HACKENSACK, N.J. (Sept. 6, 2019)-Zoe McBride tallied a match-high 17 kills and added a match-high 14 digs to help lead the visiting Lady Bears past host Fairleigh Dickinson, 3-0 (25-18, 25-21, 25-13) in their opening match of the Knights Fall Classic on Friday evening at Rothman Center.
 
McBride, who earlier this week was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Player of the Week, finished the match with a team-high .424 attack percentage. She recorded six kills each in the second and third sets, and had a .600 hitting percentage in the opening set.
 
Morgan State (4-1), which is off to its best start in school history, surpassed the 1994 team, which started 3-2 through its first five contests. The win also gave Morgan State its second consecutive shutout victory.
 
Roi Wallace had a match-high 39 assists and Jennevy Santos totaled 13 digs, while Tylar Roberson finished with nine kills. Shadae Debraux (.500 hitting) and Sara Brown (.375 hitting) each added five kills.
 
As a team the Lady Bears totaled 45 kills and had an attack percentage of .284. Morgan State had a match-best 17 kills in the opening set and hit for .343. The Lady Bears recorded a best .423 attack percentage in the third and final set, while finishing with 15 kills.
 
The Knights (0-4) finished with 22 kills and had a team attack percentage of .021 for the match. Twice FDU was held to a .000 attack percentage in Sets 2 and 3. The Knights had a set-high nine kills in Set 2 and was limited to a set-low six kills in the third set.
 
Magdalena Maksimovic had eight kills to lead Fairleigh Dickinson. McKenna Setterlund finished with 14 assists and Jaelyn Young had a team-leading 11 digs.
 
Morgan State held a 5.0-3.0 blocking advantage over the Knights. Sophie Pajevic, Jasmin Perry, Brown and McBride all recorded two blocks. FDU was led by Brooke Stevens, who had a match-high three blocks.  
 
The Lady Bears return to action on Saturday, Sept. 7, when they take on New Jersey Institute of Technology at 10 a.m., before closing out the tournament against Quinnipiac at 3 p.m.