Hurricane Milton which roared to Category 5 status before making landfall as a Category 3 caused the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) to alter its weekend HBCU volleyball schedule. With Daytona Beach in the eye of probability as Milton is predicted to cross the state still at hurricane strength, the weekend’s slate of games have been moved to Florida A&M (FAMU). The Lawson Center will host all SWAC games in the state of Florida.
Alcorn State and Southern University are the competitors for this weekend. The Wildcats arrived in Tallahassee on Tuesday to play the Rattlers in a regularly scheduled match and then remain in Tallahassee at least through Monday.
The Rattlers defeated the Wildcats 3-0 today and will now accommodate their HBCU arch-rivals as the low-lying Daytona Beach is susceptible to flooding and the rotation of Hurricane Milton is expected to dump both rain and storm surge onto the eastern coast of Florida.
Three days on the job, FAMU Vice President and Director of Athletics, Angela Suggs, announced the schedule change at the Eddie Jackson 220 Quarterback Club today.