Jourdan Lemons tallied eight assists, nine digs and a kill against UNCG.
Morgan State 0, UNCG 3
GREENSBORO, N.C. (September 18, 2010)- Ariel Newman picked up a match-high 11 kills, six digs and a block assist to help lead the host University of North Carolina Greensboro Spartans to a 3-0 (25-15, 25-12, 25-7) non-conference sweep over Morgan State on Friday evening at Fleming Gymnasium in the opener of the Spartan Spiketacular on the campus on UNCG. The defeat marked the 11th straight loss for the Lady Bears, who fell to 1-11 on the season.
Ari Lysacek totaled a team-high 19 assists along with eight digs and a block assist to help snag the teams' 10th win and improve their season record to 10-3. The Spartans managed to maintain a team attack percentage no lower than 87% the entire match, in addition to a 4.0-2.0 block advantage.
#Ngebui (Natalie) Chafeh# led Morgan State with a team-high four kills, seven assists and two digs, along with Dominique Bozier, Erin Cox, Ashley Johnson and Kierra Riley, who each notched three kills apiece. Jourdan Lemons added eight assists.
Morgan State came out very excited and ready to play, but seemed to be discouraged by the Spartans fast paced play and vocal emotions.
“It was a poor display of volleyball,” said Morgan State head coach Ramona Riley-Bozier. “It's been too many mistakes all the way around, our setters aren't doing a good job of getting the ball to the middle,” added Bozier. “I just can't think of any positive things to say about tonight.”
The Spartans finished the match with 44 kills on 89 attempts with 10 errors and had a hitting percentage of .382. The Bears picked up 19 kills, not even half of what the Spartans tallied, along with 21 attack errors out of 93 attempts with a percentage of -.022. The Spartans and Lady Bears both finished with an equal amount of five service errors.
The Lady Bears are hopeful to end this losing streak tomorrow when they face the Gardner-Webb Bulldogs at 12:30 p.m. and the Norfolk State Spartans at 5 p.m.
