Army Sweeps Southeastern Louisiana

Saturday, September 1

West Point, NY

12 PM

Army West Point

3-2, 0-0PL

Southeastern Louisiana

1-5, 0-0SC

SE Louisiana

Army

Army Sweeps Southeastern Louisiana

September 01, 2018 | Volleyball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Riding off its momentum from last night's thrilling victory, the Army West Point volleyball team defeated Southeastern Louisiana Saturday morning in straight sets to improve to 3-2 on the year.

The Black Knights have now won six sets in a row and will play in the West Point Invitational Championship tonight against Hofstra.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET (Army 25, SELU 18)

Army controlled the first set with a 17-5 kill advantage over the Lions.
Thanks to Lauren Janok and Nikki Lum, 16 of those 17 kills were assisted.
Sydney Morriss hit .500 in the first set with seven kills to lead both sides.

SECOND SET (Army 25, SELU 23)

The second set featured 14 tie scores and seven lead changes, but the Black Knights kept their cool to win it 25-23.
With the set tied 22-22, the Cadets were able to outscore the Lions 3-1 to clinch.
Two kills from Emmy Barnhorst and a kill from Courtney Horace helped

THIRD SET (Army 25, SELU 19)

Army maintained a lead for a majority of the final set, but Southeastern Louisiana did not go down without a fight.
Leading 19-15, the Lions chipped back to make it a one-point set, but the Black Knights found a way to pull out the win.
Cate Buckingham excelled in the set with multiple points at the net.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Morriss was Army's lone attacker with 10 kills as she hit .240 overall and added a block assist.
Eckford (.368) and Buckingham tallied nine kills, while Horace and Allie Strong had seven each.
Janok tallied 22 assists in the match, while Lum had 19 as well as 12 assists for her second double-double of the weekend.
Ana Oglivie finished the match with four service aces and 14 digs.

ARMY INVITATIONAL RESULTS