this

year because they only have six players, while all the other teams

consisted of 13 or more players.

In their

first match of the season, the Aggies struggled to find ways to

score and were unable to keep the Evansville Purple Aces from

scoring. Most A&T players are getting accustomed to playing new

positions due to their lack of bodies on the team, mainly Chelsea

Fox.

Fox is

getting in the rhythm of playing a full-time setter for the Aggies,

a position she has not played since middle school. Fox made the

All-Tournament Team, so she seems to be well fit for the job and

thinks the team will be fine with only six players.

As the

tournament went on, the Aggies showed improvement throughout each

match. “It [the tournament] is going pretty well. We’re playing

better with six players.

We have

better chemistry and coach is really patient and that helps,” said

Fox. Coach Hal Clifton exclaimed how proud he was of his team,

specifically because he was announced as head coach just less than

a month ago.

The ‘Super

Six’ as Clifton has named his team, are made up of just five

sophomores and one junior, Andrea Evans. “They have a lot of

potential. They’re still young. I think they’re going to be a great

team in the next two years when they are all seniors and have new

players,” said Amber Inman.

Inman

played on the team last year as captain and senior setter and now

coaches at Smith High School. She came to the tournament to support

the young team and their new coach. “He’s very patient with us said

Inman.

The six

Aggies fought hard to stay competitive in the matches, and many

could tell there was a definite improvement within the squad. In

the match against 

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made a few good runs to keep rallies going but their defense was

not enough to contain the powerful attacks

by 

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Chambers

had ten

kills total in the match.

They

proved that they could stay in the game but not quite pull through.

“I think it’s a new era for them,” said 

“background-repeat: no-repeat ! important;”>UNCG Coach

Patrick Nicholas. “Just watching them play, compared to last

season, their fundamentals look a lot better. You can tell they’re

more skilled, more trained. That team keeps playing.

They play

with 

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led the team with 56 assists, and 

“background-repeat: no-repeat ! important;”>Jeana Daniels

led the team with 22 kills in the tournament.

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• Karmen Robinson, Sports Editor