{"id":1912,"date":"2025-10-14T09:10:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/1912\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:10:16","slug":"rattlers-fall-3-1-to-southern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/1912\/","title":{"rendered":"Rattlers fall 3-1 to Southern"},"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\/alcorn-state-logo.png\" alt=\"Alcorn State \"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Match:<\/p>\n<p>at Alcorn State <\/p>\n<p>10\/13\/2025 | 4 PM EST<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Oct. 13 (Mon) \/ 4 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\/alcorn-state-logo.png\" alt=\"Alcorn State \"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Alcorn State &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/opponent-history\/alcorn-state\/22\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    BATON ROUGE, La. &#8212; The Florida A&amp;M volleyball team came out strong, taking the opening set, but ultimately fell in four hard-fought sets to Southern on the road at Seymour Gymnasium. The Rattlers showed early dominance and resilience throughout the match.\u00a0<br \/>\nLadonna Trantham finished with 10 kills on the day to lead the Rattlers offense. We saw 11 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> along with seven blocks from <a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/tamia-coleman\/4685\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"4685\" target=\"_blank\">Tamia Coleman<\/a> to lead them defensively.\u00a0<br \/>\nGame Notes\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/famuathletics.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/bengisu-kazazlar\/5100\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"5100\" target=\"_blank\">Bengisu Kazazlar<\/a> had a match-high four aces in the loss.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tLadonna Trantham had a team-high 10 kills for Florida A&amp;M.\u00a0&#13;<br \/>\n\tFlorida A&amp;M got a match-high 11 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 team-high 18 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 dominated the opening set 25-14, fueled by an impressive .455 attack percentage and 11 kills. Florida A&amp;M closed strong, extending their lead to the finish while adding five aces to complete a commanding start.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSET 2 | The Rattlers battled hard in set two, keeping things close before Southern pulled ahead late to even the match 1-1. Despite the 25-18 setback, Florida A&amp;M showed resilience and energy throughout the frame.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSET 3 | The Rattlers put up a strong fight in a tightly contested third set, but Southern edged ahead late to take it 25-22. Florida A&amp;M&#8217;s relentless effort kept the set close to the final points, showing their determination to stay in the match.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSET 4 | The Rattlers battled until the final points in a tightly fought fourth set but came up just short, 25-23. Florida A&amp;M kept the pressure throughout the frame, showing grit and fighting to the very end.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: at Alcorn State 10\/13\/2025 | 4 PM EST &#13; Oct. 13 (Mon) \/&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1913,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-1912","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\/1912","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=1912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}