Sept. 24, 2010
Box Score
DURHAM, N.C. - Freshman Kaveingna Lea'Aetoa (Salt Lake City, Utah) and redshirt senior Samantha Chukwura (Brooklyn, N.Y.) each recorded nine kills but East Tennessee State overwhelmed the University of Maryland Eastern Shore women's volleyball team, 3-0 (25-16, 25-15, 25-13), in its second match of the NCCU Tournament at McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium Friday.
ETSU improves to 12-5 with the win - its third straight - and UMES falls to 6-9 with the loss, which breaks a two-match winning streak.
The Buccaneers won 10 of the first 14 points to open the match prior to a freshman Maline Vaitai (Salt Lake City, Utah) kill. ETSU led 15-7 when UMES burned its first timeout. Coming out of the timeout, the Hawks benefitted from an ETSU attack error and a Vaitai ace to cut the lead to 15-9, the closest UMES got until a Bowens ace made it 20-15. ETSU closed with a 5-1 run to take the game.
UMES took an early 6-4 advantage in the second game but it was shortlived as the Buccaneers held a 13-7 lead when the Hawks called timeout. The lead grew to 17-9 prior to a Bowens ace. Later in the game, UMES tallied three-of-four points to close the gap to 18-13 but got no closer as ETSU won by 10.
Another Bowens ace in the third game shaved the ETSU lead to 6-4 and followed by a Buccaneers' error and Hawks' kill which knotted the score at 6-6. A Chukwura kill then gave UMES its last lead of the night as ETSU went on to secure the match, allowing the Hawks just seven more points the rest of the way.
Coming off its best hitting performance as a team earlier in the day against Hampton, the Hawks had their worst of the year versus ETSU. The Buccaneers outhit UMES .296 (29 kills, eight errors, 71 attacks) to -072 (25-32-97).
Sophomore Stephanie Sierra (El Paso, Texas) had 21 assists and junior Rebecca Prado (Annandale, N.J.) had a match-high 11 digs for UMES.
Erin Ryan led ETSU with 10 kills while Jamie Stancliff had seven block assists to pace the Buccaneers' 16-block defense.
UMES closes the tournament Saturday against South Carolina State (11 a.m.) and N.C. Central (7 p.m.).
