PRINCESS ANNE, Md. – Cherisse Atilano slammed a match-high 16 kills to lead the Coppin State volleyball team to a 3-0 (25-19, 25-21, 25-18) victory at Maryland Eastern Shore on Thursday night at the Hytche Center.  With the win, Coppin improved to 20-8 overall and 11-1 in the MEAC, clinching at least a share of the regular season title.
 
Coppin has now won 20 matches and won a regular season championship in four of the last five seasons.
 
Atilano had her most efficient performance of the season, hitting .441 with just one error on 34 swings while adding six digs. Ivanna Luna followed up with seven kills and matched Kayden Cupid with a pair of blocks. Cupid, Kendall Minta and Eva Rovello all had four kills apiece while Deviana Walker and Rori Gray chipped in two apiece.
 
With her pair of blocks, Cupid passed Kandace Thomas ('14) and Miajavon Coleman ('22) on Coppin's career blocking chart and has 186 in just two years with the Eagles.
 
Rovello assisted on 26 of the team's 43 kills as the Eagles hit .276 while holding the Hawks to just .111 hitting. Rovello also had three aces and matched Andrea Cintron with five digs.
 
A junior from Vigneux de Bretagne, France, Rovello now has 996 assists on the season which is now the fifth-most in CSU single-season history and ranks 10^th all-time at Coppin.
 
Coco Figueroa led all players in the back row with 13 digs while serving four aces and assisting on five kills. The senior from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, now has 1,644 career digs and 152 career aces which rank third in CSU history.
 
The Eagles return home for Senior Day on Sunday, November 8 when they host Delaware State in a 1 pm start on the MEAC Network.  Prior to the match, CSU will recognize its three seniors, Kayden Cupid, Coco Figueroa and Kendall Minta.