BALTIMORE, Md. (Oct. 6, 2024)--Daniela Ferreira hit for a match-best .394 and recorded a match-high 17 kills, but it wasn't enough, as visiting South Carolina State spoiled the Bears' homecoming match, following a 3-1 (25-14, 11-25, 25-23, 25-22) Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) victory on Sunday morning at Hill Field House.
 
Morgan State dropped to 5-13, 1-3 in the MEAC, while South Carolina State improved to 2-12, 1-3 MEAC.
 
Xaria Pickett recorded a double-double with 15 kills and 11 digs, while Kaia Barnett also had a double-double with 32 assists and 10 digs to help the Lady Bulldogs end a season-long nine-match losing skid. Kiyah Felder tallied 15 kills and Miya Benson finished with a match-high 13 digs.
 
S.C. State came out in the first set and hit a sizzling .414 with a match-high 14 kills to claim the opening set with a 25-14 victory.
 
Morgan State appeared to have taken control when they earned a 25-11 victory in Set 2. The Bears hit a set-best .269 and had 10 kills and limited the Lady Bulldogs to six kills and an attack percentage of -.077.
 
However, the Lady Bulldogs would gut out back-to-back hard-fought wins in Set 3 (25-23) and Set 4 (25-22) to earn the program's first-ever win over Morgan State.
 
The Bears received 32 assists from Mya Karrick and Hannah Chappelle finished with a team-high 11 digs. Ferreira tallied a match-high five service aces and Karrick added three for the Bears, who finished with 11 aces.
 
S.C. State would out block the Bears, 8.0-3.0 for the match. The Lady Bulldogs' Hailey Harris finished with a match-best six blocks, including two solo blocks. Morgan State was led by Ainara Fernandes, who had three blocks  
 
Morgan State will travel to the Nation's Capital on Friday, Oct. 11 to battle Beltway rival Howard at 6 p.m. at Burr Gymnasium in Washington, D.C. The Bison (10-5, 4-0 MEAC), who have won four straight, are coming off a 3-0 sweep on the road at Maryland Eastern Shore on Sunday.
 
 
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Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
 
 
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