The Key, November 2021 Edition

A newsletter for students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends

November 2021

Alaska Air brings its True North program to UMES The west coast-based company wants to help student-pilots become employees It started with an out-of-the-blue for students who qualify to take the place phone call in February and culminated of initial recipients after they graduate.

Nov. 8 with a historic agreement to “Often the barrier to students inspire students to consider a career as a entering this in-demand, well-paying (L-R) Capt. Scott Day, Alaska Airlines’ system chief pilot, commercial airline pilot. career is the expense of the flight UMES sophomore Izaiah Brown of Baltimore, Capt. Ron In the ensuing months, Alaska training,” UMES President Heidi M. Limes and Capt. J.P. Wilson, both chief pilots Airlines and its regional carrier Horizon Anderson said. “This partnership will Air came up with a proposal to offer ensure any student who comes to UMES and wants to be a pilot, will be financial incentives to UMES aviation science majors to qualify as a able to pursue their course regardless of their financial situation.” passenger airline pilot and be rewarded with the guarantee of a job.

UMES’ True North beneficiaries will work for the university as flight The Seattle/Tacoma-based Alaska Air Group’s “True North” program instructors after graduation to build their resumes before moving on to will initially help two undergraduates afford the considerable cost of the airlines for five years. completing advanced flight training and pilot ratings necessary as they Alaska Air Group recently challenged its personnel division with work toward graduation. The agreement calls for Alaska Airlines and developing a strategy to recruit a more diverse pool of pilot-applicants Horizon Air to continue that same level of support in subsequent years Alaska Air continued on page 3

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Stiers Donation

Faculty & Staff News

Behavioral Health Ambassadorship

Student Veteran

Homecoming 2021

NOAA Fellowship

Food Science

Our Vote Counts Mural

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School News

Thank you, Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III Late M*A*S*H actor David Ogden Stiers graciously remembers UMES in his will David Ogden Stiers, best known as Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III to fans of the critically acclaimed TV show M*A*S*H, bequeathed $50,000 to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore to establish a student scholarship fund.

Stiers, who died March 3, 2018, was awarded an honorary degree at the university’s spring commencement in May 2012. His estate released the gift, which grew to just over $53,300, to the university on October 27.

While Stiers did not speak at the graduation event that day, his unassuming manner charmed other platform guests backstage as well as those he encountered at a post-graduation luncheon, where it was clear he was honored to be recognized as a “Doctor of Humane Letters.” ”Growing up, I was a huge fan of M*A*S*H and always enjoyed Mr. Stiers’ role as Major Wincester,” President Heidi M. Anderson said. ”And who didn’t enjoy his iconic voice role as Cogsworth in the Beauty and the Beast? I am delighted that Mr. Stiers elected to remember so many worthwhile organizations in his estate, including UMES.” According to news organizations that focus on reporting about entertainers, Stiers also left identical donations to the Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, the Children’s Advocacy Center in Newport, Ore. and the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The evening prior to receiving his honorary degree, Stiers appeared in Pocomoke City in support of a Mar-Va Theater Performing Arts Center fund-raiser.

According to the The Daily Times newspaper, Stiers “read … poems

and short stories from favorite authors … from Mark Twain and James Thurber to Oregonian poet Catherine Rickbone, who directs the Newport (Ore.) Performing Arts Center where Stiers … is associate conductor of the Newport Symphony Orchestra.” ”I want this evening to be a re-acquaintance with the romance and the splendor of the language,” the newspaper quoted him as saying.

Stiers traveled cross-country from his Oregon home to the midAtlantic via train, the newspaper reported.

Stiers’ visit to Delmarva was arranged by Andrea Sims, a publicist and president of Lion’s Share Communications, an Arlington, Va.-based public relations firm. At the time, Sims had a home in Princess Anne and was instrumental in organizing a series of scholarship fund-raising events for UMES that featured entertainers with whom she had worked or had contact with.

In addition to his signature role in the popular drama-comedy show about a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War, Stiers acted on Broadway, appeared in films such as The Accidental Tourist and Doc Hollywood, and did voice work for the Public Broadcasting System as well as eight animated Disney films.

Stiers, Sims told the newspaper in 2012, ”loves the arts and is very generous of spirit.”

Those at UMES who met him in 2012 or stand to benefit from his generosity can attest to that.

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Allen named interim Vice President for Strategic Initiatives Allen joins Anderson’s cabinet in new position Dr. Rondall Allen will join President Heidi M. Anderson’s cabinet of senior advisors as interim Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, a newly created position. Allen will move into his new role immediately.

Allen will be tasked with implementing UMES’ strategic plan as well as developing and delivering initiatives that represent the university’s current priorities. Some of those include crafting effective student-retention strategies, identifying the university’s niche in the 21st century higher education landscape, expanding digital learning as well as degree programs, and exploring new ways to help students find career success.

“Working with a number of consulting groups at this time, UMES needs one point person to keep us moving in the same direction for the best possible results,” Anderson said. “I felt strongly Dr. Allen can help us with this.”

Allen joined the UMES team in July 2015 as dean of the School

of Pharmacy and Health Professions. He previously served as associate dean for academic quality at South University School of Pharmacy in Savannah, Ga. He also served in several administrative roles during his time at Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy, including director of experiential education, assistant dean for program assessment and associate dean for student affairs.

Allen is a graduate of the Academic Leadership Fellows Program, the Institute for Management and Leadership in Education and the Millennium Leadership Institute.

Allen earned his Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from Florida A&M University, Doctor of Pharmacy from Xavier University of Louisiana and is accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Dr. Sean T. Vasaitis, assistant dean of student affairs and an associate professor, will serve as interim dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions.

UMES junior Xavier Cox of Brandywine, Md., said he’s interested in Alaska Air continued from cover and approached UMES about entering into a partnership after executives the program if it will help accelerate his pursuit of being a commercial learned about its aviation science program. Capt. Ron Limes, an Alaska airline pilot.

“Somebody said this is a historic day for UMES,” Cox said. “I’d Airlines pilot since 1999, headed the initiative to make UMES a partner be honored to be part of what makes this partnership work for the institution.

“When I became a pilot, I realized how few pilots looked like me,” university.”

Students who accept the incentive would be obligated to pay it if they Limes said. “I am excited by this program because it will remove so many cannot fulfill the commitment to work barriers – whether that be financial or for the companies for five years. UMES otherwise – for Black, Indigenous and alumni hired by Alaska Air Group will People of Color pilots to have full and also be eligible for signing bonuses if rewarding careers in aviation.” those incentives are being offered at the Dr. Yuanwei Jin, chairman of time.

UMES’ engineering and aviation science Once a UMES graduate achieves department, said “it’s good for (the 1,000 hours of flying time and meets airlines) and it’s good for the university.

Airline Transport Pilot requirements, Developing these kind of programs the alumnus will start with Horizon Air, (partnering with corporations) can be a the nation’s seventh largest regional model” for other disciplines. carrier. The goal is to put UMES alumni The leap from being a UMES in a position to earn a promotion to the graduate with a private pilot’s license to nationwide carrier, which flies to 110 becoming a commercial airline-eligible destinations in the United States and pilot is expensive, and Alaska Air Group Mexico. pitched a plan to help “knock down that UMES sophomore Izaiah Brown of Baltimore with barrier,” as one person involved in the Alaska Airline pilots Ron Limes and J.P. Wilson talks put it.

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Student News

UMES graduate student among 25 HBCU Behavioral Health Ambassadors Atlanta-based program promotes awareness of students in the field

Jessica Collins, a University of Maryland Eastern Shore student pursuing a Master of Science degree in rehabilitation counseling, has been named a Behavioral Health Ambassador by the HBCU Center for Excellence in Behavioral Health.

The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Courtesy of SAMHSA Administration funds the center housed at Clark Atlanta University. Collins will be among 25 ambassadors participating in the program during the 2021-22 academic year.

By 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services predicts there will be shortages of behavioral health professionals.

The HBCU center aims to promote awareness of and provide support to students pursing degrees in Behavioral Health at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

As a behavioral health ambassador, Collins will make presentations exposing undergraduates to careers and issues in behavioral health, develop and deliver presentations to undergraduates at HBCUs and engage in conversations with students considering careers in behavioral health.

Behavioral Health Ambassadors also receive a $7,000 stipend and professional development.

“This is a true privilege,” Collins said about being selected for the ambassador program. “It challenges me to continue pushing through to completing my graduate degree and make an impact on a younger generation who have gone through some very difficult times and may feel lost.”

“My goal as a Behavioral Health Ambassador is to be an inspiration to students who are determining their career direction and expose them to the importance of being in a Behavioral Health career,” she said. “I would like to share the impact of the workers in behavioral health in our new normal. I want to let them know the importance of people of color being reflected in behavioral health systems.”

“Without us reflected in the field,” Collins said, “our community perspective and personal perspective doesn’t get communicated.”

The Queens, N.Y. native transferred to UMES from Medgar Evers College in New York, earning her bachelor’s degree in rehabilitation services in 2020. Her field experience included an internship at Anchor House, a faith-based residential drug treatment program in Brooklyn, N.Y., and she currently works as a residential crisis specialist at Go-Getters Lower Shore Clinic.

“She is a very detail-oriented person, which is why she is the

student editor for the department newsletter ”The Rehab Review,” said Dr. William Talley, associate professor and the Department of Rehabilitation Services chairman.

“She is personable … a solid communicator and she follows through with her commitments. She is the sort of person who always strives to do a good job,” said Talley on the qualities that will help Collins be successful during her ambassadorship.

Collins’ goal is to work in mental health/ substance use disorders programs for adults to provide effective, quality and individualized care to clients, promote choice and dignity, and become an administrator who develops programming that would impact a larger system.

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Navy experience helped veteran find a career path Senior Dustin Edelman has a job waiting when he graduates Dec. 17 No one was prepared for the havoc COVID-19 wreaked in the months after public health officials declared a pandemic and civic leaders directed everyday life be brought to a standstill.

UMES senior Dustin Edelman, however, was not flustered by the sweeping lockdown that closed schools and government offices, emptied streets, canceled sporting events, and made isolation and Zoom a way of avoiding danger while vaccine research ramped up.

Edelman served 3½ years in the U.S. Navy, a majority of the time assigned to the U.S.S. Scranton, a Los Angeles-class submarine.

“Living with bare necessities aboard a sub is what you’re accustomed to,” said Edelman, who is on schedule to earn his bachelor’s degree in hospitality and tourism management Dec. 17.

Consequently, to Edelman, “it was no big deal” going into quarantine. “Being in cramped quarters, not expecting to have a lot of luxuries – it’s something I got used to. I had no choice” after enlisting.

Edelman was among UMES students who in November 2019 helped stage the “Veterans’ Gala,” a fund-raising banquet the pandemic forced into hiatus a year ago.

The scholarship event returned this year on Thursday, Nov. 11 at UMES’ Henson Center.

At 36, Edelman is more than a decade removed from his stint in the Navy, where he was a cook who routinely worked several consecutive six-hour shifts while on deployment.

(His longest was six months.)

Upon returning to civilian life, the Salisbury native initially tried

his hand at retail food service but eventually gravitated to hospitality. He realized that without a college degree, his resume lacked the credentials to compete for promotions.

To get back into the swing of being a student, Edelman enrolled at Salisbury’s WorWic Community College, where he studied hotelmotel-restaurant management. He found a robust support network for non-traditional age students, especially military veterans.

With an associate’s degree in hand, he came to UMES, where he understandably encounters a higher percentage of students who entered college immediately after high school.

“You find yourself in a leadership role without really trying to be a leader,” Edelman said of doing class projects. “I’ve had a great experience here (at UMES).”

He has carried a full course load while also working fulltime at an Ocean City hotel. He’s anxious to graduate and begin climbing the career ladder.

“Going through this experience, it’s given me a better sense of how to interact with younger people who I know I am going to encounter in my career,” he said.

Edelman said his tour with Navy also gave him a greater appreciation of sacrifices made by older veterans he met growing up as well as the isolation they might feel when others are unaware of their service.

“I think every person should serve in the military,” he said. “It’s an amazing experience.”

“It gives you a sense of responsibility and forces you to set goals, and strive to succeed in life,” Edelman said.

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Homecoming 2021 Homecoming 2021 brought Hawks back to the nest for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. All ticketed events required masks and proof of vaccination or proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of the event.

Senior Nyjal Drayton, Drew Davidson (’19), and senior Peter Benjo pose for a photo at the basketball game.

The ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. were represented at the Life Member and Class Reunion Gala.

Photo: Anshay Tull

L-R) Robert Owen Johnson Jr. (’69), Vice President of University Relations David Balcom, and Charles Laws (’59) chat during the president’s welcome back reception.

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November 7-14, 2021

Hawks checked in at alumni central to kickoff Homecoming 2021.

(L-R) Thomas Holt (’92), Melvin Hill (’63), Barbara Green (’65), Assistant Vice President of Advancement Services Chenita Reddick, Larry Penn (’73), Hattie Penn (’74), and National Alumni Association President Teonna Wallop (’00).

Hawk couple Larry Penn (’73), President of the Annapolis Alumni Chapter, and Hattie Penn (’74), former Miss University of Maryland Eastern Shore 1972-73, have been married for 48 years.

Oliver Pope participates in contactless check-in (scanning QR code) as a safety precaution from COVID-19 during homecoming.

During the basketball game, the UMES National Alumni Association, UMES South Eastern Virginia Alumni Chapter, Southern Maryland Alumni Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and Groove Phi Groove Social Fellowship, Inc. presented their donations to support student scholarships.

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Student Profile

UMES Ph.D. student picked for new federal program supporting STEM research The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has named

Marine Resources Cooperative Science Center headquartered at the

UMES’ Shanelle Haughton an inaugural participant in the new José

University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Her fellowship research will take

E. Serrano Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving

place under the mentorship of Dr. Ingrid Spies at the NOAA Fisheries

Institutions (EPP/MSI) Graduate Fellowship programs.

Alaska Fisheries Science Center based in Seattle.

The fellowship is designed to serve as a future workforce pipeline to

“As an EPP/MSI Graduate Fellow, I plan to continue building my

NOAA for qualified students currently supported at EPP/MSI Cooperative

professional network at NOAA, as well as explore possibilities for future

Science Centers and who are pursuing graduate degrees in the federal

collaborations with NOAA scientists,” Haughton said in a press release

agency’s mission fields.

from the agency’s Office of Education.

Haughton, one of three graduate students picked for the pilot

Haughton said she plans to take “full advantage of the unique

program, will spend a year conducting collaborative research at the

opportunities that this fellowship provides” and is looking forward

federal agency’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center and will also participate

to participating in “NOAA meetings and seminars exclusive to NOAA

in professional development training.

scientists …to take advantage of networking opportunities and develop

“I am excited about these fellowships,” NOAA education director Louisa Koch said. “NOAA has been partnering with the Cooperative

a better understanding of (its) work culture.”

“For me,” she said, “the EPP/MSI Graduate Fellowship is my

Science Centers for more than 20 years, and now we are adding an

stepping stone to becoming a part of the NOAA workforce.”

important new way to connect with these talented students.”

Information in this report was drawn from an Oct. 22, 2021 press release from NOAA’s Office of Education.

Haughton is a Ph.D. student in physical sciences at the NOAA Living

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Exploring insects’ nutritional and medicinal values

What tastes like shrimp or seafood?

It might have a “citrusy flavor” or be “oily and salty like popcorn.”

Could be crunchy like a “Frito or chip” or “smushy like pudding.”

They come in all shapes and sizes, a world food protein source on the rise.

“Five years ago I was deathly afraid of insects, so I went from running from them, to chasing them, to eating them—now that’s revenge!” said Ebony Jenkins, a food and agricultural sciences doctoral student at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Jenkins, who is from Snow Hill, is a budding entomophagist — the study of rearing insects for human consumption, feed and biological controls. She and her research adviser, Dr. Simon Zebelo, an associate professor of entomology and plant biology, tout cicadas, crickets and mealworms among others as a safe, economical and nutritious source of protein.

The Public Broadcasting System’s science series, NOVA, featured Jenkins on its Season 48, Episode 14 “Edible Insects,” which aired Oct. 20.

The documentary featured Jenkins’ work focusing on improving insects as a source of nutrition and modifying what they eat.

“One of my objectives is to understand the optimization of feed for various insects,” she explained. “You are what you eat, so whatever they eat they’re able to metabolize and we can benefit from those items that are present in their system. So, for example, if you add more calcium or more of something like that to their diet they are able to ingest that and pass that on (to whatever eats them).”

“The trick for researchers like Ebony,” the narrator says, “is to create a diet that insects will not only choose to eat, but which loads them with bonus nutrients. But beyond nutrients, Ebony wants to investigate the potential for food to deliver medicines.”

“We are analyzing the crickets to see how they metabolize CBD for

medicinal purposes. We just add those drops (of cannabidiol) to the feed and mix it up and we’re just going to let them eat it and see what the CBD is doing inside of the cricket.” Jenkins said. The research ties in with other multi-disciplinary research taking place through UMES’ Industrial Hemp Program.

“If Ebony is successful,” the narrator says, “insects bred on customized food could one day treat both your hunger and your health.”

Why eat insects?

“Over two million people in the world currently consume insects as a protein source,” Jenkins said. “The insect-based world food market is currently valued at $105 million and is estimated to grow to $1.5 billion by 2021. Although the trend has not been readily adopted in the U.S., consuming insects makes sense economically and environmentally, she said, since insects use less energy, feed, land and water to raise than livestock.”

Not only are they economically and environmentally ideal, they are also nutritious and plentiful. Of known animal species, two-thirds are insects.

“Crickets contain more than twice the amount of protein compared to steak on the same weight basis,” Jenkins said. “Crickets and mealworms raised on U.S. farms have also been shown to lack common foodborne pathogens such as salmonella, staph, E. coli and listeria.”

“Once we have the (research) findings,” she said. “I believe that it’s going to take off, because people want to know how they can become healthier, and if we can make people’s lives better — we did our job.”

Gail Stephens, agricultural communications, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences

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UMES News

‘Our Vote Counts’ Social justice mural now adorns the 1st foor lobby of Hazel Hall

The right to vote re-emerged in 2021 as a topic of public discourse and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore has weighed in on the topic with an artistic flourish.

The first floor lobby of Hazel Hall is now the home of social justice message art that was part of a presidential election year exhibit at the BannekerDouglass Museum in Annapolis, Maryland’s museum on Black history and culture.

The 2020 Black Vote Mural Project featured 15 works, one of which is now part of UMES’ permanent art collection: “Our Vote Counts” by James Stephen Terrell. His use of fluorescent colors makes the mural difficult to miss when entering the building.

“The message of the mural shows the viewers that African Americans and those of African descent coming together to vote,” Terrell said. “Black men and black women are a united front. United we stand hand in hand.”

The museum organized the exhibit to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote and the 150th anniversary of the 15th Amendment extending “the right … to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”

When the 2020 exhibit closed, the museum and the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture shifted to the project’s second: donating the murals to organizations across the

state that prioritize Black art and history as agents of change.

Susan Holt, UMES’ Mosely Gallery director, signaled counterpart Schillica Howard, the Banneker-Douglass Museum’s curator of collections & exhibits, that the university would welcome an addition to its art collection.

“We were thrilled to be selected and, as one of the first organizations, we were able to pick our favorite piece,” Holt said. “The painting is an expressive abstraction with bright colors and a positive message. What a wonderful addition to our campus.”

Simultaneously, Dr. Marshall F. Stevenson Jr., UMES’ dean of the School of Education, Social Sciences and the Arts, heard about distribution of the murals through his work as a member of the Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He endorsed acquisition of the Terrell piece and said he would have liked to have accepted additional pieces, but the museum wanted to spread the message statewide.

Terrell’s acrylic-on-wood piece is so large – 8-feet by 8-feet – that it was painted on two panels, which provided a challenge for the UMES physical plant workers tasked with installing it earlier this month.

Terrell studied art at Howard University and the Parson School of Art and Design, and currently teaches art. He also holds a degree in theology and ministry. His parents are the Rev. James E. Terrell, pastor of historic Second Baptist Church of Washington D.C., and Mary A. Terrell, a retired (D.C.) Superior Court associate judge.

Stevenson also arranged earlier this year for a recently restored 1950s painting of the Korean War by late faculty member Jimmie Mosely to be hung in Hazel Hall as well.

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Men’s team gets first win of the season

UMES’ Zion Styles goes up for a dunk.

Photo by Justin Odendhal

The UMES men’s basketball team captured its first win of the 202122 season, defeating Bryn Athyn (Pa.) College 91-42 to complete a double-header sweep during homecoming weekend. Saturday’s victory was the program’s first homecoming win since the 2013-14 season.

“It was just a great day to get back to basketball and a great day to be a Hawk.” head coach Jason Crafton said.

After the Lions scored the first basket of the game, the Hawks went on a 13-point run, setting the tone for the rest of the game against the NCAA Div. III opponent.

UMES held a 41-12 lead at halftime on the strength of a 3-pointer from junior Da’Shawn Phillip before the buzzer.

The Hawks continued their strong play as they built their lead to above 30 in the first minute of the second half. Senior forward Mayowa Akinsanya scored nine straight points for the Hawks over a two-minute span in the middle of the half, including a dunk at the 10:04 mark.

Senior Zion Styles finished with a game-high 21 points. Akinsanya and senior Nathaniel Pollard, Jr. each had eight rebounds to share the team and game lead in the category.

Lady Hawks defeat Claflin for homecoming win Bairesha Gill-Miles and Brooklyn Bailey combined for 27 of the team’s 35 points in the second half as the Lady Hawks topped Claflin University of Orangeburg, S.C. 73-57 during a double-header basketball game homecoming weekend.

UMES first six points came via free throws before the Lady Hawks made a field goal. With 4:47 left before halftime, UMES was up by 13, thanks to a put back by sophomore Mahogany Lester.

Claflin then went on a 14-3 run, cutting the Hawks’ lead to 35-33 at the half.

In the third quarter, the Hawks pulled away again pushing the lead out to 51-41 before Bailey took over in the final stanza scored 13 points.

Bailey, a senior, tallied a team-high 18 points and added six rebounds, three assists and five steals. Gill-Miles, a graduate student, score 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Sophomore Zamara Haynes chipped in eight points and graduate student Amanda Carney grabbed seven boards. Lester had eight rebounds and six points.

Volleyball finishes season at .500 a kill from Cruz the team was The UMES volleyball team up 10-5. The team went on a fell to Rt. 13 rival Delaware 5-0 run after being up 13-10 to State on senior day to kick off take control of the game, which the university’s homecoming ended on freshman Charlize weekend festivities.

Williams’ kill.

The Lady Hawks took the Del State took the next two first set 25-18 convincingly, sets and the final set was another before succumbing to the back and forth battle before the Hornets’ onslaught 20-25, 21-25 Hornets secured the win. and 22-25 in a tightly contested Cruz was one dig away from match. a double-double as she finished UMES finished the season Left to right: Alexis Lee, Mauri Carver (5), Marina Cruz, Stella Johnson Photo by Joey Gardner with a team-high 13 kills and with 7 wins and 7 losses in Mid- (9) & Tijana Korosec (6). nine digs. She also had a career Eastern Athletic Conference play, high of six blocks. Johnson finished with 21 digs, the most she has had and qualified as the MEAC tournament’s fifth seed. in a MEAC match this season.

Seniors Alexis Lee, Mauri Carver, Marina Cruz, Stella Carver had six kills and five blocks, Lee finished with six kills and Johnson and Tijana Korosec were recognized before the Friday Korosec had 13 assists and three digs in her first match back from afternoon match. injury.

The Hawks got off to a fast start in the opening set and following

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