Volleyball Knocks Off URI in Five Sets to Win Third Straight

Saturday, November 10

Kingston, R.I.

7:00 p.m.

George Washington University

11-15, 5-9 A-10

Rhode Island

9-17, 3-11 A-10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	Final F
George Washington	29	20	26	22	15	3
Rhode Island	27	25	24	25	9	2

11/10/2018 10:15:00 PM | Women's Volleyball

Box Score

Colonials keep postseason hopes alive, await Sunday’s results

KINGSTON, R.I. – GW Volleyball has made a habit of five-set victories this season and Saturday was no exception with another thrilling triumph, this time over Rhode Island to keep its postseason hopes alive.

The Colonials (11-15, 5-9) won their final three matches of the regular season and now await the result of Saint Louis' match with La Salle on Sunday afternoon to see if they will qualify for the A-10 Tournament.

GW 3, Rhode Island 2 (29-27, 20-25, 26-24, 22-25, 15-9)

Key Stats
• Six of GW's 11 victories this season have come in five-set fashion. The Colonials are now 11-3 in five-set matches under second-year head coach Sarah Bernson.
• Junior Skylar Iott posted a team-best 22 kills as part of a third straight double-double effort, adding 16 digs.
• First-year Bella Bowman set a new career-best with 36 digs. Junior Jaimeson Lee added six blocks, 10 digs and crested 50 assists for the second straight match, dishing out 51 helpers.
• The Colonials out-hit the Rams (9-17, 3-11) .166-.138 despite posting eight fewer kills.
• The difference was GW's blocking game that recording a season-best 16.0 blocks, besting the previous team-high of 11.5.
• Senior Kelsey Clark contributed eight of the blocks while fellow senior Alexis Lete tallied seven rejections.

How it Happened
Set 1: GW 29, Rhode Island 27
• GW needed extra time in the opening set to grab the early lead, riding 19 kills and a .356 attack percentage to the set win.
• The Colonials fought off a pair of set points at 25-24 and 26-25 before finishing off the set with a 4-1 run.

Set 2: Rhode Island 25, GW 20
• URI came back to even the match with a second-set comeback victory.
• GW led 6-0 early in the second set, but the Rams eventually worked their way back even at 18-18 and extended the run to 9-2 to square things at one set a piece.

Set 3: GW 26, Rhode Island 24
• Again GW had to go above and beyond to triumph in a set, finishing the set with three straight points to erase what was a 24-23 deficit.
• Lete's ace capped off the three-point swing that also featured a pair of URI errors.

Set 4: Rhode Island 25, GW 22
• Rhode Island didn't go down without a fight, nabbing five of the first six points in the fourth set to take control and eventually force a fifth set.
• The Rams never relinquished the lead despite numerous ties from GW, tallying five of the final seven points in the set to even the match yet again.

Set 5: GW 15, Rhode Island 9
• Similar to Friday at Fordham, GW dominated the fifth set from the onset, securing nine of the first 12 points.
• Iott's 22^nd kill of the night finished off the match and wrapped up the fifth set with an identical score to Friday's match.

Watch

Coach Bernson, Skylar Iott and Jaimeson Lee break down tonight's victory over URI! #RaiseHigh pic.twitter.com/VIUkHhJUsb
— GW Volleyball (@GW_Volleyball) November 11, 2018

Up Next
• GW awaits its postseason fate, pending the result of Sunday's Saint Louis vs La Salle match. The Colonials need a Saint Louis loss to trigger a three-way tiebreaker with the Billikens and Davidson that GW would win based on head-to-head results.

Should Saint Louis lose, GW would be the No. 6 seed in the Atlantic 10 Tournament next weekend at VCU, starting next Friday.