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BALTIMORE, Md. (Sept. 18, 2019)-The Morgan State volleyball team will close out its non-conference schedule this weekend when it travels to the Nation's Capital to compete in the Hoya Invitational (Sept. 20-21), hosted by Georgetown University. On Friday, the Lady Bears square off against the host Hoyas at noon, and will meet Florida International at 3 p.m. Morgan State concludes the tournament on Saturday with an 11 a.m. contest against Binghamton. All three matches will be played at McDonough Arena in Washington, D.C.  
 
MSU AGAINST THE FIELD: The Lady Bears will meet the host Hoyas in the opener for the second consecutive year in a tournament hosted by Georgetown. Last season the two met in the Dig The District Invitational (9/14/18). The Hoyas lead the all-time series, 5-0, including last year's 3-0 victory. Morgan State and FIU will meet for just the second time with the Lady Bears winning the lone meeting in 1995. Binghamton won the lone meeting with Morgan State in 2009.
 
LAST WHISTLE: Morgan State dropped all three of its matches last week during the Les Schwab Rose City Showdown (Sept. 13-14) in Portland, Ore. The Lady Bears fell to host Portland State, 3-2 in the opener, before falling to Cal State Northridge and Nevada in three.
 
NEXT UP: Morgan State returns home for the first of four consecutive home contests when it welcomes the University of Maryland Eastern Shore on Friday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. at Hill Field House. It will be the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference opener for both teams. 
  
MCBRIDE NAMED TO THIRD STRAIGHT ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Zoe McBride was named to the Les Schwab Rose City Showdown All-Tournament Team (9/14) at Portland State. The honor marked her third consecutive all-tournament team selection in as many weeks. McBride, who was born in Portland, Ore., finished the weekend with 48 kills, 32 digs, three blocks, an ace and one assist. She began the week with 24 kills and 17 digs to earn her fifth double-double of the season. She concluded the first day with 12 kills, nine digs and a block against Cal State Northridge. McBride wrapped up the tournament with 12 kills, six digs, two blocks and an assist in the finale against Nevada.
 
TRACKING WALLACE TO 3,000 ASSISTS: Roi Wallace has recorded 344 assists during the first three weeks of the season and is now 120 assists away from becoming just the third Lady Bear to reach 3,000 career assists. Wallace entered the season with a total of 2,536 career assists, which ranks third on the Morgan State charts. She currently has 2,880. 
 
HUBBARD CLOSING IN ON 1,000 DIGS: Senior Jasmin Hubbard picked up a total of 16 digs over the weekend against Portland State (6), Cal State Northridge (2) and Nevada (8), giving her 993 career digs and is now seven away from reaching the 1,000-digs plateau. The Reno, Nevada native entered the 2019 campaign with 974 career digs and is currently fifth all-time at Morgan State.
 
BOZIER ONE SHY OF 460: Morgan State head coach Ramona Riley-Bozier entered the 2019 season six wins shy of career victory No. 460. Following a 5-2 start, she is now one win away from victory No. 460. Riley-Bozier, who is the all-time winningest coach at Morgan State in any sport with 459 career victories as the volleyball coach, is also the softball program's all-time career leader with 161 victories in nine seasons at the helm. Riley-Bozier began 2019 ranked 33rd in career wins among active coaches on the NCAA's Division I coaching list.
 
BEST START EVER: The Morgan State volleyball team's 5-1 mark was its best start in school history through the first six matches, after going 2-1 in the Knights Fall Classic (Sept. 6-7). Twice the program has began a season with a 4-2 record (1982, 94).  
 
SAYING GOODBYE: Morgan State will say goodbye to its seniors, Jasmin Hubbard and Roi Wallace prior to its regular season finale 'Senior Day' match against Norfolk State on Nov. 3 at Hill Field House.
 
2019 MEAC CHAMPIONSHIP: This year's 2019 MEAC volleyball championship will take place November 22-24 in Washington, D.C. at Howard University's Burr Gymnasium.