Dukes Battle for 3-1 Victory over UNCW to Remain Undefeated

Friday, September 29

Harrisonburg, Va.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

12-0 (3-0CAA)

UNCW

6-10 (0-4CAA)

UNCW

James Madison

Dukes Battle for 3-1 Victory over UNCW to Remain Undefeated

9/29/2017 10:42:00 PM | Volleyball

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison volleyball opened the weekend on Friday night with a 3-1 victory over CAA foe UNCW inside Sinclair Gymnasium. Junior Bryn Recker and sophomore M'Kaela White led the Dukes offensively with double-digit kill performances.

The Dukes remain undefeated, sporting a 12-0 overall mark and 3-0 in the CAA. JMU is now just one of three teams left in the nation who remains undefeated.

MATCH NOTES

The Dukes defeated UNCW 3-1, in set scores of 25-19, 25-23, 23-25, 25-16.
Bryn Recker and M'Kaela White produced double-digit career performances with 19 and 14 kills, respectively.
Sarah Martin led all players with 31 assists, followed by Tilbe Taglioglu who added 20.
JMU tallied a total of 12.0 blocks to UNCW's 6.0, the Dukes were led by M'Kaela White with nine.
Defensively, the Dukes were led by Senior Taylor Austin who contributed 23 digs, which was a match high among all players.
The Dukes also out-served the Seahawks as JMU recorded nine aces to UNCW's one.
UNCW's Madison Peters and Maddy Kline paced the Seahawks offense with nine kills apiece, while Michaela White led the defense with 16 digs.

CAREER HIGH NIGHT FOR WHITE
M'Kaela White's 14 kills and nine blocks were both a new career and season high. The sophomore hit .435 on the night and improved her CAA-leading attack percentage to .414.

QUOTING COACH STEINBRECHER
"I think UNCW is a really hard team to play because a lot of their players can go off and have a good match, and it is difficult to know who to key in on. I thought our team did a really good job overall, UNCW played a really good third set and really pushed us, and I wish we could have turned that one over, but to respond in the fourth set and come back and win was good for our team. Bryn and M'Kaela were our go-to players tonight when we really needed a point. They not only scored but they scored in the right moments and those moments were huge for us tonight in grabbing this victory."

UP NEXT
The Dukes are back in action on Sunday afternoon as they host College of Charleston inside Sinclair Gymynasium at 1 p.m.