Army Bounces Back Against Quinnipiac

Friday, August 24

West Point, NY

7 PM

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Quinnipiac

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Army Bounces Back Against Quinnipiac

August 24, 2018 | Volleyball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Trailing after the first set, the Army West Point volleyball team clinched three straight sets to earn a 3-1 victory over Quinnipiac in its season opener.

The Black Knights improve to 9-0 over the Bobcats in the all-time series.

The Cadets are one of two teams undefeated after day one of the Army Invitational with a 1-0 record. UTSA is also 1-0 after the first set of contests.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET (Quinnipiac 28, Army 26)

Trailing 16-7, the Black Knights rallied three straight points to cut Quinnipiac's lead in half.
Kills from Sydney Morriss and Buckingham along with a Bobcat error brought the score to 16-10 in favor of Quinnipiac.
The Black Knights kept their cool earning the 12th point after a long rally with Emmy Barnhorst tallying the kill.
Army ended up on a 9-2 run to come within two (18-16).
Quinnipiac held on though to take the set in extra points (28-26).

SECOND SET (Army 25, Quinnipiac 11)

The Black Knights jumped out to an early lead in set two building off momentum from the first.
An ace by Cate Buckingham gave the Cadets a 10-point advantage in the set at 17-7.
Army then held Quinnipiac at bay with 11 points as it made its way to 25.
An error by the Bobcats and a service ace by Allie Strong set the Black Knights up with a 23-11 lead.
Then a kill by Lauren Janok set the Black Knights up for set point and a block at the net by her and Barnhorst clinched the set win for Army.

THIRD SET (Army 25, Quinnipiac 16)

Army led to start this set as well taking a 14-8 edge to push Quinnipiac to a timeout.
The Black Knights held a 15-7 advantage in kills in the set and hit .297 compared to the Bobcats' .069.
To close-out the set, Army earned the final two points with Monica Eckford recording the final kill.

FOURTH SET (Army 27, Quinnipiac 25)

This was a true back-and-forth competition with 11 tie scores and seven lead changes proving Army's perseverance.
Quinnipiac was poised at set point, but the Black Knights' grit held them at bay for an Army comeback.
Strong earned a kill to tie the score at 24-all, but a quick point by the Bobcats put them in the lead again.
Two Quinnipiac errors and a final kill by Janok captured the team's first victory of the 2018 season.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Nikki Lum and Strong notched their first double-doubles of the year in the match.
Lum recorded the eighth double-double of her career with 17 assists and 10 digs.
Strong posted double-double number 11 on 10 kills and 14 digs.
Janok made her collegiate debut with 33 assists, seven digs, three kills and four block assists.
Fellow classmate Barnhorst was also a standout with 10 kills and a .292 hitting percentage.
Most impressive however was her eight total blocks to lead both sides of the net.
Morriss paced Army on the attack with 14 kills and a .357 hitting percentage, the top numbers for either team.
Ana Oglivie had 16 digs and a service ace, while Buckingham notched 19 digs and a service ace as well.

ARMY INVITATIONAL RESULTS

San Francisco 3, Quinnipiac 0
UTSA 3, San Francisco 1
Army 3, Quinnipiac 1

UP NEXT

The Black Knights host two games on Saturday to close-out the Army Invitational. Army will face San Francisco at 12 p.m. and then UTSA at 7 p.m. both at Gillis Field House.