Black Knights Win Third Straight

Sunday, March 21

Worcester, MA

3 PM

Army West Point

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Holy Cross

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Army West Point

Holy Cross

Black Knights Win Third Straight

March 21, 2021 | Volleyball

Box Score

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Army West Point volleyball team picked up its third consecutive win Sunday afternoon, topping Holy Cross 3-1.

"I'm proud of our team today," Army head coach Alma Kovaci Lee said. "Somewhere in the middle of that match, they looked at each other and committed to elevating their game."

Senior setter Hannah Presley had a match-high 41 assists and had no setting errors.

"Hannah did an awesome job stabilizing our hitters and our passers did a great job giving Hannah options to set," Kovaci Lee added.

The Black Knights had three freshmen finish with 10 or more kills. Mackenzie Karnig and Allanah Cutler tied for the team-lead with 14 and Paige Fixemer added 10. Senior Monica Eckford finished with nine and had the team's top hitting percentage at .400 on the day.

Army won the first set, 25-18, with 18 of its points coming on kills. The Cadets posted a hitting percentage of .341 on the first frame. The Black Knights' hitting percentage dropped to .170 in the second set and the Crusaders managed even things up at 1-1.

In the set three, Army jumped to a 14-7 lead, but Holy Cross registered eight of the next 10 points to cut the Cadets' lead to 16-15. The Black Knights went on a 5-0 run to push their cushion back up to six and eventually went on to win the set 25-21.

The fourth set started out tight, with Holy Cross holding a 10-9 lead. However, Army managed to outscore the Crusaders 16-5 to earn the victory.

"This is definitely a good win on the road that will help us towards our goal of winning the championship," Kovaci Lee said. "It hasn't been easy on us as we are missing players, but the team finds a way to succeed. I'm incredibly proud of that."

NOTES AND HIGHLIGHTS

Cutler has had double-digit kills in five of the six games this season.
The Long Beach, Calif., native leads the team with 73 kills.
Fixemer has registered double-digit kills in three of the last four matches.
Karnig has notched consecutive double-figure kills efforts.
Ana Oglivie led the team with 22 digs, while Sayler Butters was second with 17,

UP NEXT
The Black Knights will have a weekend series with Lafayette. Army will clash with the Leopards in Gillis on Friday before heading out to square off in Easton, Pa., on Sunday.