Women's Volleyball Downs La Salle on the Road
PHILADELPHIA --- Senior middle blocker Assata Conway and freshman outside hitter Khaila Donaldson combined for 27 kills to help the Howard women's volleyball team earn a 3-1 victory the LaSalle Explorers on Tuesday evening at LaSalle's Tom Gola Arena.
Conway was extremely effective as an attacker in the game, logging her 10 kills with a .529 hitting percentage. Donaldson led all players with 17 kills, the third time she posted a game high in kills in four career games.
Three players posted double-digit digs - senior libero Allyson Lods (game-high 22), sophomore outside hitter (14) and sophomore libero Morgan Marlbrough (12) - and senior setter Stephanie Shultis added 43 assists.
Howard (2-2) stayed even with LaSalle in the first set, playing to a 7-7 tie early on. An 8-3 surge by LaSalle (2-3) put the Explorers ahead 15-10 and the home team would hold off the Lady Bison, 25-22.
After playing struggling for consistency in that first set, the Lady Bison settled in and pulled away in sets two through four.
In set two, Howard hit .342 and sided out at a 84 percent clip to win the set 25-19 and even the match heading into the break.
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Hens Defeat Hornets in First State Battle
NEWARK, Del. (Sep. 2, 2014) --- The Delaware State University volleyball team got off to slow start and never recovered in a 3-0 loss to Delaware at the Bob Carpenter Center this evening. The scores were 25-8, 25-15 and 25-16.
The Hens scored the first six points of the opening game, and used a 7-0 run to build an 18-4 advantage.
In the second set, Delaware State trailed 13-5 before attempting a comeback. The Hornets scored seven of the next nine points, and pulled to within 15-12 on a UD error. Jasmine Jackson had three consecutive kills during the DSU run.
The Hornets trailed 16-13 before Delaware pulled away. The Hens scored the next six points to stretch their lead to 22-13.
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Volleyball Drops First Match at William and Mary
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The Hampton University volleyball team fell victim to revenge of sorts Tuesday evening at Kaplan Arena, as William and Mary won 3-0 (30-28, 25-22, 25-18) to hand the Lady Pirates their first loss of the season.
The Lady Pirates (3-1) have still won eight of their last 11 matches to wrap up in straight sets.
Senior Vendula Strakova (Brno, Czech Republic), fresh off being named the AVCA Div. I National Player of the Week, turned in another strong effort, tallying a match-high 20 kills and nine digs, hitting .302. Senior Krista Kraskura (Kuldiga, Latvia) notched her fourth straight double-double to open 2014, racking up 14 kills and a team-high 13 digs.
She hit a team-best .542.
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NCCU Volleyball Drops Season-First Road Match at Radford
RADFORD Va. – The North Carolina Central University volleyball team suffered a 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 25-16) sweep to the Radford Highlanders during the Eagles first road contest of the season on Tuesday, Sept. 2 in Radford, Va., at the Dedmon Center.
Senior outside hitter Da'sha Brown (Gaston, N.C.) led NCCU offensively contributing eight kills while sophomore Kelsey Murphy (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) and senior Ashley McCarthy (Elmont, N.Y.) added four a piece.
As the Eagles started the match on the service side, NCCU scored two quick points off of a Radford error and a Gabrielle Leclerc (Narragansett, R.I.) service ace. A back-and-forth battle took place for the next few points before the Highlanders pulled away with the set, taking the 25-14 victory.
Set two began in similar fashion, as the Eagles took a quick 2-0 lead. NCCU's offensive struggles continued to plague the team through the match as they only tallied 11 set points falling behind 2-0 in the match.
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