Box Score BALTIMORE, Md. – Morgan State handed the Norfolk State volleyball team is second 3-0 defeat of the weekend on Sunday afternoon at the Hill Field House.
Two days after Coppin State narrowly won in all three sets against NSU on Friday, the Bears had a much easier time with the Spartans on Sunday. MSU won 25-13, 25-17 and 25-18 to improve its record to 6-2 in the MEAC Northern Division.
Morgan State also saw its overall record move to 9-13, while NSU dropped to 2-18 overall and 1-6 in conference play.
Keana Browne and Evely Macedo combined for 21 kills for Morgan State, which hit .392 with 41 kills. NSU was done in by a combined 32 attack and service errors. The Spartans had 27 kills for the match and held a .042 attack percentage.
Senior
Angie Darcus added nine kills to lead NSU.
In the first set, NSU called timeout after falling behind by a 6-2 score. After a kill by senior
Janay Frazier, the Bears began a 9-2 run that extended their lead to double digits. NSU was never less than within eight the rest of the set.
MSU jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the second, and the Bears pulled ahead by seven at 10-3 and then by eight and nine points midway through the set. A kill from junior
Sydney Dailey cut the MSU lead to 17-11, but again the Bears had no problem the rest of the way.
The Spartans got going early in the third set, using a 7-2 spurt to build a 9-5 lead. Three different NSU players had service aces during that run. The Spartans still had a four point lead after a kill by senior
Darcy Moore and an error on the Bears, who turned right around and scored seven straight. It marked the start of a 12-2 run that put the Spartans in a six-point hole.
NSU got to within four points twice on MSU errors before the Bears put the match away.
Browne had 11 kills on 12 swings while hitting .833. She also had three blocks as MSU outblocked the Spartans, 6-0. The Bears also held an edge in digs, 37-25, while NSU had six service aces to two for MSU.
The Spartans will return home to face Howard at 6 p.m. on Friday at Joseph Echols Hall.
