The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University volleyball team dropped two matches against UNC Greensboro (3-0) and Alabama A&M (3-2) at the Aggie-Spartan Invitational on Saturday.

The Aggies (0-11) ended the tournament with five set matches. The Bulldogs were victorious with all five wins (25-19, 25-20, 25-18, 25-23, 15-10). In the opening match against UMES, the team came up short in a 3-2 (25-21, 25-23, 25-19, 27-25,15-6) heartbreaking loss.

Against the UNCG Spartans, the Aggies took a trip to UNCG to face their in town rival in Fleming Gymnasium. The Spartans swept the Aggies 25-22, 25-28, 25-6.

Freshman Samara Brown was named to the all-tournament team and finished the tournament with 18 kills, 23 digs, 10 bocks and 3 aces. When asked about the team, head coach Hal Clifton said, “we are still seeing the same results. We play two and a half good sets, then two and a half bad sets. It doesn’t put us in a position to win.”

In the first set the Aggies were on fire winning the first set 25-19. The Aggies loss the next two sets. The drive to win came back in the last set, leaving the Aggies to face off in a tiebreaker. The Aggies could not excel in the last match and suffered a loss. N.C. A&T went to work to force a fifth set and with the game tied at 23, McDaniel delivered a kill from sophomore Liz Martino to take the lead.

“Next game we need to just fix the little things. We need to shake off this loss and go in wanting to win,” said junior Ashley Johnson.

The Aggies middle hitter Jade Boone finished the game with a career-high of seven kills and Brown added seven kills.

The game Friday had a full crowd of Aggie supporters. Although the Aggies dropped both games, the Aggies played better with a full stadium rather than an empty one. “We feed off the energy of the crowd. If it’s a good vibe we play better,” said junior Aleena McDaniel. “It would really help if we always had a good crowd,” McDaniel said.

The Aggies are set to play against Elon at Elon University today at 7 p.m.

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