NORFOLK, Va. – A balanced attack led Gold to a 3-0 sweep of Green Saturday afternoon at Joseph Echols Hall as the Norfolk State volleyball program held its annual Green vs. Gold scrimmage. Gold won in three straight sets, 25-15, 25-23, 25-17 for the victory.

Seniors Charlotte Armstead and Beatriz Ferreira each had nine kills to lead the way for Gold, while senior Maatra Henderson had six. A pair of newcomers, freshman Jessica Johnson and junior college transfer Coralie Jarema, each added five kills for Gold.

Assistant coach Dave Albaugh, who competed for Green along with interim head coach Brandon Duvall because of a shortage of numbers, had 13 kills on the day. Freshman Janay Frazier, sophomore Jasmin Flowers and redshirt sophomore Kylee Thiim each added three kills for Green.

Tied at 4-4 in the first set, Gold scored the next four points to take an early lead in the match. Sophomore Adriana Ramos' service ace made it 10-5 a short time later, and then a kill and service ace from freshman Darcy Moore gave Gold a 12-8 lead. Several errors on Gold and a kill from Thiim cut the deficit to one, 15-14, but Gold scored 10 of the next 11 points of the set to take the win, 25-15.

Kills from Henderson and Ferreira gave Gold a 5-3 lead in the second set, and then Armstead, Johnson and Jarema each threw down kills for a 10-8 lead. Green responded, though, taking a 13-11 lead and then a 17-14 lead following a kill by Ferreira and an attack error on Gold. A little later in the set, Gold won four of five points during a short stretch for a 21-20 lead. A kill by Moore was followed by several more Green errors, which ended in Gold winning the second set, 25-23.

Ferreira added three kills to give Gold a 5-2 lead to start the third set. Armstead added to the lead, and then Green committed several attack errors to fall behind, 13-7. Gold stretched the lead to 18-11 on two more Green attack errors, and a kill by Armstead and a service ace from Ramos helped stake Gold to a 21-12 advantage. Ferreira added another kill and an error on Green ended the match with Gold on top, 25-17.

Ramos had three service aces for Gold, while Moore added three kills and two service aces.

The Spartans will kick off their season next Friday against Omaha-Nebraska at the Kristen Dickmann Invitational at Navy.