Army and Marist Battle to Five Sets

Tuesday, September 4

Poughkeepsie, NY

7 PM

Army West Point

3-4

Marist

3-4

Army

Marist

Army and Marist Battle to Five Sets

September 04, 2018 | Volleyball

Box Score

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — After battling back in the second and third sets, the Army West Point volleyball team dropped a 3-2 decision to Marist on Tuesday night.

The Red Foxes claimed the first set with a two-point advantage, but the Black Knights rallied back in the second and third to take a 2-1 lead in the match.

Marist did not go down without a fight and claimed the final two sets for the victory.

HOW IT HAPPENED

SET ONE (Marist 25, Army 23)

The Black Knights and Red Foxes went back and forth for the entirety of the set.
Monica Eckford tallied back-to-back kills early in the action to give Army a 7-6 lead.
The Cadets chipped away at the Red Foxes lead with four-straight points to jump ahead 17-16.
Marist would take the set 25-23 though after holding a 16-12 advantage in points.

SET TWO (Army 25, Marist 16)

The second set was very similar to the first with alternating leads throughout.
A kill by Lisa Sullivan sparked a 7-2 run for Army with Emmy Barnhorst and Sydney Morriss following that up with a big block at the net to give Army a 16-11 lead.
The Black Knights' run pushed them to claim the set 25-16 as Eckford earned the final point for Army.
Sullivan had a standout performance in the second with six points and three digs.

SET THREE (Army 25, Marist 19)

The Black Knights continued on their momentum from set two to take a commanding lead throughout the third.
Army scored four straight points halfway through the action to increase its lead 17-10.
After taking a timeout to reset, the Black Knights bounced back on a 5-2 run after a kill by Barnhorst and a block assist by the freshman and classmate Brianna Hartman.
Another kill by Barnhorst gave the Cadets their set-clinching point.

SET FOUR (Marist 25, Army 15)

The Red Foxes jumped out to a commanding 18-8 lead in the fourth helped along by a 14-3 scoring streak.
Marist forced a fifth with a 25-15 victory.

SET FIVE (Marist 3, Army 2)

The Red Foxes continued strong with a 4-1 lead in the fifth set.
Army came back to tie things up at nine, but Marist would jump out to another lead.
The Black Knights held the Red Foxes to match point for three attempts before they clinched the match with a 15-13 fifth set score.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND MATCH NOTES

Barnhorst led the Black Knights in points with 14.
The freshman notched 12 kills and four blocks.
Morriss recorded a team-best six blocks in the match and nine kills.
Cate Buckingham also had double-digit kills with 10 for the night.
Hartman came in off the bench and posted eight kills and five total blocks while hitting .389.
Nikki Lum had a season-high 30 assists in the match and Ana Oglivie had 27 digs.

UP NEXT

The Black Knights head to Kingston, R.I., this Friday and Saturday for the URI Invitational.
Army will face Rhode Island at 11 a.m. on Friday and Yale at 4 p.m.
Saturday features another 4 p.m. matchup against New Hampshire.