HAMPTON, VA --- Behind a near double-double by sophomore outside hitter Khaila Donaldson and a season high from junior outside hitter Dominique Cleggett, the Howard women's volleyball team sealed its season series against the Hampton University Lady Pirates with a 3-1 (25-10, 25-18, 17-25, 25-23) victory over the reigning Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) champions Sunday afternoon.

Donaldson finished with a match-high 16 kills and came up one dig shy of a double-double for the fifth time this season. Including her two nine-kill, 10+ dig performances, and Donaldson has nearly added seven double-doubles to her team-leading total of 11. For Clegett, her 10 kills matched a season high mark she has reached on two other occasions (9/5 vs Western Carolina; 10/23 vs Maryland Eastern Shore). Cleggett also swung better than all players in the match, converting her attacks at a .533 rate (10-2-15).

Junior setter Briana Jackson assisted on a match-high 24 of Howard's kills while freshman setter Tamia Dockery added 21 assists, marking the fourth time both players reached the 20-assist plateau in the same match. Junior libero Morgan Marlbrough's match high 16 digs came in her 16th straight contest with 10 or more digs.

With the victory, Howard has claimed two-game conference series sweeps over five opponents (Hampton, Coppin State, UMES, Delaware State and Norfolk State) and moved their record above .500 for the first time all season (14-13, 10-1 MEAC). The win was also the team's ninth straight, giving the Bison their longest streak under head coach Shaun Kupferberg's four-year tenure.

The only thing  standing between the Bison earning at least a share of the MEAC Northern Division for the second consecutive year and clinching their third straight winning season is a Senior Night matchup with Morgan State - the only team to defeat Howard in conference - on Friday, November 6 at 7 p.m. at Greene Stadium.