StarkVegas Report · Original game analysis
State sweeps Alcorn for its fourth straight win
Mississippi State hit a season best .351 and committed only seven attack errors in a 25 to 8, 25 to 19, 25 to 16 sweep at the Carrie Yerty Classic. Lindsey Mangelson led the Bulldogs with 13 kills on .480 hitting. McKenna Yates collected 15 digs, reaching double figures for the seventh straight match. State held Alcorn State to a .094 hitting percentage and moved to 6 to 1.
Seven attack errors are worth noticing alongside the kills. You can play aggressively without giving away rally after rally, and State found that balance in this one. The defensive numbers belong in the same conversation. Keeping an opponent below .100 hitting makes the scoreboard a whole lot friendlier, even when the match is not perfect from start to finish.
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