Volleyball Downs Lafayette for 20th Win

Saturday, November 7

Easton, PA

5 PM

Army West Point

20-7, 12-2PL

Lafayette

11-14, 3-11PL

Army

Lafayette

Volleyball Downs Lafayette for 20th Win

November 07, 2015 | Volleyball

Box Score

EASTON, Pa. – The Army West Point volleyball team earned its 20th victory of the season Saturday night over Lafayette. The Black Knights swept the Leopards with set scores of 25-20, 25-11 and 25-8.

With tonight's win, Army improves to 20-7 overall. This is the first time since the 2012 season that the volleyball squad has surpassed 20 wins. In 2012, the Black Knights finished the season 20-9. This is the sixth time in head coach Alma Kovaci's tenure that her team has eclipsed 20 wins.

"The team played great today," said Kovaci. "They took care of business while also having fun. It was a total team win and we are going to take the time to celebrate before focusing on the final regular season matches."

Nicole Perri led Army's offense with 12 kills, she was followed by Amber Clay who recorded 11 kills. Rachel Gearon and Carolyn Bockrath tallied six kills apiece, while Olivia Fairfield recorded five.

Vanessa Edwards dished out 37 assists for the Black Knights and had a team-high 11 digs. Amber Clay added 10 digs, while Shannel Chong had nine. Victoria Reyer had a career-high six service aces in the win.

The first set was tied 10-10 before the Black Knights pulled away. Army reached the 20 point mark first when Lafayette was cited for a ball handling error to bring the score to 20-15. The Leopards fought back to make the score 20-17, but Edwards assisted Gearon before Perri tallied a kill of her own to push the Black Knights ahead 22-18.

Clay converted a kill off a pass from Chong and then Reyer recorded a service ace. Gearon recorded a kill to close out the set 25-20.

Army dominated in the second set and jumped out to a 13-3 lead. The Leopards tallied two points, but the Cadets scored four-straight points to increase their lead to 17-5. Perri and Gearon recorded two points for Army off of kills, while two points were scored off attacking errors by Lafayette.

Kills by Gearon and Jaden Pickell pushed the Black Knights lead to 19-7. The Leopards earned a kill, but that seemed to excel Army. The Cadets then went on a 6-3 run to close the set. Pickell earned a kill, which was followed by a service ace by Chong. Edwards and Chong each tallied assists during the stretch, and the Black Knights earned match point off a kill by Clay.

In set three, the Black Knights doubled the Leopards score at 15-8 before Reyer was subbed in to be on the serve to close out the set with 10-straight points. Reyer had three aces in the 10-0 stretch, while Clay tallied four kills.

The Black Knights held an advantage in every statistical category over Lafayette. The Cadets led in points, 60-27, kills, 49-22, aces, 8-3, blocks, 3-2, assists, 47-20, and digs, 52-35.

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