BALTIMORE – Coppin State's volleyball team rallied from a 2-0 deficit, where they also overcame a match-point, to defeat Delaware State, 3-2 (13-25, 11-25, 26-24, 25-19, 16-14) on Sunday afternoon at PEC Arena. With the victory, the Eagles move to 15-8 overall and stand alone in first place in the MEAC with a 6-1 record in league play.
Inside the Numbers
- Ammaarah Williams tied for a match-high 16 kills while Yaniris Miller-Green was the only other CSU player with double digit kills as she pounded a season-high 12 while hitting .273.
- Miajavon Coleman added eight kills along with 14 digs while Ahzhi Coleman and Geraldyn Palacios added five kills apiece.
- Palacios led all players with eight blocks, followed by Miller-Green and Ahzhi Coleman with four while Williams and Ahzhi Coleman chipped in with three apiece.
- Andrea Tsvetanova added to her league-lead with another double-double, tallying 37 assists, 13 digs, two blocks and two aces.
- Ashley Roman also had 21 digs to lead the Eagles.
- Coppin was outhit, .228 to .121, but hit .207 after the second set while holding the Hornets to a .131 percentage.
- The Eagles are now just one victory shy of matching the school-record for single-season wins, set last season when they went 16-12.
How it Happened
- Delaware State hit well over .400 in the first two sets while Coppin struggled with 12 kills and 15 errors during those frames.
- The Hornets closed the second set on an 11-0 run after kills from Miajavon Coleman and Hope Casel cut CSU's deficit to just 14-11.
- Coppin cut an early 7-2 deficit in the third set into a 17-14 lead which was its largest of the set. Delaware State responded with five-straight points to regain the advantage and held a slim lead until getting its first match-point at 24-22.
- Following a bad set by DSU, Miller-Green tied the score at 24-24 with a kill before Tsvetanova was credited with an ace to give CSU the 25-24 lead.
- Miller-Green then finished off the Hornets with a kill to force a fourth set.
- Coppin never trailed in the fourth set and got some breathing room with a 7-1 run midway through, featuring two kills and a block from Williams and four Hornets attacking errors.
- Williams and Miller-Green collected three kills to close out the session.
- Coppin got out to an early lead in the fifth with a pair of kills from Miller-Green and another from Williams but DSU did not go away and held a 9-6 advantage.
- CSU rallied to tie the score at 13-13 and faced another match-point as the Hornets got a kill to go up 14-13.
- Miller-Green tied the score with a kill before the trio of Miajavon Coleman, Tsvetanova and Palacios combined for a block to give the Eagles its first match-point.
- After an overpass, Tsvetanova set up Palacios for the match-winning kill which sent the CSU bench and crowd into a frenzy.
Up Next: Coppin opens the second half of its MEAC schedule on Friday, October 21 when it travels to South Carolina State for a 6 pm start, followed by a 1 pm matchup at NC Central on October 23.
