Black Knights Suffer Setback to Rhode Island

Friday, September 7

Kingston, RI

11 AM

Army West Point

3-5

Rhode Island

3-4

Army West Point

Rhode Island

Black Knights Suffer Setback to Rhode Island

September 07, 2018 | Volleyball

Box Score

KINGSTON, R.I. – The Army West Point volleyball team suffered a 3-0 setback to Rhode Island in Friday morning's match.

Nikki Lum tallied her fifth double-double of the season with 13 digs and 10 assists.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET (URI 25, Army 22)

The Black Knights and Rhodys stuck together for most of the set tying the score at 15-15, 16-16 then 17-17 after a kill from Lisa Sullivan.
URI reached set point, but back-to-back kills from Courtney Horace kept the Cadets in the set.
However, the Rhodys tallied a final kill after a timeout to clinch the first set of action.
Horace and Sullivan tallied four kills apiece in the set, while Lum posted four assists and six digs.

SECOND SET (URI 25, Army 17)

URI jumped out to a 7-3 lead in the second before the Black Knights started to gel.
Army then scored three straight points to bring the set within one.
A kill from Hannah Presley accompanied by two errors by the Rhodys helped the Cadets come within one at 8-7.
Rhode Island went on a huge run though to claim the set 25-17.

THIRD SET (URI 25, Army 22)

Army was hot in the third set with an 8-6 lead off a kill by Monica Eckford.
This sparked a 6-3 run in the set to give the Black Knights a 13-9 lead.
The Rhodys fought back to make it a one-point match. The Black Knights led 16-15 and called timeout to reset.
URI posted a 9-0 run to take its first lead of the set at 21-16.
The Black Knights scored the next two points capped by an Eckford block, but the Rhodys kept chipping away and won the match with a final set score of 25-22.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Emmy Barnhorst led the team with 13.5 points on nine kills and three blocks. She also had a team leading three service aces.
Horace posted eight kills and added three blocks as well.
Eckford recorded a team-high five blocks, while Sullivan boasted seven kills and nine digs.
Lum notched 13 digs and 10 assists in the match for her fifth double-double of the season and 11th of her career.

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