Army Blanks Hartford in Tournament Finale

Saturday, August 26

West Point, NY

7 PM

Army West Point

2-1, 0-0

Hartford

0-3, 0-0

Hartford

Army

Army Blanks Hartford in Tournament Finale

August 26, 2017 | Volleyball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point volleyball team completed the weekend with a 3-0 victory over Hartford Saturday night. The Black Knights improved to 2-1 on the year after tonight's win.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND MATCH NOTES

Army was led by Amber Clay who notched a double-double with 10 kills and 15 digs. Nikki Lum recorded her second double-double of the day on 23 assists and 13 digs.
Rachel Gearon (14) and Jaden Pickell (10) added double-digit kill performances. Courtney Horace added five kills and Vanessa Wesley had three.
Haven Bethune added 15 assists and Ana Oglivie recorded 15 digs.
Army held a 47-23 advantage in kills over the Hawks and a .214 lead in hitting percentage and 59-36 in digs.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Black Knights and Hawks fought a back-and-forth battle in the first set as Army started to pull away with a 5-2 streak to lead 21-13.
Hartford called timeout, but Hannah Presley came off the bench for the Black Knights and aided in a pair of points. The Hawks held off Army with two points, but a kill from Horace put the set out of reach (25-17).
The second set mimicked the action in the previous one. Hartford gained momentum with a slew of service errors, but back-to-back kills by Clay, a kill from Gearon then a block by Pickell and Gearon excelled the Black Knights' ahead 19-12.
Hartford held Army at set point for three plays before the Black Knights secured the second set on a Hawks service error.
The third stanza was powered by Gearon who posted eight kills in the final set alone.
Army trailed Hartford 16-19 before three Gearon kills and one from Wesley tied up the game at 20-all. Gearon notched two more kills before Pickell and Wesley secured the match with a block to win 25-22.

TURNING POINT

The Black Knights' 47-27 kill advantage gave them the edge in tonight's match.

UP NEXT

The Black Knights will take on Air Force, the Citadel and Georgetown next Friday and Saturday at the Pentagon Invitational.

ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM

Carey Paige, CMU *MVP
Jordan Bueter, CMU
Grace Butler, CMU
Nikki Lum, Army
Jaden Pickell, Army
Aleksandra Gligoric, SFBK
Abby Nash, Hartford

RESULTS

St. Francis Brooklyn vs. Central Michigan	CMU 3, SFBK 0
Central Michigan vs. Hartford	CMU 3, HART 1
Army vs. St. Francis Brooklyn	ARMY 3, SFBK 0
Army vs. Central Michigan	CMU 3, ARMY 2
Hartford vs. St. Francis Brooklyn	SFBK 3, HART 0
Army vs. Hartford	ARMY 3, HART 0