Dukes End Regular Season With 3-2 Win Over Hofstra

Sunday, November 12

Harrisonburg, Va.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

20-5 (11-5,CAA)

Hofstra

17-13 (9-7,CAA)

Hofstra

James Madison

11/12/2017 4:56:00 PM | Volleyball

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – The James Madison volleyball team sealed a third place finish in the Colonial Athletic Association after a 3-2 win over Hofstra inside Sinclair Gymnasium on Sunday afternoon.

The Dukes finished the regular season with a 20-5 overall record and are 11-5 in league play, Hofstra fell to 17-13 and 9-7. The Pride will be the fifth seed in next week's tournament.

MATCH NOTES

The Dukes won in set scorers of 20-25, 5-21, 25-20, 19-25, 15-8
Junior outside hitter, Bryn Recker led the attack with 19 kills on 43 attempts to give her a .349 hitting percentage for the match. The Austin, Texas product also added 11 digs, pushing her double-double record to seven on the season.
Kelly Vahos followed Recker with 15 kills, also adding eight digs and one block.
Sophomore M'Kaela White led the Dukes in blocks with 6, followed by Recker and Taylor Gail who each had five.
Setter, Tilbe Yaglioglu garnered her fourth double-double of the season with 17 assists and 14 digs.
Sophomore, Sarah Martin tallied double-digit assists with 22 and also tallied 6 kills on 10 attempts, committing no errors to give the setter a .600 hitting percentage for the match.
Senior, defensive specialist Taylor Austin held down the backline with a match high 30 digs.
The Dukes recorded double-digit blocks (12.0) for the fourth consecutive match and sixteenth time this season.
In set five, the Dukes hit .455 (12 kills, 22 attempts), Recker was a powerhouse contributing 6 kills in the fifth set alone.
JMU held the Pride to a .188 hitting percentage in the fifth set to seal the victory.
The Pride was led by Laura Masciullo who had a double-double performance with 17 kills and 11 digs.

QUOTING COACH STEINBRECHER
"This is a really big win for us, Hofstra is a really good team and they have some of the best players in the conference on their team. We knew that today's match was going to be a battle and that getting the win would not be easy. To come out the way we did and execute our game plan, especially in the fifth set, was fun to watch. We had a lot of key players set up and get points when we really needed them. I hope we can carry this momentum and energy into next week's conference tournament. We are just excited to get back out there and play the game we love."

SENIOR RECOGNITIONS

UP NEXT
The Dukes will host the CAA Tournament on Nov. 16-18 inside Sinclair Gymnasium. JMU will be the three seed and will face the No. 6 seeded Elon on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 5 p.m. in the first quarterfinal game.