Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer
WILEY UNIVERSITY WILDCATS
No events to show.
Rachelle Santos recorded 12 kills.
Rachelle Santos recorded 12 kills.
Posted: Sep 21, 2025

Volleyball triumphs over Tougaloo College

Video Box Score Preview
Game Leaders
Tougaloo (MS)
K: Zoie Chambers - 10
B: Kamyah Love - 4
D: Destiny Matthews - 14
SA: Cameron Gatlin - 3
Wiley (TX)
K: 2 Players (#1, #23) - 14
B: Jae Jemmott - 4
D: Nadia Cortez - 19
SA: 2 Players (#9, #11) - 6
Team Stats
Full stats
MARSHALL, Texas - Wiley University volleyball bounced back after dropping the first set to top Tougaloo College in four sets (23-25, 25-9, 25-11, 25-21) in a Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference match Saturday at Alumni Gymnasium.
 
The Lady Wildcats (3-4, 2-1 HBCUAC) snap a two-match skid and match their win total from last season. The win gives them their best start in conference play since 2019, when they won their first four matches. It's the second time this season that the Lady Wildcats have won after falling in the first set.
 
Three players finished with double-digit kills. Shyla Starks and Jae Jemmott shared the team lead with 14. Rachelle Santos followed with 12. Madison Herrera recorded a career-high 33 assists. She just missed her first career double-double with nine digs. Nadia Cortez led all players with 19 digs and shared the team lead in service aces with Marai Guinyard at six. Guinyard also notched double-digit digs with 12. Jemmott recorded three solo blocks and a block assist. Kerrigan Biggs followed with a solo block and two assists.
 
The Lady Wildcats outhit Tougaloo .188 -(-).023 and outscored them 43-26 in kills. After a strong first set by the Lady Bulldogs, Wiley only allowed 17 kills in the last three sets and forced 22 errors. It outscored Tougaloo 23-17 on the serve, landing 15 aces.
 
How it happened:
  • Wiley trailed by as many as four in the first set. A kill from Starks, an ace by Cortez and a block by Maria Luiza Chaves and Biggs gave the Lady Wildcats an 11-10 lead. They extended the lead with kills by Jemmott and Santos, and two aces by Guinyard. Four kills helped Tougaloo tie the set. With the set tied at 21, a service error gave the Lady Bulldogs the lead for good.
  • The Lady Wildcats overpowered Tougaloo in the second set with 13 kills and only two attacking errors. They limited the Lady Bulldogs to three kills and benefited from eight attacking errors. Behind Herrera's serving, Wiley seized momentum with a five-point run. Two kills from Starks and a block from Biggs gave the Lady Wildcats a 13-5 lead. Santos clinched the set with a kill.
  • Wiley gave another strong performance in the third set with 12 kills and allowed only four. It took control of the set with a five-point run. Three kills by Jemmott and one by Starks gave the Lady Wildcats a nine-point advantage. They ended the set with an eight-point run. Guinyard had three service aces.
  • Errors helped Wiley take an early four-point lead. It made errors that allowed Tougaloo to take a 10-8 lead. A service error turned the momentum. Kills by Jemmott and Santos gave Wiley a two-point lead. Two aces by Cortez and a pair of errors by the Lady Bulldogs put the Lady Wildcats ahead by five. Santos clinched the match with her 12th kill.
UP NEXT: The Lady Wildcats continue HBCUAC play against Paul Quinn College on Friday at Alumni Gymnasium. It will be their first match as conference opponents since 2021.
 
For more coverage on the Lady Wildcats, visit https://wileyathletics.com/sports/wvball/index.
 
About Wiley University Athletics
Wiley University sponsors 13 varsity sports, women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field, softball and baseball. It competes in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Athletic Conference (HBCUAC).
 
FOLLOW THE WILDCATS
Facebook: /WileyAthletics