Mt.Olive, NC - The Shaw University Lady Bears volleyball team showed great effort but eventually fell to host University of Mt. Olive 3-0 in straight sets Tuesday evening inside Kornegay Arena. 

Shaw's record slips to 2-6 with the loss while UMO improves to 4-5. 

How It Happened

Set 1 - After jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead, Shaw quickly fell behind 6-3 before tying the set at 9 all. Another Shaw run was silenced by the Trojans who pushed ahead 20-17 before eventually pulling away for the 25-18 win. 

Set 2 - UMO controlled almost every point in the second set building leads of 8-3, 16-8 before the Lady Bears mounted a fierce comeback to slice the UMO advantage to 18-16. That would be as close as Shaw could get as the Trojans responded to close out the set 25-21 to go ahead 2-0. 

Set 3 - Shaw found themselves trailing 10-6 early on before trimming their deficit to 10-9. The Lady Bears eventually pulled ahead 14-12 after a kill from Amari Earl. UMO answered with a 5-0 run to go back in front 17-14. Shaw battled back to tie the set at 22-22 before the set of runs continued as a 3-0 spurt from the Trojans closed out the set at 25-22 and the match 3-0. 

Inside the box score

• Shaw finished with a 0.144 hitting percentage. 
• Ilani Myers topped the Lady Bears with 9 kills.
• UMO held an 18-10 advantage in blocks. 
• Kaylin Evans finished with 15 digs followed by Breelyn Clark with 9. 

Up Next

The Lady Bears will look for revenge in their home opener as Shaw host UMO inside Spaulding Gymnasium. First serve is slated for 6 PM.