Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Norfolk State volleyball team suffered a pair of losses during the second day of the JMU Classic, hosted by James Madison on Saturday at Sinclair Gymnasium.
 
Villanova swept NSU by a 3-0 score in the morning match, winning 25-16, 25-23 and 25-20. In the second contest of the day in the late afternoon, the Spartans won the first set over Charleston Southern before the Buccaneers took the last three for a 3-1 victory over NSU.
 
CSU won by scores of 19-25, 25-22, 25-19 and 25-17.
 
Junior Jessica Johnson sparked NSU in the second match of the day, finishing with 15 kills as the Spartan offense continued to improve for the third straight contest. Freshman Hope Forsythe had a solid day as well. She had a match-high 14 kills against Villanova and added 12 in the loss to CSU on the way to being named to the all-tournament team.
 
The Spartans got off to a strong start against the Buccaneers, eventually going up by a 10-7 score in the first set. CSU chipped away at the lead, tying it up at 14-14 and forcing an NSU timeout. The Spartans responded with a 7-2 run, capped by a Forsythe kill, for a five-point edge on the way to the first-set win.
 
They were again strong early in the second, as CSU called timeout when a service ace from freshman Clarke Tyler gave the Spartans a 9-7 advantage. Back-to-back kills from junior Janay Frazier and Johnson pushed the lead to 18-12, but CSU started to come back. A 4-0 run got the Bucs to within two, and they finished out the set by winning seven of the last eight points.
 
Johnson and Forsythe led NSU in the third set, as the Spartans again had the early lead, 11-9. The Bucs won five of seven at one point and then extended their lead thanks to a 6-0 spurt. NSU never got closer than five the rest of the way.
 
In the fourth, an 8-2 run by CSU gave the Bucs a 13-7 lead. A 6-1 run toward the end of the set gave them a comfortable margin for the rest of the way.
 
Meredith Parrott had 17 kills for CSU, while Siraya Windsor added 14 kills and 11 digs. The Bucs hit .200 and had the edge in blocks, 9-3, and service aces, 10-4.
 
Frazier had 10 kills, and Tyler added nine. The Spartans attacked at a .170 clip.
 
Against Villanova, NSU made runs in the second and third sets to keep things close.
 
After grabbing an early lead in the second set, NSU called timeout after the Wildcats won five straight to take a 9-6 lead. A block from Forsythe and senior Kylee Thiim cut the deficit to one, and the Spartans stayed with Villanova as the set wore on. A kill from Forsythe and an error on the Wildcats made it 22-21, but the teams traded points the rest of the way as Villanova held on.
 
The Spartans fell behind by a 9-3 score in the third set before fighting back to get within three. Villanova went on another run for a 19-11 edge, but Forsythe had three kills during an 8-1 run for NSU. She and Tyler had a block to cap the run, cutting the Wildcat lead to 20-19. Villanova called timeout and responded by scoring five of the last six points of the match.
 
In the first set, Villanova jumped out to a 5-1 lead before three kills from Forsythe sparked NSU during a 5-0 run. The Spartans were unable to win two straight the rest of the set, though, and a 6-0 run by the Wildcats a little later gave Villanova a comfortable first-set margin.
 
Lauren Carpenter and Brittany Rembert combined for 19 kills. Rembert was also one of four players with at least four blocks. The Wildcats hit .238 and had a 12-3 edge in blocks.
 
The Spartans hit .097. Johnson had nine kills, and Tyler totaled seven.
 
Junior Darcy Moore had 31 assists and 16 digs. She added 38 and seven in the second match, while senior Noelle Eagles posted 21 digs against CSU.
 
NSU will take part in the East Carolina Invitational next weekend, beginning with Tennessee Tech at 4 p.m. on Friday.