DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jasmine Moore registered 19 kills Sunday afternoon as Bethune-Cookman Volleyball fell to visiting Alabama State, 3-1 in a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) match played inside Richard V. Moore Gymnasium. Alabama State grabbed the win on set scores of 25-17, 20-25, 25-17, 25-15.
 
After dropping the opening set, Bethune-Cookman (1-12, 1-1 SWAC) recorded a .310 hitting percentage in the second set, aided by four kills each from Jasmine Moore and Elizabeth Phillips.
 
A Taila Gaines kill off the set of Madison Beasley tied the second frame at 10-10 before a 6-1 run was kicked off by the Wildcats with a Malina Spencer kill.
 
Alabama State (3-12, 2-0 SWAC) knotted the set at 11-all with Jada Rhodes' kill. But it would be Moore with another successful attack for the Maroon and Gold, followed by blocks from AJ Simmons and Alyssa King to push the BCU advantage at 13-11. A pair of Sydni Poston service aces bookended a Phillips kill that saw the Cats widen the margin at 16-11. BCU increased the lead to as many as six (22-16) using another Phillips kill off the set of Alisha Callender.
 
After ASU chipped into the lead at 24-20, a service error charged to the Hornets allowed BCU the 25-20 set win.
 
In the third frame, ASU hit at a match-high .536 clip with 17 kills coming on 28 swings against just two errors. The Wildcats countered with a .261 hitting mark of their own.
 
With the third set tied at 14-all following a kill from BCU's Moore, the visitors embarked upon a quick 4-0 run to jump out to an 18-14 advantage.
 
A'Nylah Cobb registered a kill, while Christyn Ashby and Kaylen Hines assisted for blocks at the net. Another Ashby kill was followed by a BCU attack error to push the Hornets lead at 18-14. The Hornets would go on to score five of the last six points in the set, using another kill from Cobb and a service ace by Beasley to finalize the 25-17 set win for ASU.
 
Six different Wildcats gathered kills in the fourth set, but Alabama State forced BCU into eight hitting errors and three reception errors en route to the 25-15 win. For ASU, Gaines had five kills and a pair of service aces in the final frame, while Cobb added four kills of her own.
 
ASU was led on the day by three different players in double figures for kills, using a match-high 14 from Cobb in the process. Jylen Whitten recorded 12 kills, and Gaines finished with 11. Beasley concluded the match with 27 assists and two service aces. Gaines also had five blocks (four assisted), while Temperance Chatman provided 16 digs off the bench.
 
Bethune-Cookman was headlined by Moore's 10-kill performance. Phillips provided her side with nine kills and seven digs. The assists were tallied by Callender (19) and Madison Coates (17). Callender finished off her double-double outing with 11 digs to lead the Maroon and Gold defensively. Rylee Davis was just outside of double-figure digs with nine.
 
The Wildcats return to action Friday, Sept. 29, when welcoming conference opponent Jackson State to Moore Gymnasium at 6 p.m.
 
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