JMU Falls in Three to Connecticut

Saturday, September 5

Storrs, Conn.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

5-2

Connecticut

4-2

James Madison

UConn

9/5/2015 4:30:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

STORRS, Conn. – The James Madison women's volleyball team fell to host Connecticut in three sets to close out the Dog Pound Challenge Tournament. The Dukes are now 5-2 on the season while the Huskies advance to 4-2.

Junior right side hitter Janey Goodman led the Dukes with 12 kills followed by senior outside hitter Meghan Niski with nine. Sophomore libero Taylor Austin led the Dukes in digs, tallying 15 on the day.

The Huskies compiled 47 kills to compliment a .269 team hitting percentage to outhit the Dukes. JMU took control of the leaderboards in blocks, accumulating five team blocks to Connecticut's one.

In the third set the Dukes and Huskies went back-and-forth, forcing the game to go to extra points and eventually ending 26-24 in the Huskies' favor.

The match marks only the second loss of the season for the Dukes contributing to a 5-1 tournament record on the season.

Quoting Coach
"Kudos to a talented Connecticut team that played hard and was very well coached," Head Coach Lauren Steinbrecher said. "I am excited about to get our team back in the gym this week so we can work hard to continue to get better."

Dog Pound Challenge Update
Friday Sept. 4
UConn-3 UMBC-0
Saturday Sept. 5
UMBC-3 Bryant-1
UConn-3 JMU-0

All-Tournament Team Honorees
Meghan Niski - Senior Outside Hitter
Taylor Austin - Sophomore Libero

Noteworthy
This is the first time the Dukes have gone 5-2 in the first seven games of the season since 2010.

Looking Ahead
The Dukes travel to Philadelphia, Pa. to compete in the Villanova Classic facing Howard, Siena and host Villanova.