TAKOMA PARK, Md. - It is good wins don't have to look good because Bowie State volleyball had a battle on their hands in the season opener, edging Washington Adventist 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 26-24 and 25-20) on Wednesday night.
 
The non-conference match featured 12 lead changes, 30 ties and tremendous hustle play on both sides of the net. Bowie State begins the season 1-0 while Washington Adventist is even at 1-1 on the early season.
 
Sophomore Oladia Menchaca (Largo, Md.) and fellow sophomore Chelsea Beaudoin (Upper Marlboro, Md.) paced the Bulldogs with 12 and six kills each. Menchaca had a match-high 27 attacks and added eight digs and one block while Beaudoin chipped in a match-high five service aces and added seven digs. Junior Shalom Omo-Osagie (Baltimore, Md.) contributed five kills and a block in the win and freshman Madison Marshall (Albany, N.Y.) tallied five kills on 19 attacks to go along with five digs.
 
Bowie State sophomore Bianca Tucker (Edgewood, Md.) led both teams with 27 assists to go along with nine digs and three service aces. Senior Kilana Jenkins (Bridgeport, Conn.) paced the Bulldogs on defense with a match-high 11 digs.
 
Amber Morman led the Washington Adventist Shock in kills (13) on 31 attacks, service aces (4) and blocks with three. D'Shanee Blake was the Shock's setup artist, accounting for 14 of the teams 21 assists and tied for team-high dig honors with nine.
 
Bowie State begins conference play on Saturday (September 8) with a trio of games over the weekend. The Bulldogs open the CIAA Round-Up at 12 p.m. against Johnson C. Smith followed by a 6 p.m. matchup versus Livingstone. The Bulldogs will closeout the weekend with a Sunday (September 9) tilt against Winston-Salem State at 12 p.m. All matches will be hosted by Lincoln (Pa.) University.