UMBC TOPS JMU VOLLEYBALL 3-1

Tuesday, September 22

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9/23/2009 1:30:00 AM | Volleyball

Box Score

HARRISONBURG, Va., Sept. 22, 2009 ? Four players registered at least nine kills to lead Maryland-Baltimore County to a 3-1 victory over James Madison in a non-conference volleyball match on Tuesday evening in Sinclair Gymnasium.

UMBC improved to 7-7 and won by set scores of 25-16, 25-23, 16-25, and 25-21. JMU, which was playing at home for the first time since Sept. 5, fell to 6-9.

JMU head coach Disa Garner commented, “The loss tonight was disappointing because we could have played a lot better the first two sets. But at the same time, we had a different lineup. Trying to work through the lineup meant we didn't play well in the early phases. But we played well in set three and did O.K. in set four but just had some unforced errors.”

Sophomore Kelly Turner (Ontario, N.Y./Wayne Central) registered her second double-double for the Dukes after leading all players with 17 kills while hitting .265 and adding 10 digs. Junior Lindsay Callahan (Virginia Beach, Va./Landstown), doing her first setting with the lineup change to a 6-2 offense, narrowly missed her first career triple-double with 12 kills, 16 assists, and eight digs to go with four blocks and .370 hitting.

Garner added, “Cal did an excellent job filling in to set and also swung really well. It was also nice to have Kelly Johnson (Charlotte, N.C./Providence) in there to block some balls. But with Cal setting, our offense has to be very basic. With just a day and a half, there wasn't much time to prepare. With the switch to the 6-2, it was a lot to grasp in a short time. They really executed better than I expected all things considered.”

Sophomore Holly Wall (Kaukauna, Wisc./Kaukauna) added 12 kills and eight digs for the Dukes while junior Jessica Zeroual (Ottawa, Ont./De La Salle) contributed eight kills on .353 hitting with five blocks. Freshman Megan Wiechmann (Sunland, Calif./Village Christian) totaled 27 assists and six digs while redshirt freshman Natalie Abel (Washington, Pa./Trinity) added 16 digs at the libero