Volleyball Clinches Postseason Appearance on Senior Night

Saturday, November 11

WASHINGTON, DC

7:00 PM

George Washington University

10-20, 6-8 A-10

SAINT LOUIS

13-14, 10-4 A-10

Team	1	2	3	Final F
Saint Louis	26	27	25	3
George Washington	24	25	15	0

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WASHINGTON - The George Washington volleyball team concluded the regular season on Saturday night with a hard-fought, 3-0 loss to Saint Louis on Senior Night but still clinched a spot in the upcoming Atlantic 10 Championship.

The sixth-seeded Colonials, making their third A-10 Championship appearance in the last four seasons, will get a rematch with third-seeded Saint Louis on Friday at 5:30 p.m. at the A.J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Key Stats

GW hit .260 for the match, above its season average, but was bested by a .371 attack percentage from the Billikens.
Freshman Marianna Warren led the Colonials with 11 kills on a .333 attack percentage.
Senior Kristel Moor also hit above .300 on the way to 10 kills.
Graduate student Stacey Benton finished with 36 assists, five digs and two block assists.

How It Happened
Set 1: Saint Louis 26, GW 24

The first set was the closest of the match with 13 ties and three lead changes.
Saint Louis committed just three attack errors in the first and swung .390.
GW played out to an early 15-11 lead but conceded a 5-1 run that knotted the score at 16-16.
Neither team was able to pull away until GW broke a 20-20 tie with a 3-1 spurt to take a 23-21 lead.
Saint Louis rebounded out of a timeout and closed on a 5-1 run to take the first set.

Set 2: Saint Louis 27, GW 25

The Billikens started the second set on a 7-3 run.
GW erased the deficit by scoring six straight points to take a 9-7 lead.
The Billikens answered with a 12-4 run to move ahead, 19-13.
Trailing 22-16, Warren put down three consecutive kills to ignite an 8-1 run to give the Colonials a 24-23 lead.
The Billikens scored two straight to get to set point, but the Colonials tied the score at 25-25 on a service error. Saint Louis shook off the error and put down two straight kills for the 27-25 win.

Set 3: Saint Louis 25, GW 15

Saint Louis took control of the third set from the outset via a 13-4 run and clinched the match with the 25-15 win.

Look Ahead

GW and Saint Louis will meet again in the Atlantic 10 Quarterfinals next Friday at 5:30 p.m. The winner will advance to face No. 2 seed Dayton.
The other quarterfinal features No. 4 Duquesne vs. No. 5 Rhode Island with the winner getting No. 1 seed and regular-season champion VCU in Saturday's semifinals.
The semifinals take place on Saturday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., followed by Sunday's championship match at 1 p.m.

Recap of Senior Day match and a look ahead to the A-10 Championship next week from @CoachBernson, Em Newell and Aaliya Davidson #RaiseHigh pic.twitter.com/bMubvOdRbr
-- GW Volleyball (@GW_Volleyball) November 12, 2017