Box Score NORFOLK, Va. – UMES hit .304 and committed just 10 attack errors in downing the Norfolk State volleyball team on Friday night by a 3-0 score in Gill Gymnasium.
 
The Hawks spoiled NSU's Senior Night – the Spartans honored four players prior to the start of the match – by winning 25-16, 25-19 and 25-19. The win improved their record to 19-6 overall and 7-3 in MEAC play.
 
NSU (2-20, 1-8 MEAC) was led by junior Dominique Parker, who tallied nine kills without an error and hit .409 for the night. Senior Angie Darcus also had nine kills to go with nine digs.
 
Zuzana Ondruskova finished with 11 kills and nine digs for UMES.
 
Senior Janay Frazier had three kills early in the match to help NSU build a 6-2 lead. UMES called timeout a short time later down by five, and then with the score 12-8 in favor of the Spartans, the Hawks took control. A kill by Ashley Smith started a 14-1 run that had the Hawks up by as much as nine.
 
The two squads went back and forth early in the second, with the Spartans using back-to-back solo blocks by sophomore Clarke Tyler to eventually go up, 7-6. The score remained tight until UMES started scoring two or three points for every point from NSU. It ended as a 12-4 run for the Hawks. Kills by Parker and sophomore Hope Forsythe helped the Spartans get to within four, 23-19, before falling short.
 
NSU's third active senior, setter Darcy Moore, had a kill in the third set that put the Spartans ahead by a 5-4 margin. But again the Hawks had an answer, this time thanks to a 7-0 spurt. After a service ace from junior Sydney Dailey cut the Hawk lead to five, UMES began an 8-3 run that pushed the lead to double digits. Then with Moore leading the way on serve, NSU won five straight before UMES setter Petra Jerabkova put down one of her three kills on the night to finish the sweep.
 
The Spartans hit .101 for the match but committed 23 attack errors. Although the Hawks had a 7.5-4.0 advantage in blocks, UMES also hit five more service errors than the Spartans (7-2).
 
Moore led NSU with 10 digs to go with 25 assists and four kills.
 
Lucia Babic, Haley Robinson and Alana Polk combined for 23 kills and just three errors for UMES.
 
The Spartans will finish out the season with three straight matches on the road, beginning with Hampton on Sunday at HU's Holland Hall.