HAMPTON, Va. – The Towson University volleyball team visited the Hampton Pirates in the team's penultimate Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) road test of the regular season.
 
Tshilanda Diouf led the team with a season-high ten kills as Towson (19-3, 10-1 CAA) held decisive hitting edges over Hampton (1-20, 0-11 CAA) in each set for the straight-set victory at Holland Hall.
 
Key Stats

• Towson outhit Hampton .404 to .063 in the match.
• The Tigers doubled Pirates output in points, kills, blocks and assists.
• The Black & Gold remained limited to three attacking errors or less in each set.

 
How it Happened

• The Tigers opened the match with an 8-5 lead before scoring six unanswered points to extend their lead to nine.
• Three two-point and one three-point run pushed the Towson lead to 23-9.
• The Pirates answered with wins on six of the next seven points to cut their deficit to 24-15.
• A Hampton service error gave Towson the ten-point win in set one.
• Towson opened the second set with a 5-2 lead before the Pirates scored five unanswered for a two-point lead of their own.
• The Tigers answered with a 7-2 run, reclaiming the lead at 12-9.
• Down 15-13, Hampton scored three-straight points to retake the lead at 16-15.
• TU scored four of the next five to get to 20-18.
• Tshilanda Diouf's kill got the Tigers their first set-point of set two to make it 24-20.
• Hampton sided out with a kill before a service error delivered the Tigers their second set win.
• Set three opened in a 3-3 tie before the Tigers scored eight-straight points, including three-straight aces from Malinah Purcell-Telefoni in the run.
• Moments later, six unanswered points from the Tigers extended the lead in the frame to 17-4.
• Zeynep Belgutay recorded her first collegiate kill late in the set to make it 22-8.
• Sarah Callender and Taylor Pagan recorded Towson's final two kills of the match for the 25-12 win in the set.

 
Inside the Numbers

• Sydney Stewart moved ahead of Victoria Barret (2022-24) among the program's all-time service ace leaders. She now stands 15^th all-time with 106 service aces and needs five to pass Christy Hutson (1991-94) to stand alone at 14^th.
• Tshilanda Diouf finished with a season-high ten kills on a .615 hitting percentage. Her ten were the most by a player in the match.
• Malinah Purcell-Telefoni recorded a season-high five aces, including three straight in the third set.
• Zeynep Belgutay recorded her first collegiate kill in set three.

 
Up Next
The Tigers and Pirates will conclude their series tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Holland Hall in Hampton, Va.