NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 30, 2019—Morgan State sophomore Zoe McBride was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Volleyball Player of the Week, the conference office announced today. Delaware State’s Jordan Vang was named Rookie of the Week, while North Carolina Central sophomore Arlanda Faulkner earned Defensive Specialist of the Week honors and Eagles sophomore Celene Morris was named Setter of the Week.
 
McBride (6-0, So., OH/RS, Ridgefield, Wash.) hit .291 in two matches to open conference play this past weekend, averaging 5.2 kills and 2.0 digs per set. In Friday’s opener against Maryland Eastern Shore, McBride had 27 kills to go along with nine digs and a career-high four service aces – hitting .299 – before adding 25 kills and 11 digs on Sunday against Delaware State – a match in which she also had three total blocks and two aces.
 
Vang (5-10, Fr., OH, Ontario, Canada) averaged 3.4 kills per set for the Hornets as they opened MEAC play 1-1 this past weekend, while also averaging 1.6 digs per set and hitting .294 over the course of eight sets played. She opened the weekend with 10 kills and seven digs against Coppin State, before turning in a 17-kill, six-dig, .378 effort in Sunday’s five-set win at Morgan State.
 
Faulkner (5-9, So., OH/RS, Goldsboro, N.C.) was a defensive force at the net and all over the court, helping lead the Eagles to their first two wins of the season, averaging 1.4 blocks and 2.1 digs per set. In a non-conference win over The Citadel, Faulkner had nine digs and eight total blocks (while also racking up 11 kills), and she added six digs and two blocks in Sunday’s conference win over South Carolina State.
 
Morris (5-8, So., S, Rockford, Ill.) averaged 11 digs per set for the Eagles this past week. She opened the week with a 41-assist, 14-dig double-double (her third of the season) as North Carolina Central defeated The Citadel in four sets for their first win of 2019, and she followed that up on Sunday with 36 assists and five kills in a sweep of South Carolina State.
 
Other Top Performers
Shayla Eugene (B-CU) had 14 digs against Norfolk State and 10 against Howard.
 
Ryleigh Taylor (B-CU) had 20 assists and 10 digs against Howard.
 
Bailey Robinson (B-CU) racked up 10 kills against Norfolk State.
 
Miajavon Coleman (CSU) recorded a double-double (16 kills, 16 digs) against Maryland Eastern Shore.
 
Brianna Lang (CSU) racked up 41 assists against Maryland Eastern Shore and 35 against Delaware State.
 
Ashley Roman (CSU) recorded 17 digs against Maryland Eastern Shore and 14 digs against Delaware State.
 
Jasmal Cruz (DSU) racked up 24 digs against Morgan State.
 
Jelena Dukic (DSU) had 49 assists against Morgan State.
 
Alyssa Brown (FAMU) had 13 kills against Norfolk State.
 
Maria Yvett Garcia (FAMU) recorded a double-double (16 kills, 10 digs) against Norfolk State.
 
Semira Blair (HOW) had 46 assists against Bethune-Cookman.
 
Myca Mitchell (HOW) recorded 14 kills against Bethune-Cookman and 12 kills against Florida A&M.
 
Fola Wilson (HOW) had 20 digs against Florida A&M and 18 against Bethune-Cookman.
 
Roi Wallace (MSU) racked up 48 assists against Maryland Eastern Shore.
 
Courteney Pitt (NCAT) had 18 kills and hit .500 against South Carolina State.
 
Addy Warfield (NCAT) recorded 17 assists against South Carolina State.
 
Alyssa Pieh (NCCU) recorded 11 digs and five service aces against The Citadel.
 
Jasmine Sanders (NCCU) had 15 kills against The Citadel and 14 against South Carolina State.
 
Myleah Carter (NSU) racked up 22 digs against Florida A&M.
 
Jannel Ezeagwu (NSU) had seven kills against Florida A&M.
 
Ivana Blazevic (UMES) had 40 assists against Coppin State and 39 against Morgan State.
 
Ilina Spasova (UMES) had 16 kills and 11 digs against Coppin State, before racking up 10 kills and 12 digs against Morgan State.