BALTIMORE – Ivanna Luna led all players with ten kills to lead the Coppin State volleyball team to a 3-0 (25-13, 25-22, 25-12) MEAC victory over North Carolina Central University on Sunday afternoon at PEC Arena.  With the win, Coppin improved to 19-8 overall and 10-1 in the MEAC while NC Central fell to 7-16 on the year and 5-6 in league play.
 
This is the fifth-straight season that Coppin has won at least ten conference matches, and the Navy & Gold are 59-8 (.881) in MEAC play during that stretch.
 
A junior from Comerio, Puerto Rico, Luna hit .474 with just one error on 19 swings while adding a pair of digs. Luna's double-digit effort was the ninth of the season for the right-side hitter.
 
Cherisse Atilano and Deviana Walker added seven kills apiece from the pins, Kendall Minta with five-on-five swings, and Rori Gray with three.  Making her return to the lineup, Kayden Cupid tallied three kills in her lone set.
 
Minta led all players with four blocks, including two of the solo variety, followed by Cupid with three and Atilano with a pair.
 
Eva Rovello stuffed the stat sheet with six kills on .857 hitting while assisting on 28 of the team's 41 kills, adding seven digs an ace and a kill. Atilano matched Rovello with seven digs and Coco Figueroa with two aces. Figueroa led all players with 11 digs as she continues to climb the CSU and MEAC record books in the category.
 
Andrea Cintron also had an impressive game in the backrow with six digs and an ace as Coppin outhit NC Central, .341 to .068.
 
CSU returns to action on Thursday, November 5 when it heads to Maryland Eastern Shore in search of its fourth 20-win season in the least five years.  First Serve from Princess Anne is set for 6 pm on the MEAC Network.