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Volleyball Celebration vs. Army
Nina Lindberg
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Army ARMY 17-10, 10-4 PL
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Winner Colgate COLGATE 17-9, 8-6 PL
Army ARMY
17-10, 10-4 PL
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Final
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Colgate COLGATE
17-9, 8-6 PL
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Army ARMY 22 13 29 19 (1)
Colgate COLGATE 25 25 27 25 (3)

Game Recap: Volleyball | | Chelsea Vielhauer

Colgate Takes Down Second-Place Army For Key League Win

Raiders Pick Up Sixth-Straight Win to Move Into Fourth Place in League Standings

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HAMILTON – The Colgate volleyball team put together a strong offensive day to earn a big 3-1 win over second-place Army Sunday afternoon at Cotterell Court.31897
 
The victory moves Colgate into a tie for fourth place in the Patriot League standings with Lehigh. After starting league play 0-5, Colgate has since gone 8-1 over its last nine matches to move itself into a battle for a Patriot League Tournament berth.
 
Colgate finished the match with an impressive .350 hitting percentage, it's highest attack percentage against a Patriot League opponent this season. First-year Alli Lowe led the Raiders once again with 18 kills and a .395 hitting percentage. Sophomore Taylor Flaherty followed with 13 kills and a .480 clip.
 
A back-and-forth opening set saw nine tie scores and four lead changes as neither team led by more than two until the closing points. The Raiders trailed 20-19, but kills from Lowe and junior Jaelah Hutchison helped Colgate pull ahead 22-20. Army pulled within one at 22-21 and 23-22, but a kill from Lowe and a service ace from junior Peighton McRobie put away the first set 25-22 to give the Raiders a 1-0 match lead. Lowe tallied nine kills in the opening term and Colgate hit a blistering .556 as a team.
 


The Raiders raced out to a quick 8-2 lead in the second set with the help of two Lowe kills and two McRobie aces to force an early Army timeout.  The Black Knights pulled within three at 11-8, but it would be as close as they would get the rest of the way. Colgate scored 14 of the set's final 19 points to capture the dominant 25-13 set-two win and take a 2-0 match lead.
 

 
The third set was much like the first as it saw 13 tie scores and six lead changes. The back-and-forth battle ended when Army broke a 27-all draw with a block and kill from Carolyn Bockrath to keep the Black Knights alive with the 29-27 victory.
 
Army held a 10-9 lead in the fourth set before the Raiders strung together a 5-1 run that gave Colgate a 14-11 advantage. The Black Knights were back within one at 16-15, but two Army errors and two kills from Lowe followed to stretch the Raider lead to 20-15. The Black Knights were never able to recover as a kill from Flaherty capped off the 25-18 set-four victory and 3-1 match win.
 

 
BOTTOM LINE
  • Colgate 3, Army 1 (25-22, 25-13, 27-29, 25-19)
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
  • The Raiders move to 17-9 overall and 8-6 in the Patriot League. Colgate has won its last six games and eight of its last nine. The Raiders are currently tied with Lehigh for fourth place in the Patriot League standings. Colgate closes the regular season at American and against Lafayette next weekend, while Lehigh takes on Navy and Army.
  • Army falls to 17-10 on the season and 10-4 against league opponents.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
  • Lowe has now registered 21 double-digit kill matches this season, including the last nine. Colgate has gone 8-1 in that stretch. Her .395 hitting percentage marked her fourth highest attack percentage of the season.
  • Flaherty notched the seventh double-digit kill match of her sophomore campaign. She added three digs and one block.
  • Senior Lauren Sanderson dished a team-best 46 assists. She added seven digs and five kills on a .500 hitting percentage.
  • Stansbury and Hutchison each chipped in eight kills apiece.
  • Stansbury and McRobie led the squad with 10 digs each.
 
FACTS & FIGURES
  • The Raiders .350 hitting percentage was Colgate's second-highest of the season.
  • Colgate held Army to a clip of .278.
  • The Raiders benefited from seven service aces, three of which came from McRobie.
  • The Black Knights held a 5-4 team block edge, but Colgate controlled digs 51-45.
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Ryan Baker
  • "I absolutely love how our team is competing right now.  We did a great job recovering throughout the match against a very good Army team.  Army has five starting seniors so their experience can really take over."
  • "Lauren set a great match tonight and we had some terminal swings.  Overall, our defense won the match.  Bridget, Peighton and Stanny had some major plays at key moments."

UP NEXT
  • The Raiders head into their final weekend of regular-season action next weekend, beginning with a Friday trip to first-place American.
  • Colgate returns home for the final time in 2017 Sunday to take on Lafayette at Cotterell Court.  

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