Army Falls in Four Sets to Colgate

Sunday, October 3

Hamilton, NY

4 PM

Army West Point

10-5,4-2Patriot

Colgate

8-7,5-1Patriot

Army West Point

Colgate

Army Falls in Four Sets to Colgate

October 03, 2021 | Volleyball

Box Score

MATCH 15
SCORE	Army 1, Colgate 3
RECORDS	Army (10-5, 4-2) \| Colgate (8-7, 5-1)
LOCATION	Cotterell Arena

HAMILTON, N.Y. --- Army West Point (10-5, 4-2) volleyball fell 3-1 to Colgate (8-7,5-1) on Sunday afternoon at Cotterell Arena.

Army's offense had strong moments and was led by Paige Fixemer with 10 kills while Emmy Barnhorst and Savannah Bray each recorded nine. The Cadets were out blocked 12 to 10 by Colgate.

How It Happened

Colgate came out with a vengeance from the start leading 5-0 at Army's first timeout. The Black Knights worked to fight back but they could not tame the Raiders' offense. Colgate took the first set 25-9. Fixemer led the Cadets with four kills while Barnhorst finished with two kills and one solo block.

The Raiders had the lead in the start of the second set, but Army fought back to tie the game up and 5-5. A kill from Barnhorst gave Army the 11-9 edge over Colgate and the Black Knights never looked back. The team capitalized one Colgate's errors to help push its lead. Army allowed Colgate to get within one, 17-16, before finding their grove for a 4-0 scoring run. The Raiders fought back but fell to Army 25-19. Barnhorst and Bray led the Cadets with five kills each, while the team finished the set with a .394 hitting percentage.

The teams traded points before Colgate jumped to a 13-12 lead over Army. The Black Knights' offense fought back but had errors that allowed Colgate to maintain its lead. The Raiders' offense found its groove and took the set 25-19 to lead 2-1 in the match. The Black Knights finished the set with six blocks, two being solos.

Army opened the fourth set down 11-7 at the first timeout. Later in the match, Barnhorst recorded a block to help get the momentum for the Cadets and give them the 17-16 lead for the Raiders. Two consecutive kills and a solo block helped bring Army to a 23-21 lead. Colgate found late momentum to win the set 26-24 and take the match in four sets. Bray led the Cadets with three kills. Diana Ethridge record one service aces and seven assists.

Coach's Corner

"Colgate was the better team today. Their serve receives and defense was better than ours today. Their outside hitter (Allie Lowe) led her team, and we didn't respond well to her attacks. I was very proud of our middles, Emmy (Barnhorst) and Paige (Fixemer) for playing well the entire match. Kingsley (Wallace) came in and did a great job as well. We are looking forward to working hard this upcoming week and preparing for another tough weekend. We still a long way to go before the Patriot League Tournament." - Head Coach Alma Kovaci Lee

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