{"id":405203,"date":"2026-09-20T07:36:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T07:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/405203\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T07:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T07:36:44","slug":"alabama-survives-five-set-thriller-vs-jacksonville-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/405203\/","title":{"rendered":"Alabama Survives Five Set Thriller vs. Jacksonville State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TUSCALOOSA, Ala. &#8211; Alabama volleyball picked up a five-set victory, 3-2, over Jacksonville State on Thursday at Foster Auditorium to kick off the Crimson Classic.<\/p>\n<p>The Crimson Tide had to fight back early in the match after dropping the first set, 18-25, which was the first time Alabama lost a set one all season. The Tide responded well in set two and evened things up at 1-1, returning the favor, 25-18.<\/p>\n<p>Later on, Alabama found its groove and coasted to a 25-14 win in the third. After the Jaguars made it 2-2 in the fourth set, the Tide&#8217;s undefeated record at home was on the line. Alabama managed to come from behind after a timeout in set five to secure the victory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rolltide.com\/sports\/womens-volleyball\/roster\/laney-hennessee\/17351\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"17351\" target=\"_blank\">Laney Hennessee<\/a> was a force to be reckoned with all match as she racked up 20 kills, the most by a Tide player in a match all year. The difference maker, however, was Alabama&#8217;s performance at the service line as the Crimson Tide finished with a season-best 14 aces.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ultimately, we just talk about the fundamentals. We focus on getting back to our game, our basics. Sometimes, when we want to play tight, we find a way to stay steady and stick with our offensive system. Things that we work on during scout \u2013 one thing at a time, and I really feel like that got us out of some really challenging situations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Highlights<\/p>\n<p>Stat\u00a0Leaders<\/p>\n<p>Set-by-Set\u00a0Scores<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSet 1: Jacksonville State 25, Alabama 18&#13;<br \/>\n\tSet 2: Alabama 25, Jacksonville State 18&#13;<br \/>\n\tSet 3: Alabama 25, Jacksonville State 14&#13;<br \/>\n\tSet 4: Jacksonville State 25, Alabama 21&#13;<br \/>\n\tSet 5: Alabama 15, Jacksonville State 8&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Up Next<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSaturday, Sept. 19 vs. Southern &#8211; Tuscaloosa, Ala. &#8211; 11 a.m. CT&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TUSCALOOSA, Ala. &#8211; Alabama volleyball picked up a five-set victory, 3-2, over Jacksonville State on Thursday at Foster&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-405203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405203","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=405203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}