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Colgate University Athletics

Bob Cornell
0
Colgate COLGATE 12-16
3
Winner American AMERICAN 26-6
Colgate COLGATE
12-16
0
Final
3
American AMERICAN
26-6
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Colgate COLGATE 19 19 20 (0)
American AMERICAN 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Harris, McAndrews Lead Colgate Versus AU

Harris Records Nine Kills, McAndrews Finishes with 17 Digs in Patriot League Semifinal Match Versus Top-Seeded American

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Aleksandra Kazala and Allison Cappellino combined for 28 kills to lead top-seeded American to a 3-0 victory over fourth-seeded Colgate in the first semifinal of the 2015 Patriot League Volleyball Championship Saturday at Bender Arena.
 
Kazala notched 15 spikes and Cappellino added 13 to power an Eagle attack that finished with a .257 hitting percentage for the match (44K-16E-109TA). Monika Smidova dished out 29 assists and added 14 digs for the double-double while Hoakalei Dawson notched 10 digs and pitched in nine assists to finish just shy of a double-double.
 
For Colgate, Kathleen Harris tallied nine kills and Jaelah Hutchison pitched in seven spikes. Madison McAndrews tallied a match-best 17 digs.
 
Bottom Line
American 3, Colgate 0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-20)
 
Won-Lost Records
- Top-seeded American improved to 26-6 overall and advanced to Sunday's championship match, where it faces the winner of Saturday's other semifinal contest between No. 2 Army West Point and No. 3 Lehigh at 1 p.m.
- Fourth-seeded Colgate dipped to 12-16 as it saw its season come to a close.
 
Turning Point
- After capturing the first set, 25-19, American found itself down 12-8 after Colgate rattled off five unanswered points to erase an 8-7 deficit.
- The Eagles put an end to the Raiders spurt, using a kill from Cappellino and an attack error by Colgate to ignite an 11-3 spurt that put American in front, 19-15.
- The Raiders tallied two of the next three points to trim the Eagles advantage to three, 20-17.
- American put the set out of reach moments later, scoring three straight points to start at 5-2 spurt that closed out the frame and gave the Eagles a 25-19 decision and a 2-0 lead.
 
Key Raider Info
- Harris led the Raiders with nine spikes and Hutchison tallied seven kills.
- Hutchison committed just one attack error in 12 swings for a .500 attack percentage.
- McAndrews reached double digits in digs for the 16th time this season. All 16 occurrences came during the final 19 matches of the regular season.
- Jackie Macy dished out 13 assists and Molly Smith tallied 11.
- The match served as the final contest for senior student-athletes Macy, Brooke Shupryt-Knoop, Kate Reilly and Katie Fauntleroy.
 
Inside the Box Score
- Colgate combined for a .152 hitting percentage (32-16-105) for the match. The Raiders were held below a .200 attack clip in all three sets, highlighted by a .194 attack clip in the second (10-4-31).
- American posted a hitting percentage of .175 or higher in all three sets, including a .371 attack rate in the second frame (18-5-35).
- The match featured a total of 18 ties and eight lead changes. The second and third frames included seven ties and three lead changes.
- Kazala (31) and Cappellino (30) combined for more than half of the American attacks in the match (109). Harris (30) and newcomer Katie Stansbury (20) accounted for nearly half of the Raiders swings (105).
 
From the Source
Colgate Head Coach Ryan Baker
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(on match)
"It's all about playing hard and I thought it we played as hard as we possibly could. American is a really good team with five seniors, they've been here every year, there's a lot of experience in that group. I think we gave them everything we had."
 
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