Black Knights Fall to Colgate in Four Sets

Sunday, November 5

Hamilton, NY

2 PM

Army West Point

17-10, 10-4PL

Colgate

17-9, 8-6PL

Army

Colgate

Black Knights Fall to Colgate in Four Sets

November 05, 2017 | Volleyball

Box Score

HAMILTON, N.Y. – The Army West Point volleyball team fell to Colgate Sunday afternoon, 3-1, in Hamilton, N.Y. The Black Knights were down 2-0 in the match and were able to wrestle one away from the Raiders before Colgate clinched the match, 3-1.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND MATCH NOTES

Carolyn Bockrath led the Black Knights with 19.5 points in the match. She produced 17 kills and added three block assists.
Vanessa Wesley (13), Amber Clay (12) and Allie Strong (10) also had double-digit kill matches for the Black Knights.
Haven Bethune boasted 54 assists, while Ana Oglivie tallied 11 digs.
The Black Knights led Colgate in points (69-66), kills (63-55), blocks (5-4) and assists (62-52), but the Raiders' dominance in service aces (7-1) and digs (51-45) were the difference makers in today's contest.

HOW IT HAPPENED
SET ONE (25-22 COLGATE)

Both teams saw back-and-forth action in the set. Colgate was leading Army 17-15, but a 5-2 run by the Black Knights enabled them to overtake the Raiders 20-19.
The Raiders charged ahead though and won the set 25-22.
Clay and Strong led the Cadets with five kills a piece with Clay hitting at .714.
As a team, the Raiders hit .556 in the first set, while holding Army to .351.

SET TWO (25-11 COLGATE)

Colgate continued on its hot streak in the second set and led the Black Knights 13-9 and went on a 12-2 streak to clinch the second set.
The Raiders held the Black Knights to a .080 hitting percentage in the set as the Cadets caused seven errors to their three.
Bockrath stepped up in the set with five kills.

SET THREE (29-27 ARMY)

The Black Knights did not want to see the match end in the third set and toughed it out for a 29-27 extended point win.
The set saw 13 tie scores and six lead changes before the Black Knights were able to go ahead.
Bockrath continued to put her foot on the gas pedal as she notched six kills on 13 attempts for a .385 hitting percentage.
The Black Knights recorded two blocks in the set to Colgate's zero.

SET FOUR (25-19 COLGATE)

The final set of the match was similar to the first with nine tie scores. The two teams battled back-and-forth before Colgate took it 25-19 to also clinch the match.
Army was led by Wesley who had five kills, while Clay added four.
The Black Knights were on track to force a fifth set with 15 kills to Colgate's 13, but the Raiders' 4-2 run to close things out secured the set for them.

UP NEXT

Army will be back at Gillis Field House on Friday night for the final home game of the season. The Black Knights host Lehigh at 7 p.m. for senior night before heading to Navy for a Sunday game at 1 p.m.

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