Sept. 28, 2005

Box Score

Baltimore, Md. --Brittany Arvin set a Coppin State single-match record of 28 kills for the Eagle volleyball team as CSU defeated UMES 3-2 (31-29, 27-30, 30-16, 27-30, 14-16) for the first time in six meetings to claim their first conference victory on Tuesday night.

Coppin began game one with an 8-5 lead that was quickly diminished by the Hawks who went on a 5-1 rally due to a series of Eagle hitting errors. The two teams continued to battle but it was UMES who came out on top hitting .229 and only committing four errors to the Eagles 12 to make the difference.

In game two the Hawks (2-13, 0-3 MEAC) began with promise to extend their lead to two games with an early 7-2 lead but the Eagles recoiled and fired back with eight unanswered points to take the lead 9-7. The game remained tight until Coppin took a 15-12 lead. A 23-17 lead was the largest margin the Eagles held during the game as UMES rallied for eight of the final 12 points but it wasn't enough as Coppin held on for the 30-27 victory.

Game three was taken over by the Hawks as UMES hit .229 with 12 kills to Coppin's -.303 tallying only four. The Hawks went on six and seven point runs and held an 11 point lead over the Eagles at 19-8.

With UMES up two games to one the Coppin offense found its spark once again in game four. Arvin pounded out seven kills in the game to lead the Eagles who were once again out hit in the game 18 kills to 13. However, in this contest Coppin held their mistakes to a minimum, committing only five hitting errors to the Hawks seven.

Game five played out as a seesaw battle as Coopin took a 5-3 lead but UMES battled to tie the game at 5-5. The Eagles (1-12, 1-0 MEAC) then forced the side change at 8-6 and went on to hold a 10-7 lead but the Hawks fought back and once again tied the game, this time at 10-10. Despite the game being a battle between Brittany Arvin and Maja Baltic, each team's No. 7 jersey wearer, in the end the victory came from a pair of kills by George. The Eagles took the advantage at 14-14 with a kill by George as the bearer of Coppin's jersey No. 4 blasted an attack that skimmed off a Hawk players hands and to the ground for the game-winner.

Leading the Lady Hawks was Holiday Eller with 18 kills hitting .229 on the night followed by Maja Baltic who hit .333 and tallied 12 kills. Freshman Yael Rozner posted 46 assists while Stephanie Braxton led the way in digs with 11.Jasmine George recorded a double-double of 15 kills and 10 digs for Coppin while Shauniece Steward led the way in digs with 15.

UMES will host the Hawk Tournament on Sept. 30-Oct. 1, facing off with Delaware State and Manhattan College in 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. contests, respectively, on the first day of the tournament.

Portions of this recap taken from CSU website