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(ELIZABETH CITY, NC) The Elizabeth City State University volleyball team swept the Bowie State University Lady Bulldogs in three games (30-14, 30-17, 30-16) Monday afternoon at the RL Vaughan Center.

With the win ECSU (15-5, CIAA 10-1) retains its stranglehold on the CIAA Eastern Division with an unblemished 6-0 record. They have won 15 of their last 17 matches and are currently riding a 6-game win streak. It also represents their 12th three-game sweep of the 2007 season.

The Lady Bulldogs (8-12, CIAA 6-4 and 3-2 in the East)) had a negative hitting percentage of -0.54 with 24 kills vs. 29 errors (93 attempts) and had trouble with the Lady Vikings' service game, amassing 18 receiving errors. Freshman Bethany Sloat led Bowie State with eight kills and junior Tiffany Toney added another seven kills.

Just the opposite , ECSU totaled 35 kills versus only 10 errors and had field day on defense with 11 total team blocks. Christina Hager, who contributed 4 solo blocks and 4 assisted blocks of her own, tied with teammates Eva Johnson and Xie'Ara Maybank-Smallings 8 kills each. Defensively, Cassie Noe finished with a game high 18 digs.

Bowie State will host St. Paul's at 6 p.m. - Wednesday, October 10th in BSU's A.C. Jordan Arena.