BOWIE, Md. – Bowie State University volleyball experienced a nights of firsts, as the Bulldogs swept Elizabeth City State University in straight sets (25-18, 25-21 and 25-22) Tuesday night in the A.C. Jordan Arena. The sweep was the second of the season for Bowie State but the first (CIAA) conference victory of the season and first divisional win of the year.
The Bowie State Bulldogs (2-19, 1-13 CIAA, 1-7 North) were paced by senior
Tia Williams (Abingdon, Md.) with a match-high 12 kills on 22 attacks. Senior
Kiana Moore (Newark, Del.) and freshman
Sydney Tucker (Columbia, Md.) contributed a half dozen kills and junior
Brittainy Houck (Burns, Ore.) tallied a match-high 10 digs for the Bulldogs.
Sydney Tucker served up a match-high seven aces and added eight digs, a solo block and one block assists.
Freshmen
Bianca Tucker (Edgewood, Md.) and
Oladia Menchaca (Landover, Md.) accounted for double-digit assists of 15 and 12 respectively in the win.
As a team, the Bulldogs had a .196 attack percentage with their best set coming in the set three, recording a team attack percentage of 68 percent. The match featured 15 ties (10 in the second set) and eight lead changes.
Elizabeth City State (2-21, 2-11 CIAA, 2-5 North) was led by the freshmen duo of Elizabeth Cagle and Jahera Dangerfield, both of Jacksonville, N.C.), with six kills each while senior Nikuale Singleton (Greenville, N.C.) and freshman Breyona Debrough chipped in a pair of kills in the loss for the Lady Vikings.
Senior Lauren Burgess (Gates, N.C.) accounted for all 14 of Elizabeth City State's assists in the match to go along with three service aces and three digs.
The Bulldogs will turn around in less than 24 hours to host Cheyney University in a non-conference match at 7 p.m. Wednesday (10/18) night in BSU's A.C. Jordan Arena.
Bowie State University volleyball experienced a nights of firsts, as the Bulldogs swept Elizabeth City State University in straight sets (25-18, 25-21 and 25-22) Tuesday night in the A.C. Jordan Arena. The sweep was the second of the season for Bowie State but the first (CIAA) conference victory of the season and first divisional win of the year.
