Box Score HUNTSVILLE – For the third consecutive match, the Jacksonville State volleyball team needed five sets to pull out the victory, this time beating Alabama A&M on the road.
 
The Gamecocks (17-8, 3-3 Ohio Valley) have now gone to five sets in four of their last five matches, and seven times overall on the season. Tuesday's match marked the final non-conference matchup of the 2017 season as JSU now heads down the stretch in league action.
 
JSU took the opening two sets (25-18, 25-19), before AAMU responded out of the intermission to even the match at two sets apiece with back-to-back tight victories in 25-20 and 25-23. Since JSU last defeated AAMU at home on Sept. 19, the Lady Bulldogs had posted an 8-2 mark and gained momentum along the way.
 
In the fifth, JSU started fast with a tip from Mackenzie Rombach to open the scoring. Charis Ludtke later put away a hard hit ball for a 5-1 advantage to take a little steam out of the energized crowd at T.M. Elmore Gym. Jax State led 8-3 at the changeover and maintained a steady margin on its way to the 15-6 match-winning victory.
 
JSU returns home this weekend with matches against Murray State on Friday night, and Sunday afternoon versus Austin Peay. Friday marks JSU's annual pink match where the Gamecocks will be sporting pink and encouraging fans to do the same as they raise funds to help in the fight against breast cancer.