BALTIMORE, Md. – The Norfolk State volleyball team couldn't come up with a road victory on a weekend trip to Baltimore, falling 3-0 to Morgan State on Sunday afternoon at Hill Field House.
 
The Bears (8-19, 3-9 MEAC) defeated the Spartans (8-12, 7-6) by set scores of 25-21, 25-18, 25-17, their second win in their last three matches.
 
Shonte Seale led the Spartans with 12 kills on a .375 hitting percentage, while Gabrielle Gilbert contributed nine kills. Sydney McCree posted 24 assists, while Fabiana Mucciola tallied 16 digs in just three sets of play.
 
Seale got the match started with a quick kill, helping the Spartans jump out to a 3-0 lead in the first set. The Spartans maintained a small advantage for about half the set, until a 3-0 Bears run tied the game at 12-12.
 
After Morgan State took its first lead of the day, Seale responded with a powerful kill before a Mucciola ace moments later. McCree added another ace soon after, and the Spartans retook a two-point advantage.
 
Bears outside hitter Jourdan Page helped propel a 5-1 MSU run with a pair of kills, before serving out the final two points to earn Morgan State the opening set.
 
Morgan State jumped out to a quick 5-2 lead in the second set, but multiple Seale kills helped the Spartans get back within one. Another Mucciola ace and Gilbert kill kept the Spartans within striking distance, but back-to-back aces from Morgan State's Biko Hollie expanded the score gap.
 
Freshmen Gilbert and Grace Smith contributed kills from there, but Hollie landed another ace to close out the second game.
 
Alyssa Sampson led the Bears on a 4-0 run early in the second set, giving Morgan State a comfortable lead that it would hold the rest of the way. The Bears posted a .344 hitting percentage in the final game, keeping Norfolk State at a .185 clip.
 
NSU returns home on Friday for a senior night matchup against the Howard Bison at Gill Gymnasium at 6 p.m.