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Bob Cornell
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Winner Army West Point ARMY 10-5; 2-0 PL
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Colgate COLGATE 3-10; 1-1 PL
Winner
Army West Point ARMY
10-5; 2-0 PL
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Final
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Colgate COLGATE
3-10; 1-1 PL
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Army West Point ARMY 26 26 23 25 (3)
Colgate COLGATE 24 24 25 22 (1)

Game Recap: Volleyball |

Junior Duo Paces Colgate in PL Home Opener

Juniors Kathleen Harris and Katie Stebbins Combined for 27 kills Against Army West Point Friday

HAMILTON – Juniors Kathleen Harris and Katie Stebbins combined for 27 kills, but Army West Point outlasted host Colgate, 3-1, in Patriot League volleyball action Friday at Cotterell Court.
 
Bottom Line
Army West Point 3, Colgate 1 (26-24, 26-24, 23-25, 25-22)
 
Won-Lost Records
- Army West Point extended its winning streak to four matches as it improved to 10-5 overall and 2-0 in League play.
- Colgate saw its three-match winning streak halted as it moved to 3-10 on the season and 1-1 in conference play.
 
How It Happened
- Colgate controlled play early in the first set, using a pair of runs to build a 20-14 lead on Army. The Raiders would push the opening frame to set point, 24-21, when the Black Knights responded with five unanswered points to storm back and take the opening frame, 26-24.
- Army carried the momentum into the second set, tallying seven of the first nine points to jump out to a 7-2 lead. Colgate battled back to tie the frame at 18-all, setting up a sequence that saw the two sides battle back-and-forth until, with the score tied at 24-all, a Colgate attack error and a kill gave the Black Knights a second 26-24 triumph and a 2-0 lead.
- Colgate extended the match with a 25-23 victory in the third set, closing out the frame with 4-2 spurt to erase a 22-21 deficit and force a fourth frame. 
- The Black Knights closed out the match with a 25-22 victory in the fourth set. With the score knotted at 19-all, Army scored four straight points to take a 23-19 lead. Colgate responded with three of the next four points to pull within two, 24-22, but a spike from Vanessa Edwards gave the Black Knights the set and the match.
 
Key Raider Info
- Stebbins led three Raiders in double figures with 14 kills while Harris pitched in 13. Rookie Amanda Smith notched a season-high 10 spikes to join the duo in double digits.
- Harris also record 19 digs to post her team-leading seventh double-double of the season.
- Senior Jackie Macy notched 27 assists and added 11 digs for her second straight double-double.
- Junior Madison McAndrews led five Raiders in double digits with a season-high 22 digs.
- Smith (2 solo, 4 block assists) and fellow newcomer Jaelah Hutchison (1 solo, 5 block assists) paced the Raiders with six total blocks each. 
 
Inside The Box Score
- The match featured a total of 37 ties and 14 lead changes. There was a minimum of five ties and two lead changes in each of the four frames.
- Army combined for a team hitting percentage of .214 (69K-25E-206 TA). The Black Knights posted an attack clip above .200 in each of the first three frames.
- Colgate turned in a hitting percentage of .161 (50-20-186). The Raiders best offensive frame of the contest came in the second set when it posted a .232 attack clip (17-4-56).
- The two teams combined for nearly 200 total digs for the match as Army posted 100 and Colgate tallied 95.
- Nicole Perri tallied a match-high 19 kills to lead five Army players in double figures. Vanessa Edwards tallied 52 assists and 16 digs to record the double-double while Shannel Chong finished with a match-best 37 digs.

From The Source
Colgate Assistant Coach Kristin Baker


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Up Next
- Colgate is back in action Saturday as it hosts Holy Cross in a 4 p.m. matinee.
- The Raiders will honor former student-athletes Judy Culhane '97 and Autumn McKenzie '00 by retiring their jerseys prior to the start of the match.
 
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