Army Sweeps Bucknell on Senior Day

Saturday, November 12

West Point, NY

4 PM

Army West Point

20-10, 12-4PL

Bucknell

5-23, 3-13PL

Bucknell

Army

Army Sweeps Bucknell on Senior Day

November 12, 2016 | Volleyball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – For the second straight year, the Army West Point volleyball team captured 20 regular season wins after sweeping Bucknell 3-0 on Saturday for Senior Day.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND MATCH NOTES

Army improved to 20-10 overall and 12-4 in the Patriot League with tonight's win to secure the third seed in the tournament standings.
Allie Strong led the Black Knights offensively with 12 kills and also tallied eight digs.
Carolyn Bockrath also notched double-digit kills with 10, while Olivia Fairfield and Sydney Morriss trailed with seven apiece and Amber Clay had six.
Clay and Shannel Chong both posted 12 digs and Nikki Lum recorded 11.
Lum centered Army's offense with 27 assists and was helped by Haven Bethune who tallied 11.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first set was a little too close for comfort for the Black Knights as Bucknell trailed by just two points before Army would go on a 9-4 run to finish the set at 25-18.
The Cadets held Bucknell to a .205 hitting percentage and allowed them just one block.
The Bison took a 9-7 lead in the second set off of four errors by the Black Knights. Army evened things up at 11-all and the two teams would trade points until the match was knotted up again at 17-17 with Clay on a majority of the attacking points.
Bucknell took a 22-19 lead before the Black Knights gained momentum and tied things up at 24-24 fueled by a 5-2 run.
Army scored the next two points to take a 26-25 lead in the second before a kill by Clay clinched the set at 27-25.
The Black Knights took an 18-13 lead in the third set fueled by a 6-0 run. However, the Bison went on a run of its own (6-2) to close the gap and trailed by just one point.
Army closed out the set with a 4-1 advantage to clinch the set 25-22 and the match 3-0.

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