BALTIMORE-Hampton beat Morgan State 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 27-25) in the Hill Field House on Saturday afternoon in their MEAC opener.

The Lady Pirates (10-10, 1-0 MEAC) have won three of their last four matches, and this is their first win over Morgan State since 2008. It is also Hampton's second three-set win of the season.

Vendula Strakova led the Lady Pirates with 11 kills, while Sonja Maksimovic added eight kills and Krista Kraskura had seven. Senior Mariah Baylor hit a team-best .375 with four kills and just one error in eight attacks.

Strakova and Kraskura each had a team-high 10 digs on defense.

Hampton hit .225 for the match, recording 36 kills and just 13 errors in 102 total attacks. The Lady Pirates also had 8.0 blocks, to just 4.0 for Morgan State.

Morgan State's Arianna Hayden had a career and match-high 14 kills and Zuri Smith added 10 kills in the loss.

Morgan State had a .071 hitting percentage, while Ngebui (Natalie) Chafeh totaled a match-high 31 assists.

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