Volleyball

Boxscore

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Christina Estebane' had a triple double to lead the visiting Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (UMES) to a 3-1 (30-20, 30-19, 27-30, 30-23) MEAC win over Howard Tuesday night at Burr Gymnasium. It was the Lady Bison senior day and HU bid farewell to its lone senior, Morgan Maxwell.

Janel James paced Howard with a double-double of 14 kills and 10 digs. Elyssa Lee chipped in 12 kills while Nicole Brown added a team-high 21 digs. Maxwell fell one kill shy of a double-double and finished her last home match with nine kills and 11 digs.

Estebane' had 15 kills, 33 assists and 10 digs for the MEAC North leading Hawks. Whitney Johnson added a double-double of 11 kills and 10 digs while Holiday Eller chipped in 11 kills. Sam Chukwura also added double-digit kills and finished with 10, while libero Leah Amundson dug out a match-high 24 balls.

The Bison (5-22, 4-5 MEAC) held Eastern Shore to a .000 hitting percentage in its game three victory. Howard picked up 20 block assists compared to 10 by UMES (20-3, 9-0 MEAC) and held a 42-38 advantage in set assists.

HU will return to action this weekend at the Red Flash Invitational, hosted by NJIT, on Oct. 26-27 in Newark, N.J.