Coppin State at Howard Preview

Eagles Make Short Trek To Face Three-Time Defending MEAC Champs

| By: Brian Baublitz Jr.
BALTIMORE, Md. – CSU volleyball will play a measuring stick game on Sunday as it heads to Washington D.C. for a date with Howard. Coppin will look to snap an eight-game losing streak in the series, with its last victory coming in November 2013.
 
What You Need to Know
  • Time and Date: 3:00 p.m. / September 30
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  • Records: Coppin State 5-14 (1-0 MEAC), Howard 8-9 (1-0 MEAC)
  • Location: Washington DC – Burr Gymnasium
  • Series History: Howard Leads 60 – 4
Coppin Contributors
  • Brianna Lang has been a double-double machine as of late, recording four double-doubles in the last six matches.
  • Miajavon Coleman has been scorching hot the past three weeks, clubbing 10 or more kills in five straight matches and seven of eight.
  • Lang is averaging 8.50 assists per game coming into the match, the third best average in the MEAC.
  • Miajavon Coleman and Asia Stennis both pop up on the MEAC leaderboard for kills per set, as Coleman is fifth with 3.28, while Stennis is ninth with 2.81.
  • Coppin as a team has the fifth best hitting percentage in the conference (.152), which is led by Coleman (.251) who is currently fifth in the MEAC as well.
  • Libero Chelsie Kolibar is making her debut among the conference leaders, coming in at tenth in digs per set (2.79).
  • Christa Johnson is pacing the Lady Eagles in blocks (46) with Jordan Celestine in second (35).
Scouting the Bison
  • Howard was challenged in non-conference play bringing national powers Wichita State, Penn State, and Stanford to the nation's capital. The Bison finished its non-conference murderers' row with a respectable 7-9 record and are coming into the match 1-0 in the MEAC after defeating Morgan State on Friday.
  • The Bison are among the conference frontrunners in multiple categories, currently placing in the top three in hitting percentage (.192), assists per set (11.03), and leading the MEAC in kills per set (12.20).
  • HU has three players in the top two of the MEAC. Preseason All-MEAC First-Teamer Tamia Dockery is second in assists per set (9.64), while two-time MEAC Defensive Specialist of the Week Fola Wilson and Kia Porter are first in the conference in digs per set (4.45) and hitting percentage (.297), respectively.
  • Jurnee Tipton leads the Bison in kills (183) while Porter and Courtney Dalton are the primary blockers (32 each).
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