BALTIMORE, Md. (Nov. 10, 2023)--Just two days ago crosstown rivals Morgan State and Coppin State met for Morgan's home finale and Senior Day. The Eagles would sweep Morgan inside Hill Field House. Friday evening the Bears were looking to return the favor and spoil Coppin State's Senior Night in the regular season finale for both teams.
 
Unfortunately, the host Eagles would come out on top, defeating Morgan State 3-0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-12) in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) match at the Physical Education Complex.
 
Coppin State, which swept the season series, improved to 24-4, 13-1 MEAC and earned its ninth straight win over the Bears. The Eagles, who wrapped up the MEAC regular season crown following Wednesday's victory over Morgan, will be the No. 1 seed in next week's MEAC Volleyball Championship in Dover, Del. (Nov. 17-19). The Eagles will face No. 8 South Carolina State.
 
Morgan State, which dropped its last two contests and three of the last five, fell to 8-21 and 3-11 in the MEAC. The Bears will be the seventh-seed in the tournament. The Bears will face No. 2 Howard in the opening round.
 
TaKenya Stafford tallied a match-high 11 kills and added 11 digs to record a double-double for Coppin State. Ashley Roman had a match-high 17 digs and Ammaarah Williams added 12 digs to and eight kills. Andrea Tsvetanova had a match-high 18 assists.
 
Mya Karrick led Morgan State with eight kills and added six digs and five assists, while Trinity Carruthers finished with 10 assists, five digs and two blocks. Alyssa Sampson tallied a team-high 10 digs to move into 15th-place on the Morgan State career charts with 773 digs.
 
Despite the loss, several Bears moved up on the Morgan State career charts.
 
Jada Williams and Makila Billingsley each had a team-best four assisted blocks. Williams raised her season total to team-leading 93 blocks, which ranks 19^th on the career charts and moved her past O'Tasha Williams (90 blocks in 2006) and into a tie for seventh on the single season charts with Kalysia Bates (93 blocks in 2018). Billingsley now has 123 career blocks, which is 17th. Justyus Jackson finished with three blocks, giving her 163 for her career and moving her into 14th all-time at Morgan State, past Ngebui (Natalie) Chafeh (162 blocks from 2010-13). Jackson is now two blocks away from passing O'Tasha Williams (164 blocks from 2005-06) for 13th all-time.
 
Morgan State will now direct its attention to next week's MEAC Volleyball Championship (Nov. 17-19), held at Memorial Hall in Dover, Del., hosted by Delaware State University.
 
 
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