Senior Tiffany Oliver has 18 kill effort vs. UMBC.
Box Score
What a match!!! The Morgan State University Lady Bears (5-13, 1-0 MEAC), and the University of Maryland Baltimore County Retrievers hooked-up in a slugfest @ MSU's Hill Field House Tuesday evening. When the smoke cleared UMBC emerged with the win 3-2 (30-21,24-30,33-31,19-30,13-15).
The match was an "edge of your seat" free for all, with both squads punching and counter punching their way through 5 games and nearly two and a half hours of thrilling volleyball action.
The Lady Bears fought hard, but could not put away the Retrievers, as UMBC bounced back to capture the match after falling behind 2 games to 1.
Morgan State got out of the gate quickly, as they captured Game 1 (30-21). Morgan out hit and out blocked the visitors on their way to the win in the first game. However, in Game 2 UMBC responded. They served extremely well in the 2nd game and took MSU out of their offense on their way to a 30-24 win.
Game 3 was a classic. Both teams left it all on the floor. MSU & UMBC each fought off several game points. But it was the Lady Bears who showed the most resolve down the stretch as they recovered from a 31-30 deficit to win Game 3 33-31.
Game 4 was dominated by UMBC and they put away the Lady Bears 30-19.
In the 5th and deciding game, both teams had their chances. Morgan State held a 13-11 lead, and appeared to be on the verge of pulling out the victory. However, UMBC fought back and scored the last four points of the match to pull it out 15-13.
The Lady Bears were led by senior Tiffany Oliver (Merced, California/Golden Valley HS) who delivered 18 kills, 3 service aces and 9 total blocks. Ms. Oliver got lots of help from Tasha Neal (Phoenix, AZ/St. Mary's HS) who collected 11 kills for the evening.
Senior Dashmeire Ward (Bakersfield, California/Ridgeview HS) had a 12 dig day for the Lady Bears. Erica Murdock-Waters (Roseville, CA/Woodcreek HS) contributed 34 assists and 6 kills to the cause.
UMBC was led by Jennifer Davis who put down 18 kills. Jocelyn Teoh had a 17 kill performance. Megan Gross was busy defensively with 19 digs.
The Lady Bears travel to Princess Anne, MD on Thursday, October 2, 2003 to take on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in a big MEAC North encounter.
