SALEM, VA -- Kamille Patrick and Noelani Beard both notched double-doubles, but the Shaw volleyball team was defeated by Elizabeth City State 3-1 (22-25, 24-26, 25-17, 15-25) Saturday in the CIAA Championship Match at Salem Civic Center.

This was the seventh straight title appearance for Shaw (23-8 overall).

Patrick tallied 12 kills and 11 digs while Beard contributed 14 kills, 13 digs and three blocks. Mallory Brown added a match-high 14 kills and Ilani Myers chipped in a match-high 16 digs.

Game Notes
» Shaw had three players in double figures in kills.
» Shaw had three players in double figures in digs.
» Ilani Myers had a team-high two aces.
» Shaw attackers were helped by a match-high 43 assists from Breelyn Clark
» Clark and Mallory Brown were named to the CIAA All-Tournament Team

How It Happened

SET 1 | The Bears fell in a back-and-forth first set, losing 25-22 in a set that featured eight lead changes and 14 ties. Neither team led by more than three points in the match.

SET 2 | Shaw then lost the second set 26-24 to fall behind 2-0 in the match. The Bears fell in a tight second set, losing in a stanza that was tied 14 times and had nine lead changes.

SET 3 | Shaw rallied back to pull within 2-1, winning its first set of the match in the third stanza. The Bears took control of the set early when the score was 5-4 and never trailed to win 25-17. Shaw led by as many as nine points at 24-15 before closing out the stanza, collecting 16 kills .

SET 4 | Shaw couldn't keep the rally going and lost in the fourth set 25-15 to drop the match. The Bears fell behind on the first point and never took the lead before losing the set.

Shaw Head Coach Jonathan Paulk
"It was a good game, it went four sets. What more could you ask for. We wanted a little bit more, but we weren't quite as clean as we have been this season. Elizabeth City State played really well so they ended up taking it."

"Our plan going into the future is beyond the CIAA. We have the first team, in maybe forever, to be regionally ranked. That's where our eyes are set. Next year, we plan to make it a thing to where even if we don't win it, we get a bid."
 
Mallory Brown
Senior Outside Hitter
"Playing for Shaw was really heartwarming. Going to an HBCU after coming from a junior college, a PWI, it was really a cultural shock that I experienced but I grew so much in the past two or three years here."

"It didn't go the way we wanted to but I think we still had a successful season."