HARRISONBURG, Va. – Four gamers recorded double digit kills because the Lehigh volleyball group closed out James Madison’s LD&B Insurance Invitational with a 3-1 win over host JMU Sunday afternoon. The Mountain Hawks dropped the primary set 28-26 then got here again to win the following three 25-16, 30-28 and 25-21 to complete the event at 2-1 and transfer to 4-2 on the season.
Senior
Natalie Luscomb led Lehigh with 13 kills, whereas juniors
Alysia Fingall and
Ufuoma Omene and first-year
Mary Massias all contributed 12. Fingall added 12 digs for the double-double.
Set one was tight with Lehigh main for a lot of the means however the Mountain Hawks by no means led by greater than three factors. JMU (2-4) rallied to take a 25-24 lead with Lehigh forcing additional factors within the opening set. Back-to-back Kennedy Louisell kills gave James Madison the 28-26 set win and a 1-0 lead.
Lehigh tied the match at 1-1 with a dominant second set. The Mountain Hawks hit a match-best .391 and restricted the Dukes to .115. A kill by Massias put Lehigh up 11-9 and sparked a 6-0 run. A kill from Omene sparked a 4-0 run to place Lehigh up 21-13. A combo block by Luscomb and senior
Madison McCartney secured the 25-16 set win night the match at 1-1.
Extra factors have been as soon as once more required in set three. Lehigh trailed by 4 early earlier than taking its first lead at 10-9. Neither group would lead by greater than two factors for the rest of the set. A McCartney kill fought off a set level for JMU after which kills by Massias and Fingall secured a 30-28 win and a 2-1 match lead.
Set 4 noticed Lehigh maintain a small lead all through the early a part of the set, with the Mountain Hawks lastly going up by 4 at 16-12 on a kill by junior
Olivia Lasee. Another double block by Luscomb and McCartney gave Lehigh a six-point lead at 22-16. The Mountain Hawks would discover three extra factors, with Omene’s twelfth kill approaching match level.
Lehigh hit .329 for the match whereas JMU hit .206.
McCartney had eight blocks to go together with eight kills. Junior
Abby Felkai had 30 assists whereas sophomore
Grace Slovensky contributed 24. Sophomore
Sophia Bond led Lehigh with 21 digs.
Louisell led JMU with 18 kills.
Lehigh will host its Steel Classic event Friday-Saturday inside Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall. The Mountain Hawks will host Sacred Heart Friday at midday, NJIT Friday at 6:30 p.m. and Valparaiso Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
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