Jessica Johnson tallied a career-high 20 kills, and Noelle Eagles broke her own school record for digs in a match with 33 as the Norfolk State survived against North Carolina A&T, 3-2, Wednesday night in a non-conference match at Moore Gymnasium.

NSU (7-18) rallied from three points down in the fifth set to win by a 15-13 margin. The Spartans easily won the first and third sets, 25-16, 25-15, and would have made it a 3-0 sweep had the Aggies not won in extra points in the second set, 31-29. A&T (1-25) also won the fourth set, 25-22.

The Spartans hit .235 and had a season-high 69 kills, led by the freshman Johnson's 20. She also completed the double-double with 13 digs. Eagles topped her previous school record of 31 digs set against Hampton on Sept. 22. The redshirt sophomore now owns the top 4 performances in NSU history, including a pair of 30-dig efforts her freshman year in 2010.

Freshman Te'Borah Hawkins-Hollingsworth totaled a season-best 15 kills for the Aggies from the left side, while freshman Brooke Stamnes posted her fifth double-double of the season with 13 kills and 17 digs.  Freshman Ashley Johnson tallied 25 digs to move to 360 on the year, the most by an A&T player since Stacey Malone tallied 513 in 2007.      

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