Mississippi State volleyball picked up another trio of wins over the weekend on the road at Middle Tennessee State. The Blue Raiders hosted a non-conference invitational featuring the Bulldogs, UT Martin and Marist.
The Bulldogs improved to 6-0 on the season with three straight sweeps of the opposition, including the 150th win of head coach Julie Darty Dennis’ career.
The 6-0 start is the program’s best start to a season since 2022, and the Bulldogs have yet to drop a single set to opposition so far.
“What a weekend for the Volleydawgs,” said Darty Dennis. “Winning is so hard, and winning on the road is even harder. I’m so proud of this team for playing disciplined volleyball this weekend and taking care of business. We were focused on our side of the net, playing clean and seeing how hard we could play, and I thought we did such a great job staying locked in on those goals. The result was exactly what we wanted.”
Darty Dennis is in her eighth season as head coach at MSU, where she has tallied 93 wins. She was previously the head coach at Jacksonville before arriving in Starkville, where she won 58 games.
The Bulldogs will look to build on their early success with their remaining nonconference fixtures over the next two weeks before serving up their Southeastern Conference opener on Sept. 26 at Florida.
MSU will host Duke at the Newell-Grissom building today at 6 p.m. as part of the SEC/ACC Showdown. The Bulldogs will follow that with a weekend trip to Hattiesburg for the Southern Miss Tournament, where they’ll face Mercer and Southern Miss.
The final nonconference home match is scheduled for 6 p.m. Sept. 16 against South Alabama.
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