JMU Drops 3-1 Decision to Towson

Sunday, October 15

Harrisonburg, Va.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

14-3 (5-3,CAA)

Towson

19-3 (5-3,CAA)

TOWSON

James Madison

10/15/2017 4:41:00 PM | Volleyball

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – The James Madison volleyball team lost its third match of the season after a 3-1 loss to Towson on Sunday afternoon in Sinclair Gymnasium. The Dukes fall to 14-3 and 5-3 in Colonial Athletic Association play, while the Tigers moved to 19-3 overall and 5-3 in conference action.

MATCH NOTES

JMU lost 3-1 in set scores of 25-23, 23-25, 21-25, 17-25.
Junior Bryn Recker led all players with 15 kills, hitting .424 for the match only committing one error or 33 attempts.
Bryn Recker also added 10 digs in the match, notching her fourth double-double of the season, and 12^th match she has had a double-digit kill performance.
Redshirt sophomore Kelly Vahos contributed 12 kills to the attacking game and also tallied 10 digs to mark her third double-double of the season.
The Dukes blocking game was strong as they had 14.0 total blocks to Towson's 3.0.
Six players for JMU tallied a block, led by M'Kaela White and Taylor Gail who each had six.
Briley Brind'Amour came off the bench strong for the Dukes, hitting .400 with seven kills on 15 attempts, only committing one error. The sophomore also contributed four blocks.
Sarah Driscoll led the Dukes in digs with 22. This is the fifth contest this season the sophomore has tallied double-digit digs.
Sarah Martin and Tilbe Yaglioglu led JMU in assists with 20 and 18, respectively. This is the 14^th time Martin has had double-digit kills this season, and 13^th time for Yaglioglu.
Towson's Julymar Otero led the Tigers with a triple-double, tallying 12 kills, 28 assists and 14 digs. The Tigers also had three other players produce double-digit kill performances.

QUOTING COACH STEINBRECHER
"Towson in a great team and they played really well this afternoon, and if we don't bring our A game against a team like the Tigers, we are going to really struggle and that was evident today. I thought Briley Brind'Amour did a great job coming off the bench, getting some huge blocks and kills for us today in situations where we really needed them. Overall, we needed more weapons than just one or two people this afternoon, and we need a whole team effort to come out on top in a match like today's, and we'll work on that going forward."

UP NEXT
The Dukes travel south to face UNCW on Saturday, Oct 21 at 3 p.m. and College of Charleston on Monday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m. Earlier this season, JMU won against the Seahawks in a 3-1 contest, and dropped a five set thriller to the Cougars.