JMU Sweeps Delaware for 3-0 Victory

Friday, October 13

Harrisonburg, Va.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

14-2 (5-2,CAA)

Delaware

3-15 (1-7,CAA)

DELAWARE

James Madison

10/13/2017 10:08:00 PM | Volleyball

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – Behind a balanced offensive effort, the James Madison volleyball team swept Delaware on Friday night inside Sinclair Gymnasium. The Dukes move to 14-2 overall and 5-2 in the Colonial Athletic Association, while the Blue Hens fell to 3-15 and 1-7.

MATCH NOTES

JMU won in sets scores of 25-20, 25-16, 25-15.
Junior Bryn Recker led the Dukes offense and all players with 10 kills, while five others contributed to the attack.
The Dukes tallied 12.0 total blocks to Delaware's 1.0.
JMU had six players contribute to the blocking game, led by sophomore M'Kaela White who had seven.
Tilbe Yaglioglu and Sarah Martin led in assists with 16 and 13, respectively.
Sarah Driscoll led the defensive with 19 digs, while seven other Dukes also tallied a dig in the match.
In the service game, the Dukes produced five aces to Delaware's one.
The Dukes hit .340 for the match as a team and held the Blue Hens to a .105 hitting percentage.
In the third set the Dukes hit .400, producing 12 kills on 25 attempts, only committing two errors, while holding Delaware to a .000 hitting percentage in the set.
Delaware's Maria Bellinger led the team with nine kills, while Courtnie Roberts added 14 assists in the contest for the Blue Hens.

QUOTING COACH STEINBRECHER
"It was a fun match and I think our girls played hard and stayed really focused throughout the match. I was really proud of our offensive effort, I thought we had a very balanced attack as we were able to get a lot of people to contributing kills, which speaks volumes to our first ball contacts and our setters giving our hitters the ability to terminate. I was excited to see our blockers be able to make some changes and come around at the end, to make some defensive stops, especially Sarah Martin and M'Kaela White."

UP NEXT
The Dukes host Towson on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 1 p.m. inside Sinclair Gymnasium for a crucial CAA matchup.