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NORFOLK, Va., April 2, 2021—Coppin State defeated North Carolina Central in straight sets, 25-23. 25-16, 25-19, in the semifinal round of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Volleyball Championship in Echols Hall.
 
The Eagles (11-4) will face North Carolina A&T State in the championship match on Saturday at 6 p.m. on ESPNU. Coppin State will make its first championship match appearance since 2013.
 
First Team All-MEAC selection Miajavon Coleman led the way with 14 kills and seven digs, hitting .211 for the match. Ashley Roman, who was also a First Team All-MEAC selection and the MEAC Defensive Player of the Year, tied the Eagles’ program record for digs in a match with 32.
 
Kareemah Hopkins, the MEAC Setter of the Year, had 31 assists.
 
Coppin State, the No. 1 seed out of the Northern Division, had a tightly contested first set on its hands, even after the Eagles led 13-7 roughty midway through. In fact, N.C. Central cut the lead to one 24-23, threatening to push the opening frame beyond the 25-point mark.
 
But Coppin got a kill from MEAC Rookie of the Year Chudear Tut and held on, 25-23.
 
The opening stages of the second set were as tight as the first, with the Eagles nursing a one-point lead at 12-11. But Coppin went on an 11-3 run to take control of the second set, going up 23-14, before an N.C. Central error at the end gave Coppin set point, 25-16.
 
The third set saw Coppin State hold N.C. Central at bay, and the Eagles opened things up a bit after a Coleman block gave them a 19-14 lead.
 
NCCU (4-3) made a run late in the going, cutting the lead to 24-19, but an error on the next rally gave Coppin State the set 25-19 and the match in straight sets.
 
Williams led NCCU with nine kills.