Box Score PHILADELPHIA, PA --- Senior middle blocker Assata Conway and freshman outside hitter Khaila Donaldson combined for 27 kills to help the Howard women's volleyball team earn a 3-1 victory the LaSalle Explorers on Tuesday evening at LaSalle's Tom Gola Arena.
 
Conway was extremely effective as an attacker in the game, logging her 10 kills with a  .529 hitting percentage. Donaldson led all players with 17 kills, the third time she posted a game high in kills in four career games.

Three players posted double-digit digs - senior libero Allyson Lods (game-high 22), sophomore outside hitter (14) and sophomore libero Morgan Marlbrough (12) - and senior setter Stephanie Shultis added 43 assists.

Howard (2-2) stayed even with LaSalle in the first set, playing to a 7-7 tie early on. An 8-3 surge by LaSalle (2-3) put the Explorers ahead 15-10 and the home team would hold off the Lady Bison, 25-22.

After playing struggling for consistency in that first set, the Lady Bison settled in and pulled away in sets two through four.

In set two, Howard hit .342 and sided out at a 84 percent clip to win the set 25-19 and even the match heading into the break.

Sets three and four provided more solid play for the Lady Bison - Howard hit .288 and sided out at 69 percent, compared to .233 and 50 percent for LaSalle. Howard would take set three 25-16 and set four 25-19.

As a team, the team posted a .241 hitting percentage, their best mark of the young season.

"We struggled in that first set to focus in, but I was proud of the team's ability to calm down and play well in the final three sets," said head coach Shaun Kupferberg. "We have a tough weekend of matches ahead of us so to go into that on a good note is encouraging."

Those tough matches will be part of the Liberty University Invitational from September 5 & 6, with games against the host Flames (9/5 @ 3 p.m.), UNC Greensboro (9/6 @ 11:30 p.m.) and Murray State (9/6 @ 4:30 p.m.).