Congratulations Tamia Dockery on achieving 1,000 CAREER DIGS! @Tamiadockery holds @HowardU's assist record with more than 3,500 & is in the top 10 for digs. Her name WILL be on a banner one day in Burr! Championship game at 8 on Sunday. #NeverSatisfied #BleedBlue #NCAAVB #MEACVB pic.twitter.com/XvMzuVqccg— Howard Athletics (@HUBisonSports) November 18, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Northern Division top seed Howard fought off a tough Bethune-Cookman squad on Saturday in Burr Gymnasium, winning 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 27-25) in the semifinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Volleyball Championship.
The Bison (19-10) will compete in their fifth straight championship final, in search of their fourth straight title. They will face Southern Division No. 3 seed North Carolina A&T State on Sunday at 8 p.m. The match will be televised live on ESPNU and shown live on ESPN3.
"The whole year, you look forward to playing in the championship, and not everybody gets the opportunity to do it, so luckily we are going to have that opportunity [Sunday]," Howard head coach Shaun Kupferberg said.
Jurnee Tipton led Howard with 11 kills, while Kailyn Williams added nine. MEAC Player of the Year Tamia Dockery had 32 assists and tied the team high in digs with 19 for the double-double.
Fola Wilson also had 19 digs.
After dropping the first two sets, Bethune-Cookman – the No. 2 seed from the Southern Division – appeared poised to push the match to a fourth set. The Wildcats led 21-16 late in the set, but a kill from Williams kicked off a 5-1 Howard spurt that tied the set at 22-22.
Final score to advance @HUBisonVB to the @MEACSports Championship Game, 3-0! #NeverSatisfied #BleedBlue #Trophies #TrophySZN #NCAAVB #MEACVB #iBackTheMEAC #Volleyball #VolleyballGirls #HBCU pic.twitter.com/TKaAIJn4i8— Howard Athletics (@HUBisonSports) November 18, 2018
B-CU scored the next two points to force set point, but a Kira Porter kill and a Porter/Dockery block tied the set at 24-24. The Wildcats scored the next point on a service error, once again looking at set point.
But a Porter kill, a B-CU error and a Tipton kill completed the comeback and sent the Bison into the final.
"For me, simply getting [to the championship match] five years in a row is an accomplishment in and of itself," Kupferberg said.
Jefferson led B-CU (16-16) with 10 kills and 13 digs.
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