Volleyball Drops Five-Set Heartbreaker At Delaware

Sunday, October 16

Newark, Del.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

11-10, 3-5CAA

Delaware

8-13, 2-6CAA

James Madison

Delaware

10/16/2016 4:06:00 PM | Volleyball

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NEWARK, Del. – Trailing 2-1, James Madison volleyball fought from behind to force a decisive fifth set for the first time this season, but the Dukes fell short to Delaware, 3-2 (25-20, 23-25, 19-25, 25-17, 17-15), inside the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday.

The Dukes fell to 11-10 overall and 3-5 in Colonial Athletic Association play as the Blue Hens improved to 8-3 and 2-6 in league action.

Senior right side hitter Janey Goodman tallied a season-best 29 kills on 56 swings for a team-high .446 clip to lead the Duke offense. Goodman also added four digs and five blocks. Sophomore outside hitter Bryn Recker chipped in 15 kills and 20 digs for her second double-double of the season. Freshman outside hitter Briley Brind'Amour added 10 kills to become the third Duke attacker to finish in double figures.

Sophomore setter Tilbe Yaglioglu dished out a career-high 36 assists, while freshman setter Sarah Martin added 24 helpers to lead the Dukes to a .255 team clip. Yaglioglu added 10 digs to record her fourth double-double of the season.

Four Dukes tallied double-digit digs led by junior libero Taylor Austin who tallied 33 total, one shy of her career best. Sophomore defensive specialist Jacqui Koebel added a career-high 19 digs. At the net, the Dukes garnered 10 team blocks led by sophomore Taylor Gail's six total.

The Blue Hens jumped out early in the first set with a 4-1 lead. The Dukes battled back to take their first lead of the set, 13-12, off a kill from Goodman. Delaware clawed back to locked the set at 19-all before JMU went on a 6-1 run to win the opening stanza, 25-20. Set two featured eight lead changes between UD and the Dukes, the final coming in favor of the Blue Hens. With the matched locked at 23-all, UD landed back-to-back kills to even the match at the break.

Powered by a 5-2 run midway through the third set, Delaware topped the Dukes 25-19 to take a 2-1 lead. The Dukes stormed out in the fourth set, landing 10 of the first 12 points and pulled ahead by as much as 10 over the Blue Hens, ultimately winning the fourth set, 25-17, to force a decisive fifth set for the first time this season.

With the Blue Hens facing match point, 14-13, Goodman hammered home a kill to lock the set up at 14-all. Brind'Amour delivered a kill to put the Dukes ahead 15-14, but the Blue Hens used two blocks and a kill from Daria Robinson to win the set and the match.

QUOTING COACH STEINBRECHER
"We played hard, but fell short today. At 15-15 in the fifth, it is all about executing. We will continue to get better in practice this week as we prepare for Northeastern on Thursday. Also, I want to encourage all of our fans to be in Godwin this weekend as we host three CAA team on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Go Dukes!"

RECORD WATCH
Recording 30 or more digs for the second time this season, Taylor Austin continued her meteoric rise on the JMU all-time digs chart. The Ashburn, Va. native closed the weekend with 1,264 career digs to jump Katie Daorai (2010-2013) for third place. Lindsay Collingwood (1996-99) ranks second in JMU history with 1,570 digs, while Jena Pierson (2004-07) holds the career record with 2,189.

DEFENSE SHINES IN NEWARK
The Dukes racked up 98 digs, the second-highest team total by JMU this season, on the road at Newark, powered by four Dukes finishing in double figures. Junior Taylor Austin and sophomore Bryn Recker each fell one dig shy of tying their career marks with 33 and 20 digs, respectively. Sophomores Tilbe Yaglioglu and Jacqui Koebel rounded out the Duke defensive efforts with 10 and 19 digs, respectively. Koebel set a new career high with her 19 total digs and eclipsed the 100 digs mark for the season with 107 total, well surpassing her previous season-high of 37.

CAA STANDINGS

	CAA RECORD	OVERALL RECORD
Northeastern	7-1	17-5
Charleston	5-2	12-7
Towson	5-3	18-5
Hofstra	5-3	15-6
UNCW	4-4	14-6
James Madison	3-5	11-10
Elon	2-5	15-8
Delaware	2-6	8-13
William & Mary	2-6	8-13

UP NEXT
James Madison returns to the friendly confines of Sinclair Gymnasium inside Godwin Hall to begin a three-match homestand. The home slate begins when the Dukes host conference leader Northeastern on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. Thursday's action will be streamed live via MadiZONE presented by the JMU Alumni Association.