The New Providence Volleyball Association (NPVA) playoff action got underway for the third-seed University of The Bahamas Mingoes women's volleyball team but they fell 3-0 to the second-seed Lady Warhawks in game one of their best-of-three series Sunday at the D.W. Davis Gymnasium.

It was a competitive match but UB fell 25-23; 25-21; and 25-22 to go down 1-0 in that series. Right-side hitter Anjeniker Joseph led UB with eight total points while outside hitter Hannah McBride scored seven points. Defensive specialist Patrice Ferguson chipped in with five points.

UB's head coach, Raymond "Rhymes" Wilson, said they are excited to be in the playoffs.

"We planned to end up in the second or third seed," Wilson said. "We are excited to meet that goal and made it to the playoffs at this level – a higher level than last year so we one up. We played a very good game and the playoffs is different form regular season."

UB got off to a strong start in the first set going up 8-3. That lead went on to be 16-8 as they stepped up their play. They appeared to be on their way to winning the set with a 21-17 lead. However, Lady Warhawks used an 8-2 run to beat UB 25-23 in the first set.

The second set saw a competitive start as UB trailed 8-6. They kept close to the Lady Warhawks as they trailed 16-15. UB never bounced back as they went on to trail 23-19 before falling 25-21. The Lady Warhawks led 2-0 on sets.

UB needed a good start in the third set and they got just that with an 8-6 lead. They lost the lead as they trailed 15-13 midway in the set. That was the closest UB got to Lady Warhawks as they fell 25-22 to drop 3-0 on sets to get down 1-0 in the best-of-three series.

Game two of this series is set for 7.30 p.m. on Friday, March 20 at the D.W. Davis Gym.