Box Score - Game 1
Box Score - Game 2

PRINCESS ANNE, Md. — The Norfolk State Volleyball team dropped its final two games of the 2007 Comfort Inn Classic at the W.P. Hytche Center on the campus of Maryland Eastern Shore. The Spartans lost 3-1 (30-17, 33-31, 30-28, 30-21) to St. Francis and then dropped a 3-0 decision (30-24, 30-18, 30-16) to host UMES.

For St. Francis (3-13), Shirley Miller hit .351 with 16 kills and three aces. Kristen Buter had 11 kills and nine digs, and Alexa Ebert had 23 assists and six digs.

Vanessa Faircloth (Lumberton, N.C.) and Yolanda Roberts (Virginia Beach, Va.) led the Spartans (3-17) with 10 kills each. Faircloth hit .350 with a pair of service aces, solo blocks, and digs. Abaina Farrell (Charlotte Amalie, U.S.V.I.) had a match-high 15 digs and Heather Quinn (Conyers, Ga.) and Chantel Cherry (Portsmouth, Va.) each recorded eight kills.

Against UMES (13-3), Cherry paced the Spartans with nine kills and added two blocks (one solo). Faircloth and Shardonay Blueford (Chesapeake, Va.) tallied seven kills apiece and Solange Honore (San Fernando, Trinidad) dished out 25 assists and had four aces.

Whitney Johnson led the Hawks with 15 kills and Adora Luster hit .647 with 11 kills and no errors. The Hawks had 48 kills for the match and hit .433 as a team.

NSU opens conference play on Tuesday when South Carolina State makes the trip to Echols Hall for a 7 p.m. match.