Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Duquesne volleyball team wrapped up its opening Atlantic 10 series against George Washington on Saturday afternoon, falling in straight sets, 3-0 inside UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. With the loss, the Dukes drop to 10-4 on the season, behind a 1-1 mark in conference play.
POINT OF EMPHASIS
The two squads picked up where they left off yesterday, trading points as there were seven ties and a pair of lead changes in the opening stanza. After trading the opening 14 points, the Revolutionaries strung together a 4-1 stint to grab an 11-8 advantage. The Dukes would trim the deficit with a pair of kills from sophomore
Avery Hobson and junior
Ariel Helm but George Washington netted three straight points to hold a 15-10 lead at the media timeout. Out of the break, Duquesne would bounce back by scoring six of the next seven points to knot the score at 16-all. Graduate student
Elizabeth Drelling started the stint with a kill, followed by a block from Drelling and sophomore
Jordan Robertson. After a point by George Washington, Duquesne took advantage of a Revolutionaries miscue and an ace from Drelling trimmed the deficit, 16-14. Robertson and junior
Carsyn Henschen would collect a block before a setting error by George Washington tied the score. The Revolutionaries would score five consecutive points before ending the set on a 3-1 stint to take the opening stanza, 25-20.
SET THREE
George Washington would use a .400 swing percentage and 15 kills to take a 2-0 lead in the match in set two. The back-and-forth affair continued in set three as both teams traded the opening 12 points of the set. The Revolutionaries carded three consecutive points to take a 9-6 advantage before a successful swing by Robertson, an ace by Drelling, and an attacking error by George Washington tied the score at 9-9. Later in the set, the Revolutionaries held a two-point lead before another Drelling successful swing and a service ace by junior
Maggie Colenbrander knotted the score at 16-all. George Washington would extend its lead to 20-17 with a 4-1 stint before ending the stanza by scoring four of the final five points to take the match, 25-21.
INSIDE THE STAT SHEET
Duquesne was led by
Avery Hobson, who registered six kills, four digs, and 1.0 block while
Elizabeth Drelling and
Jordan Robertson each tallied five kills each. Drelling collected eight digs while Robertson posted a team-high 3.5 blocks. Sophomore
Chloe Wilmot recorded 11 assists with five digs while freshman
Amalia Martin posted six helpers off the bench. Junior
Madison Grimm registered a team-leading 11 digs, with three assists on Saturday.
UP NEXT
The Dukes hit the road for its first conference road test of the season, when they travel to Saint Louis on Friday, Oct. 4 at 6:00 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 5 at 2:00 p.m.
