Black Knights Complete Season Sweep Of American

Saturday, October 22

Washington, D.C.

5 P.M.

Army West Point

13-8,9-2Patriot

American University

12-11,4-6Patriot

Army West Point

American

Black Knights Complete Season Sweep Of American

October 22, 2022 | Volleyball

Box Score

Match 21
SCORE	Army Black Knights 3, American Eagles 1 (23-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-17)
RECORDS	Army (13-8, 9-2 Patriot League) \| American (12-11, 4-6 Patriot League)
LOCATION	Bender Arena

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Army West Point volleyball program earned its first-ever regular-season sweep of American University after downing the Eagles in four sets on Saturday.

Match Synopsis
After being edged in the first set, the Black Knights powered their way to capturing wins in the next three sets. In the first meeting of the season on September 16, Army dropped the first two sets before storming back to win the next three.

The first set featured 13 ties and eight lead changes with American slipping past Army for a 25-23 victory. For the rest of the match, the Black Knights trailed only twice.
Army won the second set, 25-20, behind eight combined kills by Paige Fixemer and Savannah Bray, and eight assists from Diana Ethridge. The Black Knights had 18 kills in the third set to fuel a 25-18 win.

The Black Knights' hitting percentage improved each set, culminating in the fourth set with a match-best .261 hitting percentage. Army had 18 kills which tied the third set for most kills and had a match-leading 83 percent on sideout. Army took a 2-1 lead after American scored the first point, and the Cadets led comfortably for the rest of the set.

Cadets Capsules

Savannah Bray led the match in kills with 17.
Paige Fixemer had 13 digs and three block assists.
Allanah Cutler had a hitting percentage of .314 to go along with 13 kills and three block assists.
Diana Ethridge notched a double-double with a match-high 42 assists and 21 digs. She also had a career-high six kills.
Sayler Butters recorded a double-double by tying a career-high in digs with 29 and setting a career-high in assists 10. The 29 digs are the most by a Black Knight this season.

Inside the Numbers

Army has swept the season series for the first time in program history and has won two matches in the same season over American for the first time since 2009 (regular season and conference tournament).
Alma Kovaci Lee is five wins away from 300 career wins.
The Black Knights set a season-high in digs with 96, including five Cadets with double-digit digs (Sayler Butters 29, Diana Ethridge 21, Mackenzie Karnig 12, Julia Johnson 11, Riley Parchment 11).
The 65 kills are the second most this season.

Coach's Corner
"Our team was incredible tonight. We played a highly emotional tough match last night (Navy) and clearly, we were exhausted. However, after the first set, the team recognized those feelings and then put them away. Their grit, passion, communication, and teamwork took over and they didn't allow the feelings of being tired to show up again. That is what real warriors do. Now, we are going to get some ice cream and celebrate these wins before we come back in our gym and get to work." – Alma Kovaci Lee

Up Next

The Black Knights return to Gillis Field House next week to start a four-match homestand beginning on Friday, October 28 at 7 p.m. against Lehigh.

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