Lady Rattlers Win Third Straight In Win Over North Carolina Central

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Oct. 10) - Florida A&M picked up their third consecutive win of the season as they defeated North Carolina Central, 3-0 (25-20, 25-22, 25-21) Sunday afternoon at the Alfred Lawson, Jr., Multipurpose Center and Teaching Gymnasium.

FAMU (4-11) finished the match with a .200 hitting percentage, by tallying 38 kills in 95 total attacks with 19 errors, while the Lady Rattler defense held NCCU (6-19) to  .098 hitting percentage with 33 kills in 102 total attacks with 23 errors.

The Lady Rattlers were led by Lorin Rucker with 13 kills, behind her was Katherine Huanec with eight.  Both Maria Ceccarelli and Pamela Barrera finished with seven kills each.  Diana Gonzalez led the team in assists with a game high 35 and Susan Egoavil led the team in digs with 16.

Belinda Behncke-Biney led the Lady Eagles win kills with 11, followed by both Sashalee Wallen and Martisann Sinclair, who finished with six kills apiece.  Jzima-Malaki Kalao led the NCCU in assists with 27 and Raven King finished with a team high 11 digs.

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Bowens Leads UMES To Sweep Of Delaware State

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - Powered by junior Zoe Bowens' first career double-double, Maryland Eastern Shore defeated Delaware State, 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-21), at the William P. Hytche Athletic Center Sunday.

Bowens led all players with 13 kills and 11 digs to help UMES (13-9, 2-0 MEAC) win its seventh straight and 12th in 14 matches. Delaware State fell to 8-10 and 1-1 in conference with the loss.

Freshman Maline Vaitai chipped in with 11 kills and six digs and junior Rebecca Prado also picked 11 digs for the Hawks.

Stephanie Sierra finished with 32 assists, six kills and seven digs for UMES while Samantha Chukwura registered seven kills and three digs.

Erica Tajchman and Martina Ferrari led Delaware State with nine kills and 28 assists, respectively.

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Bethune-Cookman Falls to South Carolina State

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The LadyCats of Bethune-Cookman volleyball opened MEAC play, Sunday, as the Lady Bulldogs of South Carolina State traveled to Richard V. Moore Gymnasium. The aggressive attack of SCSU found holes in the B-CU defense and allowed them to grab a 3-0 victory.

B-CU found issues with completing blocks at the net, out blocked 10 - 2.5 by the Lady Bulldogs. Some of that can be attributed to lapses in team passing, which would funnel SCSU shots to the best defensive corner in blocking and digs.

As a team, SCSU hit .317, including a whopping .448 in the first set. The Lady Bulldogs averaged 14.6 kills per set, as B-CU struggled with attack errors in the match, hitting just .043 as a team.

SCSU made their own share of unforced errors, logging 17 service errors, but B-CU was unable to capitalize.

Playing consistently well in this week's matches, Jessica Wilson topped the Lady Wildcats with nine kills on a .217 hitting percentage. Krysta Gardner also collected 6 kills, while hitting .222. Alexis Bliese tallied 19 assists in the match, while Jacqueline Woodyear added to her consistent play at libero with 14 digs.

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Lady Pirates Sweep Coppin State For First MEAC Win

HAMPTON, Va. -Hampton picked up its first MEAC win of the season on Sunday, defeating Coppin State 3-0 (25-11, 25-20, 25-17) in Holland Hall.

The Lady Pirates (5-17, 1-1 MEAC) have won five of their last eight matches.

Hampton hit .345 as a team for the match, thanks to 38 kills and just nine errors in 84 total attacks. The Lady Pirates had 12 kills and just one error in the first set, hitting .355 as a team and taking advantage of 10 Coppin State errors in that set.

Coppin State (3-15, 0-2 MEAC) hit just .011 as a team, committing 20 errors to go along with 21 kills in 88 attacks. The Lady Eagles hit a team-best .207 (12 kills, six errors in 29 attacks) in the second set.

The Lady Eagles also held a 7-4 edge in service aces.

Senior Aaryn Harrison led Hampton with nine kills on the afternoon, leaving her 19 shy of 1,000 for her career. Freshman Sheileen added eight kills, hitting .400 thanks to just two errors in 15 attacks.

Junior Mianna Armstrong added six kills.

Ashley Saunders led Coppin State with 10 kills, hitting .207 thanks to just four errors in 29 attacks. Vanity Massey had a team-high three service aces and 10 digs on defense, while Haley Beechler had a team-high 17 assists.

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Howard Falls at Home to Morgan State 3-2

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