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SWAC News and Notes for Sept. 4
TWO GAMES ADDED TO TELEVISION SCHEDULE A pair of California games have been added to the SWAC football television schedule. The Capital City Classic between Texas Southern and Shaw from Sacramento will be shown on Comcast Sports Net next Saturday, Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. (CT). A few weeks later on Sat. Sept. 27, the Angel City Classic matchup between Prairie View A&M and Morehouse from the Los Angeles Coliseum will be televised live on Fox Sports Net at 4:30 p.m. (CT). That brings the total of regionally or nationally televised games involving SWAC teams to 18 in 2008. STRONG DEBUTS While Texas Southern QB Bobby Reid was perhaps the most highly anticipated debut in the SWAC last week, one of his teammates had a big debut of his own. Freshman CB Demarcus Washington made a pair of interceptions against Prairie View A&M. The 5-9, 160-pounder from Dallas also showed big-play ability once he got his on the ball, as Washington had 87 return yards on his two picks. Washington?s returned his second-quarter interception 29 yards, giving the Tigers great field position at the PVAMU 32. Although Texas Southern didn?t score, the tone of the game changed as Prairie View A&M had scored on four of its first five possessions. On Prairie View A&M?s first possession of the second half, Washington snagged his second interception and returned it 58 yards to the Panthers? 27-yard line. Five plays later, TSU scored its second touchdown of the night on a 16-yard touchdown run by another freshman, Marcus Wright. Washington is tied for second in the nation in interceptions, trailing only Eddie Calvin of Southeast Missouri State, who had three interceptions against Southwest Baptist. Washington?s interception return yardage leads the nation. Also making strong debuts last week was Prairie View A&M redshirt freshman RB Micheal Jason, who rushed 16 times for 78 yards and a touchdown, Arkansas-Pine Bluff freshman WR Anthony Abrams, who caught five passes for 72 yards and a touchdown, and Grambling RB Kenneth Batiste, who caught six passes for 95 yards and a touchdown. SOUTHERN, JACKSON STATE SOCCER MATCHES CANCELLED The rains that soaked Louisiana from the effects of Hurricane Gustav forced the cancellation of the University of Monroe? Warhawk Classic soccer tournament this weekend in which both Southern and Jackson State were scheduled to play in. VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK NAMED Offensive ? Kayla Williams, Grambling State In three matches, she finished with 22 kills, 16 digs, four assists and a block ?she posted averages of 2.75 kills, 2.00 digs and 0.5 assists per game?against Northeastern, she tallied 11 kills, 10 digs and two assists ... at South Florida, she finished with eight kills, four digs and an assist.
Defensive- Ashlee Cooper, Texas Southern In eight games played, Cooper finished averaging 2.12 kills, 0.38 digs, and 2.38 blocks...she totaled 17 kills, a service ace, three digs and 19 total blocks (13 solo)...against The Citadel, she had nine kills, an ace, two digs, and eight total blocks (seven solo)...against Mississippi Valley State, she finished with eight kills, and 11 blocks (six solo).
Newcomer ? Makeda Moore, Alabama A&M In nine games played, Moore averaged 2.56 kills and 1.22 digs per game ... she totaled 23 kills, 11 digs, an assist and a block ... against McNeese State she had 10 kills and two digs ... versus Arkansas-Little Rock, she finished with 10 kills, a .421 hitting percentage, nine digs and an assist.
?INSIDE SWAC? TV SHOW TO REVIEW WEEK 1, LOOK AHEAD TO WEEK 2 This week, Inside SWAC will take a look back the opening week of the SWAC football season and will preview the Week 2 matchups. Also, SWAC Commissioner Duer Sharp will join hosts Dee Jackson and Eddie Robinson to talk about the 2008-2009 athletic year what?s on the horizon in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The show will air Fridays on Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast (CSS) Fridays at 1 p.m. (CT), and Saturdays on Cox Sports Television (CST) at 9:30 a.m. (CT) and in Birmingham on ABC 33/40 at 10 a.m. (CT). In addition, the show can be viewed on demand on the official conference website, www.swac.org WEEKEND CROSS COUNTRY SCHEDULE September 5 (Friday) Grambling State & Southern at Ragin? Cajun Invitational (Lafayette, LA) September 6 (Saturday) Alabama State at Troy Invitational (Troy, AL) Arkansas-Pine Bluff & Mississippi Valley at Delta State (Cleveland, MS)
September 5 (Friday) Alabama A&M vs. High Point (MTSU Invitational), 4p Grambling State at Southeastern Louisiana, 4:30 p Alabama State at Birmingham?Southern, 7p Mississippi Valley State vs. Nicholls State, 7p Prairie View A&M at Southern Methodist, 7p Arkansas?Pine Bluff at Harding, 7:30p
September 6 (Saturday) Alcorn State vs. Spelman College, 3p
September 7 (Sunday) Alabama A&M vs. Texas Tech (MTSU Invitational), 1p Alabama State vs. USC?Upstate, 1p Arkansas?Pine Bluff at Central Arkansas, 1p Grambling State at Nicholls State, 1p Prairie View A&M at Baylor, 1p Mississippi Valley State at Troy, 1p
WEEKEND VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE September 5 (Friday) Alcorn State at Mississippi College, 6p Alabama A&M at Chattanooga (UTC Tourney), 7p Grambling State at McNeese State (McNeese Tourney), 2p Grambling State vs. Louisiana?Lafayette (McNeese Tourney), TBA Jackson State vs. Centenary/Miss. Valley State (UCA Tournament), TBA Prairie View A&M at Texas?Pan American Tournament, TBA Texas Southern at A&M?Corpus Christi Islander Classic, TBA
September 6 (Saturday) Alabama A&M vs. Central Michigan (UTC Tourney), 10a Jackson State at Central Arkansas (UCA Tournament), 3p Grambling State vs. Mississippi State (McNeese Tourney), 1:30p Southern vs. Dillard, 2p Alabama A&M vs. South Alabama (UTC Tournament), 2p Grambling State vs. Southern Mississippi (McNeese Tourney), TBA Jackson State vs. Centenary/Miss. Valley State (UCA Tournament), TBA Prairie View A&M at Texas?Pan American Tournament, TBA Texas Southern at A&M?Corpus Christi Islander Classic, TBA
September 7 (Sunday) Alabama State vs. Clark Atlanta, 6:30p |
  
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