Dukes Come Back to Win Five-Set Match Over William & Mary

Friday, October 27

Harrisonburg, Va.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

16-4 (7-4,CAA)

William & Mary

5-21 (2-10,CAA)

William & Mary

James Madison

Dukes Come Back to Win Five-Set Match Over William & Mary

10/27/2017 11:08:00 PM | Volleyball

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – After battling back from two-sets down, the James Madison volleyball team was victorious over William & Mary on Friday night inside Sinclair Gymnasium. The Dukes were paced by three players producing double-digit kills, led by sophomore M'Kaela White with 13.

The Tribe fell to 5-21 overall and 2-10 in Colonial Athletic Association play, while the Dukes improve to 16-4 overall and 7-4 in conference play.

MATCH NOTES

The Dukes won in set scores of 23-25, 15-25, 25-21, 27-25, 15-11.
Redshirt sophomore Kelly Vahos tallied her fourth double-double of the season with 12 kills and 19 digs.
M'Kaela White led the attack with 13 kills, while Vahos and Bryn Recker followed with 12 and 11, respectively.
Senior defensive specialist, Taylor Austin, was the staple on defense for the Dukes leading all players with 29 digs.
Liv Crawley was a force off the bench as she led the Dukes in hitting percentage with a .421 mark with nine kills on 19 attempts, only committing one error.
The Dukes recorded 12.0 total blocks to William & Mary's 10.0. JMU was led by Taylor Gail who had 7.
Tilbe Yaglioglu (29 sets) and Sarah Martin (22 sets) split the setting duties for the Dukes.
William & Mary was led by Syndey Biniak who had 19 kills, seven digs and four blocks.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE NIGHT FOR VAHOS
Outside hitter, Kelly Vahos recorded her fourth double-double of the season, and has now had seven matches this season where she tallied double figures in kills and digs.

QUOTING COACH STEINBRECHER
"William & Mary is a great team, and they really challenged us tonight. They did a great job tactically against us which created a lot of adversity for us, but I was really proud with how our girls responded. Our middles did a great job, Taylor Gail had a ton of huge blocks to shift the momentum in our favor in key moments. I also was really impressed with Liv Crawley coming off the bench, she was a huge hitter for us in the last three sets."

BLOCK PARY
For the twelfth time this season, the Dukes have recorded double-digits blocks. JMU has out-blocked its opponents 214.0 to 104.0, averaging 2.8 blocks per set. Seven Dukes have tallied double-digit blocks as the team is led by White with 107.0. The sophomore leads the CAA, averaging 1.47 blocks per set, while the team also is atop the conference in overall blocks.

UP NEXT
The Dukes close out homecoming weekend with an afternoon matchup against Elon at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 29.