UND vs. Coppin
3
Winner Coppin St. Coppin 2-3,0-0 MEAC
0
North Dakota UND 0-4,0-0 Summit League
Winner
Coppin St. Coppin
2-3,0-0 MEAC
3
Final
0
North Dakota UND
0-4,0-0 Summit League
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Coppin St. Coppin 25 25 25 (3)
North Dakota UND 17 17 16 (0)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Corey Lichtman, FightingHawks.com

Fighting Hawks Fall to Coppin State in Three Sets

UND will be in action tomorrow at 9 a.m. against Liberty on ESPN+.

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The North Dakota volleyball team lost to Coppin State (25-17, 25-17, 25-16) in three sets on Friday afternoon from WVU Coliseum. The Hawks fall to 0-4, while the Eagles improve to 2-3.

UND had seven different players record kills, led by Paige Barber (7), Kimanni Rugley (6), Matthea Dalton (5), and Lauren Perugini (5) who combined for 23 of the teams 29 kills. Vanessa Washington had a season high four kills.

Defensively, Izzie McCormick tied a game high with nine digs, while Rugley, Dalton and Marianna Rivera had two total blocks each, in route to the Hawks having eight block assists compared to four from Coppin State.
The Hawks started slow, falling behind 10-1 in the first set. UND was able to pull within six as the Green and White used a 7-4 run to make it 14-8. The team stuck within a six-point deficit, trailing 21-15, but the Hawks closed the frame on a 4-2 run to win 25-17.

Set two was another slow one, as UND fell behind 5-0, forcing head coach Jesse Tupac to burn a timeout. North Dakota answered with a 7-3 run, to cut the Eagles lead to 8-7. The two squads exchanged points the next two points, as the Hawks trailed just 10-9. From that point, Coppin State used a 15-8 run to win the set 25-17. The Hawks hit for a .381 attack percentage.

North Dakota controlled its first lead of the match in set three, jumping out to a 2-0 lead, off kills from Washington and Barber. The Fighting Hawks led 3-2, but from that point the Eagles used a 23-13 extended run to complete the sweep.

The Hawks will complete their three-match trip in Morgantown tomorrow, as they take on Liberty at 9 a.m. on ESPN+.

Postgame Notes
  • North Dakota falls to 0-1 all-time against Coppin State
  • Kimanni Rugley recorded her first career service ace
  • Izzie McCormick sits four digs behind Taylor Bohannon for ninth all-time in UND volleyball Division l history
  • Sadie White had a game high 18 assists
  • Vanessa Washington recorded a season-high four kills
How It Happened
Set 1: Coppin State 25-17
Set 2: Coppin State 25-17
Set 3: Coppin State 25-16

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