{"id":13269,"date":"2025-10-21T01:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/13269\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T01:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T01:37:07","slug":"rattlers-fight-hard-in-3-set-battle-against-prairie-view-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/13269\/","title":{"rendered":"Rattlers Fight Hard in 3-Set Battle Against Prairie View A&#038;M"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/logo1.png\" alt=\"Arkansas - Pine Bluff\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p>at Arkansas &#8211; Pine Bluff<\/p>\n<p>10\/26\/2025 | 1 PM EST<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Oct. 26 (Sun) \/ 1 PM EST&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/logo1.png\" alt=\"Arkansas - Pine Bluff\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Arkansas &#8211; Pine Bluff&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/opponent-history\/arkansas-pine-bluff\/25\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>TALLAHASSEE, Fla. &#8212; The Florida A&amp;M volleyball team put forth a determined effort Monday night but came up short against a surging Prairie View A&amp;M squad, falling in straight sets at home. Despite the loss, the Rattlers showcased their competitive spirit and flashes of strong play against a tough Lady Panthers offense.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Rattlers were led by a double-double from Ladonna Trantham, who registered 11 kills and 14 digs on the day. <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/farah-farooq\/4550\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4550\" target=\"_blank\">Farah Farooq<\/a> also added 11 kills to help the attack. On the defensive end, <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/victoria-santana\/4811\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4811\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria Santana<\/a> chipped in for 15 digs to go with five blocks from Farooq.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nGame Notes\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tLadonna Trantham registered a double-double with 11 kills and 14 digs\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tFlorida A&amp;M got a match-high 15 digs from <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/victoria-santana\/4811\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4811\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria Santana<\/a>.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tFlorida A&amp;M attackers were helped by a match-high 30 assists from <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/makenzie-taylor\/4682\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4682\" target=\"_blank\">Makenzie Taylor<\/a>.\u00a0&#13;<\/p>\n<p>How It Happened\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSET 1 | The Rattlers battled hard in the opening set but came up short 25-19. Florida A&amp;M showed flashes of momentum early, before Prairie View A&amp;M managed to pull ahead. The Rattlers continued to fight, displaying resilience and determination in a competitive first frame.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSET 2 | Florida A&amp;M put up a strong fight in the second set, falling just short 25-22 to go down 2-0 in the match. The Rattlers delivered an impressive offensive showing, posting a .368 hitting percentage and racking up 19 kills. Despite the narrow setback, FAMU&#8217;s powerful attack kept the pressure on Prairie View A&amp;M throughout the frame.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSET 3 | Florida A&amp;M battled relentlessly in the third set but came up just short in a tight 25-22 decision. The Rattlers kept the pressure on Prairie View A&amp;M in a back-and-forth frame showcasing their grit and competitive energy. Despite holding strong deep into the set, the Lady Panthers edged ahead late to narrowly close out the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: at Arkansas &#8211; Pine Bluff 10\/26\/2025 | 1 PM EST &#13; Oct. 26&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-13269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}