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BALTIMORE, Md. (Sept. 2, 2019)-The Morgan State volleyball team returns to the court on Tuesday, Sept. 3 when it welcomes the Saints of Siena to Hill Field House for a rare weekday afternoon contest. First serve is at 1 p.m. It will be the second meeting between the two non-conference foes with Siena leading the series, 1-0. The Saints are coming off a five-set loss at Coppin State on Sunday.
 
LAST WHISTLE: Morgan State began the 2019 season at home for the first time in 15 years and didn't disappoint, going 2-1 over the weekend in the Morgan/Towson Invitational (Aug. 30-31). The Lady Bears defeated Seton Hall in five sets in the opener to record its first season opening victory since 2011. Morgan State then defeated William & Mary in five sets to earn its first 2-0 start since 1997. However, playing for the first time since 2012, rival Towson was too much in the title match, as the Tigers held off Morgan State, 3-0 in the finale.  
 
NEXT UP: The Lady Bears will take to the road for the first time this season, when they travel to Hackensack, N.J. to compete in the Knights Fall Classic (Sept. 6-7), hosted by Fairleigh Dickinson. Morgan State will begin on Friday, Sept. 6 with a 5:30 p.m. contest against the host Knights, before facing New Jersey Institute of Technology and Quinnipiac on Saturday at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively.    
  
OPENING SERVE: Morgan State improved to 9-18 over the weekend in season openers since the 1993 season, after defeating Seton Hall 3-2 in the opener of the Morgan/Towson Invitational (8/30). The Lady Bears, who prior to the victory lost seven consecutive season openers, had last won on opening day in 2011 when they defeated Saint Peter's 3-0 at the La Salle Invitational (8/26/11).
 
MCBRIDE, SANTOS NAMED TO ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM: Sophomore outside hitter Zoe McBride and junior libero Jennevy Santos were named to the Morgan/Towson Invitational All-Tournament Team (8/31). McBride finished with a combined 60 kills, 31 digs, four blocks, two assists, an ace and had a .268 hitting percentage with two double-doubles for the week. She recorded a career-high 30 kills, while hitting for .383 and added 13 digs, three blocks (2 solo) and two assists in the season opening win over Seton Hall (8/30). Santos tallied 49 digs and 10 assists in three matches. She collected 18 digs and three assists in her Morgan State debut against Seton Hall, before posting 22 digs and five assists in the win over William & Mary (8/30).

PLAY LIKE IT'S 1997: The Morgan State volleyball team began the season winning its first two contests, following victories over Seton Hall and William & Mary on the opening day of the Morgan/Towson Invitational (8/30). It marked the first 2-0 start for the Lady Bears since 1997, when that squad started out 3-0 and captured the MEAC title.
 
MORGAN PICKED THIRD IN MEAC NORTH: Morgan State was picked to finish third in the northern division of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) preseason poll, as voted by the league's head coaches and sports information directors. Last year, the Lady Bears were picked to finish third and went 13-15 overall, 5-5 in the MEAC for fourth.
 
BOZIER ENTERS 32ND SEASON: Morgan State head coach Ramona Riley-Bozier enters her 32nd season at the helm of the Lady Bear program. The all-time winningest coach at Morgan State (456), Riley-Bozier begins 2019 ranked 33rd in career wins (then 454) among active coaches on the NCAA's Division I coaching list. She guided the Lady Bears to 88 consecutive MEAC Northern Division wins between 1994-2003. She has led MSU to five MEAC Championships, three NCAA Tournament appearances and earned MEAC Coach of the Year honors five times. Bozier also coached the softball team at MSU for nine seasons and in 1999 led the team to its only MEAC title game appearance. A native of Kansas City, Mo., Bozier, is a graduate of Morgan State, where she was a two-sport start in volleyball and track. She is one of 11 players in the history of the program to have registered 1,000 career kills. On the track, Bozier was a three-time All-American and one of the top triple jumpers at Morgan. She still holds the UMBC meet record in the 60 meter dash (1983) and ran the first leg of the 4X100 relay, which in 1986 set the school record in a time of 44.47 seconds, which also still stands. That squad would also win the Penn Relays and finished second that year at the Division I National Championships. Bozier was inducted into the Morgan State Hall of Fame in 2003.
 
NEW FACE ON THE SIDELINE: Sanky Sanny will begin his first season as the Lady Bears assistant coach. Sanny spent the past two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach at Holy Family University in Philadelphia, Pa., where he helped the team compile a combined 52-16 overall record and 33-5 in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference. Last season he helped the Tigers to a 31-6 record and 18-1 in league play, as they captured the program's first-ever CACC title and advanced to the NCAA Division II East Region championship match. Sanny spent his collegiate career as a member of Temple's men's club team, helping the Owls earn their first Atlantic Collegiate Volleyball Conference title in 2015. He would earn a Bachelor of Science degree in athletic training from Temple in 2017.  
 
BOZIER FOUR SHY OF 460: Morgan State head coach Ramona Riley-Bozier entered the 2019 season six wins shy of career victory No. 460. Following a 2-1 opening week, she is now four wins away from victory No. 460. Riley-Bozier, who is the all-time winningest coach at Morgan State in any sport with 456 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.
 
TRACKING WALLACE TO 3,000 ASSISTS: Roi Wallace recorded 128 assists during the opening week of the season and is now 336 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 2,664 assists.
 
HUBBARD CLOSING IN ON 1,000 DIGS: Senior Jasmin Hubbard picked up two digs in the win over William & Mary (8/30), giving her 976 career digs and is now 24 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.
 
UNBEATEN STREAKS ON THE LINE: Morgan State will look to extend its winning ways, as it enters the season unbeaten against three its opponents: Florida International (1-0), North Carolina Central (2-0) and South Carolina State (22-0). The Lady Bears will face Florida International on Sept. 20 on the first day of the 2019 Hoya Invitational. Morgan State will host North Carolina Central on Oct. 4 for Alumni Night and will welcome South Carolina State to Baltimore for its Go4Goal event on Oct. 25.
 
SOMEONE NEW: Morgan State will square off against three first-time opponent this season, in Cal State Northridge, Nevada and Portland State. The Lady Bears will face all three opponents during the third weekend of the season in Portland, Ore. in the Les Schwab Rose City Showdown (Sept. 13-14).
 
RIVALS TO HOST MORGAN/TOWSON INVITATIONAL: This season the Lady Bears and crosstown rival Towson will co-host the 2019 Morgan/Towson Invitational (Aug. 30-31) to kick of the season. All matches will be played at Hill Field House on the Morgan State campus. This will mark the second straight season the Lady Bears have hosted a tournament. Last season they co-hosted the Charm City Classic with Coppin State in a cross divisional match-up between members of the MEAC Northern and Southern Divisions.
 
2019 LEADERS ANNOUNCED: Senior Roi Wallace and junior Mykaela Ross will serve as the team's 2019 leaders.

SEVEN NAMED TO MEAC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS: Morgan State had seven players named to the 2018 MEAC Volleyball All-Academic Team, based on their academic success during the 2017-18 school year. Five of the seven recognized (Shadae Debraux, Jasmin Hubbard, Mykaela Ross, Triniti Smith and Roi Wallace) return for the 2019 season, while Monette Daniels and Kheanna Landrum both graduated. Debraux, Hubbard, Smith and Wallace along with former Lady Bears Kalysia Bates, Daniels and Landrum were also named to the MEAC Commissioner's All-Academic Team for maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better during the 2018-19 academic year.
 
TOURNAMENT EXPOSURE: Morgan will face just one opponent this season (Howard) that reached the NCAA Volleyball Tournament in 2018. The Lady Bears will face the four-time defending MEAC champion Howard Lady Bison on Oct. 8 in Washington, D.C. and again on Nov. 1 in Baltimore.
 
WELCOME TO THE CAVE: The Lady Bears welcome the addition of five newcomers to the 2019 squad, two of which are freshman and three junior transfers. Those newcomers are freshmen Melanie Battle (La Plata, Md.) and Mason Creery (Richmond, Va.), along with junior transfers Sophie Pajevic (Arandelovac, Serbia), Tylar Roberson (Elkhart, Ind.) and Jennevy Santos (Kissimmee, Fla.).
 
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 Burr Gymnasium on the campus of the Howard University.