Coppin State hands Hampton first MEAC loss in 3-2 victory

BALTIMORE -- Ariel Richard led three players in double figures with 18 kills and Coppin State rallied from a 2-0 deficit to hand Hampton its first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference loss of the season with a 23-25, 13-25, 28-26, 25-19, 15-13 victory over the Pirates on Friday in the Physical Education Complex.

Richard had 18 kills, while Kendra Ireigbe had 12 kills and Kandace Thomas added 11 kills to lead Coppin State to its fifth-straight victory at home.

Coppin State, which improved to 8-15 overall and 4-4 in conference play, also received a career-high 53 assists from Chelsee Sauni.

Three Coppin State players, led by Gabrielle Otero with 18, reached double figures in digs. Jasmine Burton added 16 digs and Nicole Malave chipped in with 10 digs.

Thomas led the CSU blockers with four blocks, while Richard and Ireigbe each had three blocks.

Hampton, which dropped to 13-9 overall and 7-1 in the MEAC, was paced by Vendula Strakova who had a match-high 33 kills. Strakova, who leads the nation in kills, also added six digs, three service aces and two assists.

The Pirates also received 16 kills from Sonja Maksimovic and 16 digs from Shelleen Pagan.

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Hudson paces Bethune-Cookman past Savannah State

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Destiny Hudson had 10 kills, while Delicia Pierre had eight kills, nine digs and five service aces as Bethune-Cookman downed Savannah State 3-0 (25-18,25-12,25-21) in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Southern Division match Friday in Moore Gym.

Phylecia Armstrong added six kills and Jennifer Jimenez 11 digs as the Lady Cats (5-22 overall, 4-2 MEAC) snapped a six-match losing streak.

Justice Dilworth had seven kills for Savannah State (0-26,0-6).

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SC State Falls to Florida A&M in MEAC action

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—The SC State women’s volleyball team fell to Florida A&M, 3-0 (25-11, 25-21, 25-15), in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference matchup.  The match was the second of three road matches for the Lady Bulldogs.

Desire Waller put down seven kills with three service aces to lead SC State (3-19, 2-4 MEAC).  Senior Taylor Bailey contributed five kills with five total blocks and sophomore Marissa Lawrence had five kills in the match.

Florida A&M was led by Katherine Huanec with 15 kills.  Ginna Lopez-Chavez and Yeisha Arcia had eight kills each for the Lady Rattlers who improved to 10-6 overall and 6-0 in the MEAC.

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Norfolk State Survives at Morgan State in 3-2 Win

BALTIMORE, Md. – The Norfolk State volleyball team overcame a slow start and survived a five-set thriller in a 3-2 win over Morgan State on Friday night in a key conference matchup for the Spartans.

The teams came into the contest at MSU’s Hill Field House tied in the MEAC Northern Division standings, but with the victory NSU took over third place from the Bears while also holding the tiebreaker thanks to a season sweep.

After NSU nearly gave away the first meeting earlier this year in Norfolk, the Spartans came out on Friday and struggled in losing the first set, 25-12. NSU came back to win the next two 25-20 and 25-23, before the Bears won the fourth set, 25-19. The Spartans then won their third straight five-set match in conference play with a 15-13 victory in the final set.

NSU improved to 5-3 in the MEAC and 9-14 overall, while Morgan State dropped to 4-4 and 9-12 overall. The victory had even more importance after Coppin State knocked off Hampton on Friday to also move to 4-4 and into a tie for fourth place with Morgan State.

Only the top 4 teams in the division advance to the conference tournament.

Senior Goda Jankauskaite had a big night for the Spartans, who did not have the edge in the statistical field over Morgan State. Jankauskaite had 22 kills and was one of just two NSU players in double figures along with senior Coralie Jarema, who had 10 on a .364 attack percentage.

Morgan State, meanwhile, hit .314 as a team compared to just .157 for NSU. Samantha Prescott had 18 kills, with Zuri Smith adding 10.

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