The Lincoln Women's Volleyball team takes to the road for the first of two Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) roundups this season.   The Lions will face three CIAA South Division teams over the two days of competition
 
WHEN        Saturday-Sunday,  October 5-6, 2019 | 

WHERE              Ettrick, Va., (Virginia State University host)
SCHEDULE:       Saturday  10/5             Lincoln vs. Shaw                     7 p.m.
                            Sunday  10/6               Lincoln vs. Johnson C. Smith   10 a.m.
                            Sunday  10/6               Lincoln vs. St. Augustine's       12 noon

THE SERIES  
Since 2008 the Lions are 2-11 vs. Shaw; 0-10 vs. St. Augustine's and 2-8 vs. Johnson C. Smith

LIONS HIGHLIGHTS
Lincoln enters the roundup with an 0-7 overall record and an 0-2 mark in conference games  after suffering a 3-0  defeat at Elizabeth City State on Wednesday.  

Senior Tierra Russaw (Westland, Mich./Summit Academy) leads the Lions with 23 kills, six aces and 45 assists. Sophomore Kaiya Lewis (Woodhaven, N.Y./Queens Preparatory Academy) has 20 kills and a team-high attack% of .121.  Freshman Jasmin Lewis (Baltimore/Western) has 16 kills.
On the defensive end junior Tymera Crudup (Barnegat, N.J./Barnegat) and Russaw lead the team with 56 digs apiece.  Lewis leads the team with 14 blocks.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Shaw:  The Shaw volleyball team is 3-7 overall and 3-0 in the CIAA. The Lady Bears are fresh off a 3-0 sweep of Claflin (Wednesday, Oct. 2), in which there were six players that tallied a kill or more and eight players that charted at least one dig in the winning effort. Shaw dominated the Lady Panthers in nearly all facets, highlighted by a .410 hitting percentage. Senior Jailynn Butler is the team's offensive leader with 77 kills while sophomore Jada Flowers has 231 assists – a team high and senior Karla Sosa has collected 89 digs defensively.

Johnson C. Smith: The Golden Bulls are 2-3 overall and 1-1 in league games having defeated St. Augustine's 3-0 and losing to Shaw 3-0 in their two conference contests. Taylor Smith paces JCSU with 20 kills while Gabrielle Wells adds 18.  Elyse Bennet leads the team with 35 assists. On the defensive side Joi Haywood has 44 digs while Brianne Davis leads the team with eight blocks.

St. Augustine's: The Falcons are 0-3 overall and 0-3 in CIAA contests entering the roundup, having lost their last contest 3-0 to Winston Salem State.
The SAU women are sparked by Janina Mayers, the CIAA leader in digs per set (4.44). Brittany Jamison is tied for fourth in the CIAA in points per game (3.0).