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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Howard volleyball team defeated MEAC rival Hampton, 3-1, Saturday evening in a conference decision at Burr Gymnasium. The scores of the match were 26-30, 31-29, 30-26, 32-30. With the win, the Lady Bison improved to 3-17 overall and 2-2 in MEAC action, while the Lady Pirates dropped to 9-12 overall and 1-4 in conference.

Junior Janel James had a good outing and recorded a double-double with a match-high 17 kills and 10 digs. Senior Morgan Maxwell added a double-double of 15 kills and 10 digs while Monique McCoy and Nicole Brown paced the Bison on the defensive side with 11 digs each. Freshman Gazelle d'Artois fell one dig short of a double-double and finished with nine digs and 42 set-assists.

Freshman Keri Partridge had a team-high four block assists. d'Artois, Elyssa Lee and Kimberly Watson each chipped in with three block assists.

Game one was a close decision until a kill by Charles at 6-6 spurred a 6-2 run by the Pirates to give Hampton a 12-7 advantage.

The Bison took advantage of several attack errors by the Pirates and climbed back to within one point of the lead on two different occasions, but Hampton pushed its lead to four points late in the match and settled down to win the contest, 30-26.  

The rest of the games were close all the way but Hampton managed to win the next three frames to earn the victory.

The Lady Pirates were paced by Ebonie Vincent's 17 kills. Ese Ighedosa added 14 kills while libero Alyssa Jackson dug out a match-high 32 balls. Aminah Charles chipped in with 11 digs for the visiting Pirates.

Howard will return to action this Tuesday, October 9 with a conference match against Morgan State at 7pm in Burr Gymnasium.