George Washington University Athletics
George Washington University
0-1,0-0Atlantic 10
American
1-0,0-0Patriot
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Washington | 24 | 21 | 13 | 0 |
| American | 26 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
Volleyball Falls at American, 3-0
8/25/2023 9:23:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
WASHINGTON – GW volleyball began the 2023 season at American on Friday night with a 3-0 loss to the Eagles at Bender Arena, 24-26, 21-25, 13-25.
BY THE NUMBERS
In her first game in Buff & Blue, graduate student Grace Wiczek led the GW attack with eight kills. Liv Womble added six kills and first-year Haylee Brown put down six to pace a GW offense that tallied 31 kills on the night. Dilara Elmacioglu was GW's primary setter, recording 19 assists and Maeve Loughran added nine.
Amina Robinson led the Buff & Blue defense with 18 digs and Salem Yohannes tallied 11. GW came up with 16 blocks as a team, with graduate student Kelsey Watkins accounting for six.
HOW IT HAPPENEDÂ Â
Set One featured 14 ties and five lead changes, with the largest lead of the set favoring GW twice at 17-14 and 18-15. Seven kills for American in the second half of the opening stanza helped to a narrow 26-24 Set One victory.
American sketched a 7-2 lead in the opening stages of Set Two, but four GW kills and a pair of attack errors from the home team put GW ahead at 14-11. American regained control, outscoring GW 7-1 to create its own three-point separation at 18-15. GW was able to get within two, but three-straight points from the Eagles put American up 2-0 in the match.
Powered by a six-point scoring run to begin the third set, American quickly moved to a 10-3 advantage, doubling GW's offensive output with 14 kills to the visitors' seven to earn the 3-0 victory on opening night.
UP NEXTÂ
The Buff & Blue will close out opening weekend at Howard on Saturday with a 1 p.m. first serve at Burr Gymnasium.
