KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- It had been 10 years since Mississippi State opened up the SEC season with a win.The keyword being had.The Mississippi State volleyball Bulldogs (9-6, 1-0 SEC) reversed their SEC opener fortunes on Friday night, sweeping the Tennessee Volunteers (9-4, 0-1 SEC) at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville.That was such an impressive performance by our girls and I could not be more proud of how this team performed, coach David McFatrich said. We talked pregame about coming out strong and we did just that. You have to give Tennessee credit, especially for playing so strong at the end, but these girls werent going to let this one go without getting a win.Evie Grace Singleton, Emily Hill and Jelena Vujcin continued to fuel the MSU attack as they have all season. Singleton led all Bulldogs with 12 kills, while Hill and Vujcin each turned in 10.Vujcin and Singleton were the keys to the Bulldogs opening set victory, as 6 of Vujcins 10 kills came in the opener, while Singleton turned in 4. Play was tight until a 5-1 run pushed the Vols into a 14-11 lead and forced a State timeout. Tennessee would maintain a three-point lead until a Chelsea Duhs kill kickstarted a Bulldog run that would push them ahead for good. UT would use one more run to draw within a point, but back-to-back kills from Vujcin sealed the deal as State went on to a 26-24 first set win.The second set played much like the first, with a back-and-forth tone early on. This time State would lean on Singleton, as she paced the squad with 5 kills in the set. Vujcin and Singleton would spark a 7-1 run with consecutive kills and State would hold off another late UT rally to go into intermission with a 2-0 lead in the match, winning the second frame 25-23.From there it was all Maroon and White, as Hills 4 kills led a Bulldog third set attack that the Vols could not keep up with. MSU would push its lead to as much as nine, up 19-10, before Tennessee would make one final attempt to get back in the match. UT would get as close as two, fighting off four State match points and forcing the visitors to call for timeout. However, that would be all it wrote for UT, as Vujcin sealed the match with her 10th kill, giving MSU the set, 25-22, and the match, 3-0.Sophomore Blossom Sato paced the Dogs in assists with 24 and digs with a season-high 12. The double-double is the third of the season for Sato.Riley Duzenack turned in 14 assists to move up to sixth in the MSU freshman record book with 289 on the year.Senior Bali Leffall-Young led MSUs 8.0 block night with 5 total, while Singleton contributed 3 total denials, tying a season high.The stats will show an even-fought match by both sides, as MSU and UT tied in kills (42) and assists (40) and were within two of each other in aces and blocks. The Vols did however win the hitting percentage battle, with a .278 clip to MSUs .208, marking the first time this year that State has won a match when hitting worse than its opponent.I cannot say enough about how this was an excellent performance by the team as a whole., McFatrich said. From our attackers to our blockers and everything in between. Tonight was special. Now we have to get our sights set on Kentucky and work to close out the weekend on a high note.The Bulldogs head north to Lexington, Ky., to face the Kentucky Wildcats on Sunday. The weekend finale is set for a 12:30 p.m. CT first serve and will be broadcasted on SEC Network +. Philip Rivers Jersey . The 43-year-old closer, in his 19th and final big league season, has said hed like to play the outfield. Yankees manager Joe Girardi says hes thinking about allowing Rivera to do it this weekend, when the Yankees finish their season with a three-game series at the Houston Astros. Antonio Gates Jersey . Robredo, ranked No. 16, bounced back from an upset loss to Leonardo Mayer in the second round of the Royal Guard Open in Chile last week to down Carreno Busta in 1 hour, 25 minutes. 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Baylor officials have granted a release to incoming freshman defensive end Brandon Bowen, a school official told ESPN on Friday.Bowen is the 11th signee from the Bears nationally ranked recruiting class to leave the school since former coach Art Briles was fired in May.A three-star recruit from Byron Nelson High School in Trophy Club, Texas, Bowen asked Baylor officials to release him from his national letter of intent earlier this week. Baylor athletics department spokesman Heath Nielsen confirmed Friday morning to the Waco Tribune that the school had granted Bowens request, which allows him to transfer to another school without sitting out a year under NCAA transfer rules.The Bears have lost half of the 22 players from their 2016 recruiting class, which was ranked No. 17 nationally by ESPN Recruiting after Februarys national signing day.Last week, Baylor announced that it had released five players from their national letters of intent: cornerback Parrish Cobb of Waco, Texas; athlete Donovan Duvernay of Sachse, Texas; guard Patrick Hudson of Silsbee, Texas; running back Kameron Martin of Port Arthur, Texas; and offensive tackle J.P. Urquidez of Copperas Cove, Texas.Hudson, ranked the No. 1 guard in the country, committed to Texas on Wednesday. He is the fourth former Baylor signee to choose the Longhorns. Duvernay and his brother Devin, the No. 3 wide receiver in the country, also plan to enroll at Texas, along with Urquidez, the No. 17 offensive tackle prospect.Devin Duvernay chose the Longhorns after he learned his national letter of intent with the Bears was invalid because the school hadnt properly submitted it to the Big 12 in February.Martin, who is ranked as the No. 17 running back in the country, signed a financial aid agreement withh Auburn, and Cobb is considering Oklahoma and other schools.ddddddddddddWide receiver Trendavian Dickson of Navasota, Texas, who enrolled at Baylor in January, announced last month that he is transferring to Houston. He will have to sit out the 2016 season under NCAA transfer rules.In addition, junior college transfers B.J. Autry and Jeremy Faulk, who were expected to compete for starting jobs at Baylor this coming season, left the school last month. ESPNs Outside the Lines reported that Faulk was asked to leave the school after Baylor officials questioned him about an incident he was involved in at Florida Atlantic and a sexual assault that might have occurred in April on the Baylor campus. Faulk denied the sexual assault allegations, and criminal charges werent filed in either case.Another juco transfer, defensive end DeQuinton Osborne, was granted his release and plans to enroll at Oklahoma State.Baylor has been at the center of nationwide attention over the schools handling of sexual assault allegations and investigations, including several that have involved athletes.In recent weeks, Baylor has dealt with the fallout from that negative attention, including the demotion and resignation of former university president and chancellor Kenneth Starr, the dismissal of Briles, the suspension and then the resignation of athletic director Ian McCaw, and the firings of multiple athletic department employees. 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