Army Perseveres Past Holy Cross

Sunday, September 23

West Point, NY

4 PM

Army West Point

6-9, 1-1PL

Holy Cross

2-13, 1-1PL

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
Holy Cross	19	27	12	25	12	2
Army	25	25	25	18	15	3

Army Perseveres Past Holy Cross

September 23, 2018 | Volleyball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Trailing in the fifth set, the Army West Point volleyball team rallied back to defeat Holy Cross, 3-2, on Sunday evening.

It was the Black Knights' first Patriot League victory of 2018 and the team's sixth overall this season.

Three Cadets notched double-doubles in the win. As a team, Army held a 66-46 advantage in kills over the Crusaders and also led in assists (63-44), blocks (12-7) and digs (80-62).

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET (Army 25, Holy Cross 19)

The Black Knights started strong against the Crusaders with a commanding 14-5 lead.
Later in the set, a kill by Monica Eckford and a service ace by Allie Strong set Army up for set point.
Holy Cross scored four in a row, but a final kill by Strong clinched the set for Army.
Courtney Horace led the Black Knights with four kills while hitting .600 in the set.

SECOND SET (Holy Cross 27, Army 25)

The Crusaders bounced back in the second set of action taking it 27-25.
The set featured 16 tie scores and four lead changes.
A kill by Eckford tied things up at 24-24 before Emmy Barnhorst notched a kill to re-tie the score at 25-25.
Holy Cross would go on to score the final two points to tie the match at 1-1.

THIRD SET (Army 25, Holy Cross 12)

The Black Knights commanded the third set limiting the Crusaders to 12 points and hitting .448 as a team with 17 kills.
Barnhorst led in the set with five kills and a .571 hitting percentage. She also totaled two block assists in the effort.

FOURTH SET (Holy Cross 25, Army 18)

Holy Cross charged on in the fourth to tie things up at 2-2 in the match.
After the media timeout, the Crusaders scored nine unanswered points for a 22-16 advantage in the set.
Holy Cross outscored Army 4-2 to close-out the set and force a fifth frame.

FIFTH SET (Army 15, Holy Cross 12)

The Crusaders jumped ahead to a 4-1 lead, but the Black Knights followed that up with three straight points to even the score at 4-all.
Sydney Morriss was credited with a kill in the stretch, while Barnhorst and Hannah Presley teamed up for a block and Nikki Lum contributed a service ace.
The Crusaders went on to lead 9-5, but kills by Cate Buckingham and Eckford fueled Army to comeback and tie things again at 9-9.
Presley and Eckford notched a block a point later and Barnhorst tallied an ace to take an 11-9 lead.
The Crusaders were charged with a service error on the final play giving the Black Knights the victory.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Presley recorded a career-high 43 assists and had 14 digs to notch her second double-double of the season.
Lum also had a double-double fueled by her 15 assist and 14 dig performance.
The third double-double effort is credited to Lisa Sullivan who notched 11 kills and 14 digs, while also tallying four total blocks.
Barnhorst led Army's scoring with 18 kills and a .405 hitting percentage. She added five block assists and three digs to total 21.5 points.
Morriss added 13 kills, while Eckford recorded 12.
Ana Oglivie turned out 23 digs in the match and added two service aces and four assists.

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