Volleyball Takes Down Loyola, 3-1

Saturday, October 1

West Point, NY

4 PM

Army West Point

11-7, 3-1

Loyola

4-11, 1-3

Loyola

Army

Volleyball Takes Down Loyola, 3-1

October 01, 2016 | Volleyball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point volleyball team bounced back Saturday evening for a 3-1 victory over Loyola at Gillis Field House. The Black Knights and Greyhounds were split after two sets, but the Cadets fought back to win the match in convincing fashion.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND MATCH NOTES

Army improved to 11-7 overall and 3-1 in the Patriot League.
Carolyn Bockrath led the Black Knights with 15 kills, a season high. She also added three digs and three block assists.
Amber Clay also tallied double-digit kills with 11, while also adding seven digs, a solo block and a block assist. Allie Strong (8 kills), Sydney Morriss (7), Vanessa Wesley (6) and Courtney Horace (5) also contributed offensively.
Avery Alexander stepped in during three sets of play to tally 25 assists and six digs. Haven Bethune also pitched in with 20 assists.
Megan Bryn topped the match with 19 digs and three service aces. Strong notched 18 digs for Army and was followed by Ellie Petersen who had 11.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After trailing by nine points, Army bounced back to win set one on a 17-3 run. Courtney Horace stepped in from the bench to score four key points for the Black Knights.
The Cadets tied things up at 21-all with a service ace from Bryn and closed-out the set with a kill from Olivia Fairfield and three-straight by Horace.
Set two featured nine tie scores and four lead changes as Loyola was able to claim it 25-23. Bockrath notched a kill to give Army a 19-18 lead. The Greyhounds knotted the score at 19-all before Strong re-captured the lead for the Cadets, but Loyola tallied a 3-1 run to close-out the set.
The Black Knights unhappy about the results of the second set, quickly doubled the score at 18-9 in the following game. Morriss notched a kill to give Army its 20th point of the set before Clay scored on a free ball at the net and Bockrath had a kill. Loyola tallied a block to keep them in the set, but committed a serving error to give the Black Knights the set at 25-19.
Army also jumped ahead in the fourth and final set in the match. A solo block by Clay started a 5-1 run to win the match 25-14. Loyola recorded two errors alongside a short serve by Bryn for an ace and a kill by Clay.

COACHES CORNER

"After a tough loss against American, it took us a while to get back into a rhythm in today's match," said head coach Alma Kovaci Lee. "Loyola played a good game. We got better as the match went on and we played some great volleyball in the final two sets."
"Everyone that came in off the bench stepped up and played a really good game," added Lee. "Courtney came in a delivered big points for us when we needed it in the first set. Having impact players come in off the bench is a sign of progress and a good team. When we can count on the bench that means we are getting better all around."

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