Alabama State ace Joseph Camacho (Aaron Fitt)

Hornets, Cards Come From Behind In Clearwater

CLEARWATER, Fla. — When Mervyl Melendez left the MEAC powerhouse he had built, Bethune-Cookman, to try to build Alabama State into the class of the SWAC in 2011, he and recruiting coordinator/associate head coach Jose’ Vasquez brought a strong group of incoming freshmen with them. Together, that core of players and the ASU coaches have taken a program that went 14-29 in 2011 and 20-36 in Melendez’s first year in 2012, and made it very dangerous. The Hornets improved to 32-25 in 2013, then made another jump last year, going 37-20 overall and 21-3 in the SWAC.

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