Cadets Beat Jacksonville for Second-Straight Win

Friday, September 14

Gainesville, FL

5 PM

Army West Point

5-7

Jacksonville

1-10

Army

Cadets Beat Jacksonville for Second-Straight Win

September 14, 2018 | Volleyball

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — With a 65-59 point advantage on the night, the Army West Point volleyball team defeated Jacksonville Friday night, 3-1, in match two of the Gators Invitational.

This improves Army's streak to two straight.

HOW IT HAPPENED

SET ONE (Army 25, Jacksonville 15)

For the second match today, the Black Knights captured the first set by a score of 25-15.
Army led 13-10 in the set before really pulling away from the Dolphins fueled by an 8-3 run.
The Black Knights went on to score four of the next five points to take the set 25-15.
Courtney Horace scored three points in that stretch for the Cadets.

SET TWO (Jacksonville 28, Army 26)

Jacksonville came hot out of the gate to gain a 6-2 advantage in the second frame.
After slowly chipping away at the Dolphins' lead, the Black Knights tied the set at 17-all, and then claimed a lead at 20-18.
Jacksonville would rally back to tie things up at set point, but the two teams would battle out for the remaining points.
The Dolphins went ahead 26-25, but a kill by Hannah Presley would knot the score again at 26-26.
Unfortunately, Jacksonville notched the next two points to claim the set, 28-26.

SET THREE (Army 25, Jacksonville 20)

The Dolphins maintained their groove in the third with an early 7-0 run to take an 11-5 lead.
However, the Cadets answered with nine straight points to re-take the lead (15-11) with Lisa Sullivan on the serve.
Army was able to pull away from Jacksonville when a 3-0 scoring streak due to three consecutive errors by the Dolphins put the Black Knights up 21-17.
Sullivan and Horace tallied two final kills, while Jacksonville committed two more errors to swing the set in favor of Army.

SET FOUR (Army 25, Jacksonville 21)

With Jacksonville leading 16-13, the Black Knights posed a rally to clinch the match with a final set score of 25-21.
The Cadets took a 19-18 lead after Sydney Morriss notched two kills and Emmy Barnhorst added another, but the Dolphins fought back to a 20-19 advantage.
However a 6-1 run by the Black Knights clinched the set and ultimately the match.
Morriss, Barnhorst, Sullivan and Horace notched points in the stretch.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND MATCH NOTES

Horace had a standout game with a team-best 14 kills and two block assists.
Barnhorst notched 13 kills and four block assists.
Cate Buckingham returned to Army's lineup and contributed nine kills and hit .400.
Hannah Presley led the team in blocks with five while also recording a career-high 30 assists.
Ana Oglivie led the Black Knights defensively with 14 digs.

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