Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Bowie State Suffers 3-1 Volleyball Setback to Virginia Union on Senior Night



BOWIE, Md. (October 27, 2014) - Bowie State University volleyball started strong but faded fast, suffering a 3-1 Senior Night setback to Virginia Union University. The loss sets the Lady Bulldogs overall season record at 6-20 overall, 3-12 on the conference and 1-8 in the division.

After the Lady Bulldogs captured a 25-22 first set win, the Lady Panthers regrouped to win three straight by scores of 25-17, 25-12 and 25-14 to earn the divisional win and sweep the season series on Monday evening.

Junior Yaje Ngundam (Bowie, Md.) and sophomore India Mason (New Orleans, La.) paced Bowie State with nine and eight kills respectively. Ngundam tallied a team-high 15 digs and redshirt junior Marissa Martinez (Albuquerque, N.M.) added 14 digs. Sophomore Amy Harvey (Laurel, Md.) recorded a team-high 23 assists.

Virginia Union (10-14, 9-5 CIAA, 5-3 North) was led by Kristin Madison (Fayetteville, N.C.) with a match-high 18 kills while Ellie Parsons picked up a match-high 23 digs for the Lady Panthers. Esha Atkins (Killeen, Texas) and Chelsea Beaudoin (Upper Marlboro, Md.) recorded 11 and 10 digs respectively. Atkins also paced both teams with a match-high 29 assists.

The Lady Bulldogs will be idle until they host Cheyney University at 7 pm on Tuesday, November 4th in Bowie State’s A.C. Jordan Arena.

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