Eagles Break School Record for Victories in a Season
BALTIMORE -- Ariel Richard had 17 kills and Coppin State broke the school record for wins in a season with a 25-21, 25-23, 21-25, 25-12 non-conference victory over New Jersey Institute of Technology on Friday in the Physical Education Complex.
With the win, Coppin State improved to 12-15 on the season which broke the previous school record of 11 victories set last year.
Richard finished with a double-double as she also had 10 digs. She added three blocks and two service aces.
Kandace Thomas had 13 kills, three blocks and posted a .333 hitting percentage, while Kendra Ireigbe had nine kills and three blocks.
Gabrielle Otero led three CSU players in double figures in digs with 19. Nicole Malave had 12 digs and Richard had 10.
New Jersey Tech (7-14) was led by Valerie Carroll with nine kills.
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Strakova paces Hampton past Delaware State
DOVER, Del. --- Vendula Strakova had 19 kills on 28 attempts to lead MEAC North leader Hampton to a 3-0 win over Delaware State in a league match at Memorial Hall this evening.
The scores were 25-13, 25-23 and 25-17.
Jessica Croucher led Delaware State with 13 kills, while Natalia Mendieta had a team-high 27 assists. Sonya Inderbitzen topped the Hornets with seven digs.
Hampton had a .609 hitting percentage (15 kills/1 error/23 attacks) en route to its game one win.
Hampton had a .453 hitting percentage in the contest (40/6/75), compared to .165 for the Hornets (30/17/79).
Delaware State held a 25-24 lead in digs, while Hampton outblocked the Hornets 15-4.
Hampton improved to 15-10 and 9-2 in the MEAC. DSU fell to 2-21 and 0-11.
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Morgan Falls To Howard on Senior Night, 3-1; Must Now Wait For MEAC Championship Fate
BALTIMORE, Md. -- The outcome of Friday evening’s season finale against Beltway rival Howard didn’t end the way the Lady Bears had planned or hoped to close out the season on Senior Night. Instead, it was the Lady Bison walking away with a 3-1 (25-21, 16-25, 25-15, 25-17) road win in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) North Division contest at Hill Field House.
Morgan State (12-13, 7-5 MEAC), which entered the contest looking to sweep this season’s MEAC series with the Lady Bison and secure the No. 2 seed in the division, dropped to fourth with the loss. Only the top four teams in the division advance to the league championship.
The Lady Bears will now have to play the waiting game and hope that Delaware State can knock off Norfolk State (which holds the tie-breaker over Morgan State) on Sunday and Coppin defeats Howard. If Norfolk State were to beat Delaware State and Howard beats Coppin State, then that would create a three-way tie between Morgan State, Coppin State and Norfolk State. In that case the Lady Bears would be eliminated.
Meanwhile, the Lady Bison improved to 20-9 overall and 8-3 in MEAC play and remained in second-place. They can solidify the No. 2 spot with a win over Coppin State on Sunday.
Zuri Smith tallied a match-high 14 kills, while Samantha Prescott fell shy of a double-double, finishing with nine kills and 12 digs. Arianna Hayden led the Lady Bears with a match-high 18 digs. Senior Ngebui Chafeh recorded a match-high 33 assists and added three kills on five attempts for a team-high hitting percentage of .600 in her final home contest. Fellow senior Janelle Wilson finished with five kills, an assist, a dig and a block in her last outing at home.
Howard was led by Meagan Lagerlef, who finished with a team-high 12 kills, while Assata Conway tallied nine kills to help Howard earn a conference split with the Lady Bears and win the season series, 2-1. The two teams also met earlier in the season at the Providence Friar Classic with Howard winning in five sets. Katherine Broussard had a team-high 12 digs and added eight kills, while Stephanie Shultis finished with 31 assists and eight kills on the evening. Allyson Lods collected 10 digs.
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South Carolina State Sweeps North Carolina Central in Women's Volleyball
ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- The South Carolina State women's volleyball team defeated North Carolina Central, 3-0 ( 25-18, 25-20, 25-17), in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) match. With the win the Lady Bulldogs improve to 5-21 overall and 4-5 in the MEAC.
Senior Desire Waller led all attackers with a match-high 27 kills. Waller also picked seven digs with one solo block. Sophomore Marissa Lawerence continued to play solid for the Lady Bulldogs as she contributed eight kills with seven digs in the win.
North Carolina Central was by led by Kalin Russell with 13 kills. Ashley McCarthy had 10 kills as the Lady Eagles fell to 3-24 overall and 3-6 in the MEAC.
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