Box Score

HAMPTON, Va. – The Hampton University volleyball team won its final home match of the season on Sunday, beating Howard 3-0 (25-16, 26-24, 25-22) in Holland Hall to send its four seniors out on a winning note.

The Lady Pirates (11-12, 6-4 MEAC) have now won six straight over Howard, and Hampton remains in third place in the MEAC Northern Division.

After Howard tied the first set 3-3, the Lady Pirates went on a 13-2 run to take a 16-5 lead, thanks in large part to kills from sophomore Petra Parros (Bloomfield, N.J.) and senior Mianna Armstrong (Lomond, Alberta) – as well as blocks from Parros and junior Mariah Baylor (Minneapolis, Minn.).

Armstrong recorded a kill later in the set to put Hampton up 21-11, before freshman Andjela Petrovic (Belgrade, Serbia) recorded the first kill of her career to put the Lady Pirates up 23-13.

Parros scored Hampton's last two points as the Lady Pirates won the first set 25-16.

Howard jumped out to a 3-1 lead early in the second set, before freshman Krista Kraskura (Kuldiga, Latvia) recorded a kill to stop the run before it truly got started. The two teams then took turns taking the lead before Hampton tied the set 15-15 on a Parros kill.

Howard then scored four in a row to take a 19-15 lead, before Hampton went on a 5-1 run to tie the set at 20-20 after a service ace from Armstrong. The score was tied four more times – most recently at 24-24, but Hampton scored two straight, taking the set 26-24 after an ace from Parros.

Howard led 8-7 in the third set, before freshman Sonja Maksimovic (Belgrade, Serbia) tied the set with a kill and Kraskura had a service ace to give the Lady Pirates a 9-8 lead. Another 5-1 Lady Pirates run inflated that lead to 14-9 after sophomore Sheileen Pagan (Rio Grande, Puerto Rico) recorded a service ace.

Parros had another kill later in the set to put Hampton up 20-15, before Howard scored three straight to close within 20-18. Maksimovic recorded a kill to put Hampton up 22-19, and the Lady Bison could never close the gap anymore than two the rest of the way.

With the 25-22 set win, the Lady Pirates earned their third three-set victory of the season.

Hampton hot .236 as a team, thanks to 43 kills and just 17 errors in 110 total attacks. The Lady Pirates hit a team-best .441 (17 kills, two errors in 34 attacks) in the first set, while also hitting .222 (13 kills, five errors in 36 attacks).

The Lady Pirates also held a 6-3 edge in service aces.

Howard hit just .172 as a team, recording 31 kills and 15 errors in 93 attacks. The Lady Bison hit a team-best .250 (13 kills, five errors in 32 attacks) in the second set.

Kraskura led the Lady Pirates with a team-high 12 kills, hitting .276 for the match with just four errors in 29 attacks. Armstrong added 11 kills and 12 digs on defense for her seventh double-double of the season, while hitting .233.

Maksimovic and Parros each added seven kills, while Parros hit .400 for the match.

Senior Lihi Elkayam (Misgav, Israel) had 35 of the Lady Pirates' 39 assists, while sophomore Pagan led the way with 16 digs.

Tosin Elebute led Howard (5-22, 4-6 MEAC) with 10 kills, but hit just .176 for the match.

The Lady Pirates will return to action on Friday, when they head to Dover, Del. to take on Delaware State at 6 p.m. – before traveling to Princess Anne, Md. on Sunday to close out the regular season against Maryland Eastern Shore at 7 p.m.

For more information on Hampton University volleyball, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.