Volleyball Falls at American in Finale of Road Swing

Wednesday, October 11

Washington, DC

7:00 PM

George Washington University

6-15

American

14-7

Team	1	2	3	Final F
George Washington	19	14	17	0
American	25	25	25	3

10/11/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Oct. 11, 2017

Box Score

WASHINGTON - The GW volleyball team concluded a month-long stretch of seven matches away from home on Wednesday night but fell in straight sets at American University in a non-conference match at Bender Arena.

Key Stats

Freshman Marianna Warren led GW with nine kills on the night, the first time the freshman has led the Colonials in kills in a match this season.
Freshman Sydney Welch led all players with 17 digs.
Junior Alexis Lete was active at the net with four block assists. She added three errorless kills
American swung .389 for the match with just seven attack errors while the Colonials committed only 14 attack errors but swung .188.

How It Happened
Set 1: American 25, GW 19

AU started the match by taking a 3-0 lead but the Colonials battled back to tie the score at 9-9.
The score remained close before American scored four straight to take a 16-12 lead.
Senior Kristel Moor's kill ended the run to start a 3-0 spurt for GW which cut the lead to one point at 16-15.
The teams traded points until American was forced to take a timeout leading by one, 19-18.
AU emerged from the timeout with three straight points to force a GW timeout but the momentum remained with the home team as they won the first set, 25-19.

Set 2: American 25, GW 15

AU broke an early 5-5 tie by going on a 7-1 run to take a 12-6 lead.
GW halted the momentum briefly on a kill by freshman Marianna Warren. The rookie then combined with junior Alexis Lete for a block to make the score 12-8.
The Eagles answered with two straight points to take a 14-8 lead and force a GW timeout.
AU extended the lead to nine points at 21-12 and maintained the cushion to take the set, 25-15.

Set 3: American 25, GW 17

AU opened the third with a 5-1 run to force an early timeout.
The Colonials started to chip away at the lead but a mid-set spurt put the Eagles in front by 10 points at 17-7.
GW attempted a late rally, staving off match point five times, but the Eagles ended the match with a 25-17 win.

Up Next

GW returns home to the Smith Center for the first time since September 19 to host a pair of A-10 matches against VCU (Friday, 7 p.m.) and Davidson (Saturday, 5 p.m.).

Hear what @CoachBernson and Aaliya Davidson have to say after we wrapped our road swing at AU tonight. pic.twitter.com/8RjWY3Mzyo
- GW Volleyball (@GW_Volleyball) October 12, 2017