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BOWIE, MD.- The Chowan Volleyball team earned a 3-0 sweep over CIAA Northern Division foe, Bowie State, on Sunday afternoon to remain perfect in the Northern Division.

THE BASICS

FINAL | Chowan 3, Bowie State 0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-22)

RECORDS | Chowan 10-10 (9-3, 6-0), Bowie State 1-19 (0-13, 0-7)

LOCATION | Bowie, Md.

INSIDE THE BOXSCORE

 led the Hawks with 10 kills on the afternoon.   and  chipped in with four kills.

 and notched double-digit digs in the match with 15 and 10 digs respectively.  Zavala notched four service aces.

 dished out 22 assists and four service aces.

HOW IT HAPPENED

1st Set: Chowan 25, Bowie State 15

Chowan jumped out to an early 8-2 advantage that featured a kill by Courtney O'Keefe and Makayla Castro, as well as, three service aces by Karisa Patterson.

Bowie State battled back to cut the deficit to 10-7.  Both teams traded points until Brittany Tschida notched a kill to move the Hawks to 15-11.

After the Brittany Tschida kill, the Hawks rattled off seven straight points to take a 22-11 lead.  Bailey Zavalaserved the Hawks during the rally with three service aces along with Makayla Castro notching two kills and a kill.

BSU cut into the Hawks' lead at 22-15 but Milica Vejnovic,, and Makayla Castro ended the set with a kill each.

2nd Set: Chowan 25, Bowie State 21

The Bulldogs started off the set strong leading the Hawks 8-3.  Chowan rallied back to knot the set at 10-10.

Bowie State regained the lead at 15-13 before a 6-0 run pushed the Hawks back out front, 19-15.  Makayla Castrostarted the run with two service aces and a kill.  Milica Vejnovic ended the run with a kill.

BSU clawed back to bring the set to within one, 21-20, but three errors by the Bulldogs pushed the set out of reach as Karisa Patterson dumped a pass over falling in for the kill to end the set.

3rd Set: Chowan 25, Bowie State 22

The back and forth third set featured the Hawks jumping out to an early 9-4 advantage.  Makayla Castro started the Hawks off with a kill with Cheryl Thomas and Kayla Gates following suit.  Three straight attack errors by the Bulldogs aided the Hawks' effort.

Two kills by Brittany Tschida and a service ace by Courtney O'Keefe rounded out the early rally.

Bowie State rallied to knot the match at 14-all after back-to-back service aces.

The match would be tied at 15 and 17 as the Bulldogs aided in the miscues to hand the Hawks points for Chowan to lead 23-21.

Brittany Tschida and Kayla Gates ended the set and match with kills.

UP NEXT

Chowan continues the road trip with a CIAA Northern Division match against Lincoln (Pa.) on Monday, October 16.