Black Knights Force Fifth Set, Falls to UNH

Saturday, September 8

Kingston, RI

4 PM

Army West Point

3-7

New Hampshire

4-6

New Hampshire

Army West Point

Black Knights Force Fifth Set, Falls to UNH

September 08, 2018 | Volleyball

Box Score

KINGSTON, R.I. – The Army West Point volleyball team rallied in the fourth set against New Hampshire Saturday to force a decisive fifth frame of action. The Wildcats went on to capture the match after a 15-12 fifth set score.

HOW IT HAPPENED
FIRST SET (Army 25, UNH 11)

The Black Knights led the Wildcats 12-4 early in the set.
They then jumped to a 20-7 advantage after a five-point run.
Two kills by Courtney Horace fueled the run which put the set out of reach for New Hampshire.
Cate Buckingham helped Army coast to victory in set one with two of Army's final four points.

SECOND SET (UNH 25, Army 22)

Army and New Hampshire were tied at 7-7 in the second before the Wildcats pulled away to take a 13-8 lead.
The Black Knights responded with a five point streak to re-tie the set at 13-13.
With the set tied at 21-all, the Wildcats outscored the Cadets 4-1 to tie the match.

THIRD SET (UNH 25, Army 23)

The Black Knights trailed 11-9 in the third, but were able to battle back and tie things up at 17-17.
This sparked a 4-0 run for Army where Horace notched two kills and Sydney Morriss had one.
The fourth point was off a block by Emmy Barnhorst and Morriss.
A 6-1 scoring streak by the Wildcats however allowed them to defeat Army 25-23 in the set.

FOURTH SET (Army 25, UNH 15)

The fourth set was a back-and-forth battle with the Black Knights pulling ahead 14-10.
A 4-1 scoring streak by the Cadets allowed Army to take an 18-11 advantage.
The Black Knights did not look back and allowed just four more points by the Wildcats in the set to win 25-15 and to force a fifth.

FIFTH SET (UNH 15, Army 12)

New Hampshire went ahead right away in the fifth set and never relinquished the lead to the Black Knights.
Army came back and made it a two-point set trailing 12-10, but the Wildcats tallied the final three points to win compared to Army's two to win the match.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Barnhorst scored a team-leading 19.5 points in today's match.
The freshman boasted 15 kills, five blocks and a service ace.
She hit .406 on the day which ties her career-high.
Horace also tallied 15 kills in the match, while Morriss (.407) and Buckingham (.556) each had 13.
Lauren Janok recorded 32 assists and eight digs.
Nikki Lum posted 25 assists, 12 digs and three service aces. It was the second-straight match in which she recorded a double-double.
Ana Oglivie led the team with 23 digs.

UP NEXT

The Black Knights will head down to Florida next weekend and will take on Florida International and Jacksonville on Friday, while they take on top-ranked Florida on Saturday.