Volleyball Tops Lehigh to Clinch Tournament Spot

Friday, November 11

West Point, NY

7 PM

Army West Point

19-10, 11-4

Lehigh

13-16, 8-7

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
LEHIGH	23	22	25	18	1
ARMY	25	25	22	25	3

Volleyball Tops Lehigh to Clinch Tournament Spot

November 11, 2016 | Volleyball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point volleyball team collected a 3-1 victory over Lehigh in a Patriot League match on Friday evening at Gillis Field House. With the win, the Black Knights clinch a spot in the Patriot League Tournament.

Army improves to 19-10 overall and 11-4 in the Patriot League after the win, while Lehigh falls to 13-16 and 8-7. The Cadets took the first two sets by scores of 25-23 and 25-22, respectively, before the Mountain Hawks grabbed a 25-22 victory in the third set. Army closed out the match with a 25-18 win in the fourth and final set.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army sweeps Lehigh during the regular season, after also defeating the Mountain Hawks, 3-1, on Oct. 15 in Bethlehem, Pa.
Vanessa Wesley led Army with 14 kills, while Allie Strong (13), Carolyn Bockrath (12) and Sydney Morriss (10) also reached double-digit kills on the evening.
Nikki Lum paced the Cadets with 23 assists in the victory, and reigning Patriot League Rookie of the Week Haven Bethune tallied 22 assists.
Strong and Wesley each accounted for a team-leading 16.0 points for the Black Knights.
Ellie Petersen and Amber Clay each posted double-digit digs, finishing with 15 and 10 digs, respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Army rebounded from a 16-13 deficit in the opening set to come away with a narrow 25-23 victory. Wesley was credited with the kill to clinch the set, on an assist from Bockrath.
The Mountain Hawks got out to a quick 3-0 advantage in the second set, but the Black Knights eventually came back to make the score, 21-21, and force a Lehigh timeout.
Army tallied the next two points to go up 23-21 and force a second timeout by the visitors.
The Cadets maintained the lead the rest of the way and Bockrath registered the final kill of the set on an assist from Petersen to give the hosts a 25-22 win and a 2-0 set lead.
Lehigh led by as many as three points during the third set, but the hosts erased an early deficit to eventually force a 20-20 tie.
The Mountain Hawks went up 22-20 before earning a 25-22 win in the third set to make the score 2-1, in favor of the Black Knights.
Army came out quickly in the fourth set, taking a 10-3 lead before Lehigh won the next three points to make the score 10-6.
The Cadets benefitted for a Lehigh service error before Strong held serve over the next five points for Army during a 6-0 run that brought the lead to 16-6.
Army didn't allow its lead to slip below six the rest of the way, as Bockrath recorded the final kill of the match to give the hosts a 25-18 decision in the set and a 3-1 match victory.

UP NEXT

Army hosts Bucknell on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 4 p.m. to close out the 2016 regular season. The Black Knights will honor senior Olivia Fairfield during a Senior Day ceremony prior to the match.