DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jordan Jefferson posted her 25^th career double-double with 14 kills and 10 digs while Sterling Williamson finished with 13 kills as Bethune-Cookman downed Savannah State 3-0 (25-16,25-23,25-14) in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Southern Division Sunday afternoon  in Historic Moore Gymnasium.

The Lady Wildcats (10-11 overall, 3-2 MEAC) improved to 13-0 in home conference matches in Moore Gym in the Brittany Williams era as they won their third straight league to match to complete the first half of conference play one match behind North Carolina A&T and a half-match behind Florida A&M for the division's top seed at the conference tournament next month.

Faith Landreneaux added seven kills and a service ace, libero Shayla Eugene 14 digs and setter J'nai Higgins 34 assists and nine digs as B-CU held Savannah State (2-15,1-3) to an .071 hitting percentage.

Savannah State trimmed an 18-11 deficit to 18-15 in the opener before the Lady Wildcats closed the set with a 7-1 run. In the second set, B-CU capitalized on two Tiger kill errors to pull away from a 21-21 tie. B-CU jumped out to a 12-5 third set advantage.

Noria Ceballos Plaza led Savannah State with seven kills.

Bethune-Cookman hosts Florida Gulf Coast Tuesday.
 
NOTES:  The Lady Wildcats held both South Carolina State and Savannah State under .100 hitting percentage in posting the weekend sweep … This was only B-CU's second 3-set victory of the year; Prairie View A&M at the New Orleans tournament Sept .8 was the other … B-CU's .228 hitting percentage was its best since that PVAMU victory when the Lady Wildcats hit a season-high .330.